Movies
Cape Fear
June 18th and 19th – part of the Scorsese / De Niro Film Festival screening throughout June! A convicted rapist, released from prison after serving a fourteen-year sentence, stalks the family of the lawyer who originally defended him. Oscar nominee: Best Actor (Robert De Niro), and Supporting Actress (Juliette Lewis)!
Anguish
Famed director Luna brings us a Spanish take on the Italian giallo genre featuring that woman from the Poltergeist movies (Zelda Rubinstein) forcibly collecting human eyeballs from cinema patrons during a horror movie. You might not make it out of the Mayfair alive!
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America
SUNDAY NIGHT GEEK NIGHT Mike Judge broke all the rules when he stretched Bevis and Butt-Heads 15-minute episodes (and 15 minutes of fame) into a feature-length adventure, but this is the most highly acclaimed and smartest comedy about a couple of dumb guys youll ever see.
Please Give
The New Yorker called director Holofcener the true heir apparent to Woody Allen, and Roger Ebert says she pays close attention to women. She doesn’t define them by their relationships with men; they actually have their own reasons for doing things. Do yourself a favour. Please see this. 0
Savage Beach
The Mayfair is now Ottawas official home of Andy Sidaris, offering a new film from the accidental love child of Russ Meyer and Ed Wood every month in 2010! This month, join the ladies from L.E.T.H.A.L. on a hunt for Japanese gold that begins on Savage Beach!
Neil Young Trunk Show
OTTAWA PREMIERE Rock-doc master Demme (Silence of the Lambs) returns with the second chapter of a projected trilogy of Neil Young concert films an installment he calls a “ferocious response” to his own sublimely gentle Neil Young: Heart of Gold. (Variety) Well be playing this one LOUD.
Schindler’s List
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
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:
Saving Private Ryan
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.
Ashes of American Flags: Wilco Live
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