Category: Film news
Passage To Freedom – free screening, donations accepted
Passage To Freedom – Saturday May 20 at 2:30pm! Unforgettable stories of terror, escape, courage, and resilience are captured in this new documentary film about refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos who found a new home in Canada in the aftermath of the Vietnam war. The director will be
Peace Park: Ottawa Premiere!
OTTAWA PREMIERE on Wednesday March 30th, encore screening on Thursday March 31st! Special guest Aaron Cayer, co-director of the Ottawa Skateboard Community Association, will be in attendance on Wednesday March 30th. As Montreal gentrifies its red light district, the city goes to war with the drug dealers, crack addicts, alcoholics,
Posters for Sale!
A silver lining of being in lockdown is that we’ve been able to get a lot of cleaning up done around the cinema. A giant chore taken care of was alphabetizing and logging our poster archives. Now that that task is out of the way, we’ve unearthed hundreds of posters
R.I.P. Sage Stallone
The movie industry has lost another talented contributor to motion picture conservation: Sage Stallone, eldest son of Sylvester, died today at the age of 36. Sage co-starred with his father in ROCKY V and DAYLIGHT. He left acting to pursue film distribution as he co-founded Grindhouse Releasing in
Rare Exports is a rare import
According to the movie’s official website, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is set to premiere in New York on December 3, 2010. Only one other city in North America is premiering the film that day — and that city is Ottawa. We’re scooping Los Angeles, Toronto,
Saturday Afternoon Kids Club!!!
The Mayfair is excited to present a FREE FOR KIDS monthly screening of kid friendly modern classics and cult favourites! Kids can get a membership for just $10 bucks, and then join us once a month on a Saturday or Sunday at 12:30pm for a movie. Plus, a special half
Strangebeard comic book launch / Time Bandits screening!
Coming Soon! A special matinee screening of Time Bandits in honour of the publication of Kelly Tindall‘s family friendly pirate comic book Strangebeard! Kelly will be on hand with brand new copies of the comic, so you can pick one up for yourself, after enjoying one
The End of Kids Club
It’s with a heavy cinema geek heart that we announce the cancellation of our Kids Club program. The harsh reality is that despite best of efforts, and seemingly high enthusiasm from our patron base, the program never managed to get off the ground. Any other business with more logic based
The Interview Unleashed!
It’ll be a Happy New Year indeed, with Seth Rogen and James Franco up on our screen in The Interview! Starts on Friday January 2nd at 9:00pm! Take that hackers!
The Middle Word in Life
We have yet to program a proper tribute to Dennis Hopper (don’t worry, we’ll get around to it!), but in the mean time, here’s an excellent video essay/appreciation by Matt Zoller Seitz of the Museum of the Moving Image.