Category: Special programming
Thursday April 19 – Friday April 25!
-One Life- 5 Stars! (London Evening Standard) -Maniac- “a classic” (The Horror Report) -The Rocky Horror Picture Show- Hosted by The Absent Friends Shadow Cast! Ottawa Premieres: -Remembering Gene Wilder- 5 Stars! (Flick Direct) -Sting- “an excellent creature feature” (Movie Web) Special Presentations: -The Condor
Thursday February 21 – Thursday February 27!
-Universal Language- Cannes: Directors’ Fortnight Audience Award winner! -5 Stars! (Winnipeg Free Press) -I’m Still Here- Academy Awards: Best Motion Picture, International Feature, Lead Actress nominee! -4/4 Stars! (The Seattle Times) -Babygirl- 2nd Week! 5 Stars! (The Telegraph) -5 Stars (The Skinny) -Blue Velvet- David Lynch Tribute
Thursday November 10 – Friday November 16!
-The Persian Version -Anatomy Of A Fall -The Room- Screening 164! -Stop Making Sense- 40th Anniversary! -The Postman Always Rings Twice- Noirvember! -Messiah Of Evil -Coffee To Cocktails- Canadian Premiere! -Saturday Night Sinema- Free for Members/Members Only!
Time Travel Trilogy!
Grab your hoverboard, cue up some Huey Lewis & the News music, and rev up the DeLorean to 88mph! Back to the Future Triple Bill on July 26, with special eats available from Quinn’s Pub! Showtimes: 11:30am, 1:45pm, 4:00pm Tickets: $10 members, $14 non-members, $7 kids, $9 seniors
Tina & Amy & the Golden Globes!
Join us, & your hosts Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, for a very special Members Only big screen Golden Globe ceremony on Sunday January 11th! Doors open at 7:00pm for those interested in watching the red carpet pre-show. The awards ceremony starts at 8:00pm. An annual membership can be purchased
Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero Return!
“The Citizen Kane of bad movies!” (Entertainment Weekly) Tickets NOW on sale in the Mayfair box office for Tommy Wiseau and Greg Sestero’s grand return to The Room’s favourite movie theatre and fan-base! Prepare yourself for the interactive motion picture event that you will never forget! Two screenings
Tommy Wiseau's The Room gets a dubstep remix
Via The AV Club. If you think The Room is funny in film form, wait until you see it in dubstep music video remix form. The Room returns to the Mayfair November 20.
Trashing the Mayfair
Often, we get promotional materials for the films we’re showing (posters, trailers, postcards, etc.). Just as often, though, we don’t. Many films show up with no support. We do our best to get the word out, but it can be an uphill battle. The distributors of Street Trash
Update on David Lynch Tribute Film Festival: Dreams of an Eagle Scout
Update! Bad news and good news for our David Lynch Tribute Film Festival: Dreams of an Eagle Scout. Bad news…The Elephant Man isn’t available. Good news…Mullholland Drive is available! (movie distribution is a strange and complicated beast) So, still 9 out of 10 movies.
Wade Davis – on the radio and on his way to the Mayfair
Wade Davis is the bestselling author of several books, including The Serpent and the Rainbow. That book later became the film of the same name directed by Wes Craven, and Wade Davis will be at the Mayfair on Apr. 27 for a special screening of The Serpent and the Rainbow.