Five great films (The Fugitive, In the Name of the Father, The Piano, Remains of the Day and Schindlers List) were up for the Best Picture Oscar in 1993 the last time the most deserving film actually won. BTW, Spielberg was editing Jurassic Park in Poland while shooting Schindlers
Goodfellas – Screening on September 10, 13, 15! Advance tickets now available for Goodfellas! The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate. Academy Awards:
Even though Spielberg won his second directing Oscar for Saving Private Ryan, which is now widely considered one of the masterpieces of WWII cinema, 1998s Best Picture Oscar went to Shakespeare in Love which is not coming to the Mayfair anytime soon.
OTTAWA PREMIERE | Sponsored by Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival and CKCU In this award-winning doc, which follows Wilcos 2008 tour, the performances are the focus, and as anyone whos seen Wilco recently knows, theyve never been hotter. (Rolling Stone) So, great film? Roger. Prizes? Roger
OTTAWA PREMIERE A group of drag queens and their entourage journeys from one small-town beauty pageant to the next in this glam-tastic outing thats being called the next Priscilla, Queen of the Desert! In Visayan and Tagalog with English subtitles $12 | Advance tickets at eventbrite.com | Producer James
OTTAWA PREMIERE Romy hasnt left her apartment in six years. Why? Because shes afraid. Of storms. Boxes. Kissing. And lobsters. So when a handsome new neighbour disrupts her life, its a classic story of girl-meets-boy-girl-falls-for-boy-girl-cant-leave-her-apartment. Or can she?
OTTAWA PREMIERE There’s an old Hollywood adage: the more fun a movie was to make, the worse it will be. Keep that in mind while watching this doc about the endless stress and hardship that was the making of Jaws. (See it with Jaws June 5!)
0 OTTAWA PREMIERE In 1982, three 12-year-olds from Mississippi started filming a shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark in their backyards. Seven years later, they finished. And 21 years later, were showing it. (How can a shot-for-shot remake be 15 minutes shorter than the original?)
GEEK NIGHT Buckaroo Banzai: physicist. Neurosurgeon. Samurai. Rock star. Comic-book hero. Leader of the Hong Kong Cavaliers. Driver of the dimension-hopping Jet Car. And the worlds only hope against the evil Red Lectroids of Planet 10. If you haven’t seen this, it’s the coolest thing you’ve never seen.
You know what I like about this movie? It is what it is. 0