Category: Actors
Friday April 11 – Thursday April 17!
-The Penguin Lessons- 2nd Week! – “delightful true story” (TIFF) “hyper-funny, sensitive, and nuanced…a delightful watch” (Collider) -The Brutalist- 4/4 Stars! (Chicago Daily Herald) Academy Awards: Best Actor, Cinematography, Score award winner! -The Elephant Man- David Lynch Tribute Film Festival! 5 Stars (Film Authority) – 5 Stars!
Friday April 10 – Thursday April 16!
-Miroirs No. 3- Lisbon Film Fest: Special Jury Award winner! Cannes Film Fest: Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award nominee! “a sharply written and gripping study” (London Film Fest) -H Is For Hawk- “a must see!” (AWFJ) “Claire Foy is remarkable” (The Independent UK) BAFTA Awards: Outstanding British
Friday April 1 – Thursday April 7!
Friday April 1 – Thursday April 7! -Bloodthirsty- Ottawa Premiere! Director Amelia Moses and star Lauren Beatty will be in attendance on opening night to introduce the movie, and for a Q&A afterwards! -Studio 666- “always constant fun” (Consequence) “a cross between This Is Spinal Tap and The Texas
Free Woody Allen audiobook
Audible.com is celebrating their release of a series of Woody Allen audiobooks (including Without Feathers, Getting Even, Mere Anarchy and Side Effects) by giving away free downloads of Woody’s short story “The Apology” – read by Woody himself. To get the story, you do have to sign up for
February 27 – March 5!
-Hamnet- 8x Oscar nominee! -Pillion- 5 Stars! (Time Out) -A Better Tomorrow- 5 Stars! (The Action Elite) -Big Trouble In Little China- 4/4 Stars! (Arizona Daily Star) -Space Jam: A New Legacy -Second Wind -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for Members/Members Only! -Svadba (aka
Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012)
Oscar winning actor Ernest Borgnine passed away today at the age of 95. The Mayfair salutes one of cinema’s warmest and most likable character actors, who had over 200 film and TV credits to his name. He even shot a film here in Ottawa back in 2000 called
Destroy all movies!!!
Via BoingBoing, a good review of the new book Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punk on Film. At 566 pages and listing over 1,100 movies, this is a must for any serious movie fan — after all, what other film reference book can you name that
December 30th – January 5th!
Storks – Storks now deliver packages for an internet retail giant. The top delivery stork lands in hot water when the Baby Factory somehow produces an adorable but unauthorized girl. The race is on to deliver this bundle of trouble before the boss finds out. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar
Crispin Hellion Glover Returns!
“[Being called] eccentric doesn’t bother me, ‘eccentric’ being a poetic interpretation of a mathematical term meaning something that doesn’t follow the lines — that’s okay.” – Crispin Hellion Glover The great Crispin Glover makes his return to the Mayfair for a pair of live performances and film presentations
Bob Hoskins Tribute
In honour of the great Bob Hoskins, we present a very rare 35mm screening of the highly acclaimed British crime classic, The Long Good Friday. Join us on Friday May 16 at 10:30pm or Sunday May 18 at 10:00pm. Roger Ebert gave the film 4 Stars and praised