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August is Woody Allen month!
This August we are proud to present our Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Woody Allen* Festival! Throughout the month, we’ll screen some of Woody Allen’s best films, including his latest — and most successful — Midnight in Paris. We’ll have everything from his sci-fi screwball comedy Sleeper
A Sunday matinee with Hulk Hogan!
This Sunday afternoon, a group called Fighting Back: Wrestling with Cancer is holding a fundraiser that will prove to be an entertaining as well as worthwhile one. Check out the info below… Hey everybody, This Sunday afternoon, July 17th at 3pm – our
Ebert on Conan doc
The documentary CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP, is an exciting new film which chronicles Coco’s difficult time after leaving The Tonight Show and NBC and putting together his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television live tour before returning to the tube on TBS. It makes it’s Ottawa
Fake trailers/real call for submissions!
FAKE TRAILERS/REAL FILM FESTIVAL! Friday June 24 at 9:30pm The Mayfair challenges you to produce and submit a fake movie trailer for a non existent film, 2 to 3 minutes in length! The trailer cannot be for a pre-existing film or for a film that the filmmaker
Support for a former Mayfair employee
Lauren Gerro, a former Mayfair employee, was seriously injured in last week’s wind storm when both her legs were broken by a tree branch. She is currently recovering in hospital. We are taking cash donations for her at the box office and candy bar. Anything you can donate would be
Mayfair snack bar goes (partially) vegan, with help from Auntie Loo's Treats
That’s right! Auntie Loo’s Treats — Ottawa’s first 100% vegan bakery — will soon be selling its delicious treats in the Mayfair snack bar! Ms. Loo learned to cook at the knees of her family members, and the majority of what she produces are these very recipes — veganized! Auntie
Lemmy! Lemmy! Lemmy!
This Wednesday and Thursday night at 9:30pm, the Mayfair invites you to witness the story of one of rock n roll’s greatest legends–Mr. Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer and bassist for MOTORHEAD. Several luminaries from the world of rock–Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Slash, Joan Jett, even Billy Bob Thorton, share their
Are you prepared to enter The Room?
Is The Room really, as Entertainment Weekly called it, “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”? Pretty much, yeah. But that doesn’t mean it’s not enjoyable. Quite the opposite, really. Read on and learn how to participate! Stuff to yell at
See the Irishman!
KILL THE IRISHMAN, a new mobster thriller based on the true story of Irish gangster Danny Greene, a man who the Italian mafia found very hard to kill, starts this Friday. It’s fantastic cast includes Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D’Onofrio,Val Kilmer and Paul Sorvino. Check
The King's Speech is Somewhere (else)
UPDATE: We will be showing The King’s Speech on April 3, 6 & 7. Unfortunately, The Mayfair’s scheduled screenings of The King’s Speech (March 11-14 & 17) have been cancelled. Why? In early February, we booked The King’s Speech from distributor Alliance Atlantis.