Movies
Easy Rider
In 1969, a man went looking for America. And couldn’t find it anywhere. The debut of Easy Rider ended old Hollywood, and began the great era of American independent film. Are you hip?
Birdemic 2: The Resurrection
CANADIAN PREMIERE | TWO NIGHTS ONLY In 2010, the Birdemic: Shock and Terror winged its way to the Mayfair to claw at the eyes of Ottawa audiences and now, its hatched a sequel thatll bring bad-film fans flocking! If this is a joke, its the Kennedy assassination of jokes.
Pinup Dolls on Ice
PRESENTED BY OTTAWA COMICCON | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE The old bump-and-grind turns bloody when The Pinup Dolls striptease troupe is hired to put on a show at a secluded campground which just happens to be home to a homicidal maniac who believes these dishes are best served c-c-cold. Directors
Blood for Irina
PRESENTED BY OTTAWA COMICCON | FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE Irina has stalked streets looking for blood for over a century but now shes dying in a run-down motel, with only the manager and a desperate prostitute for company. Sublime… a passionate, dedicated fervor that walks the thin line between life,
No
OSCAR NOMINEE, BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Put in charge of the NO campaign in the Chilean referendum on the presidency of Augusto Pinochet, an ad exec (Gael Garcia Bernal) takes inspiration from the power and positivity of American advertising in this based-on-a-true story that is weirdly funny and arousing, both
Double Indemnity
ROGER EBERTS GREAT MOVIES The puzzle of Wilder’s Double Indemnity, the enigma that keeps it new, is what these two people [Fred MacMurry and Barbara Stanwyck] really think of one another. They strut through the routine of a noir murder plot, with the tough talk and the cold sex play.
Bidder 70
FUNDRAISER FOR THE SIERRA CLUB & PEACEFUL UPRISING Bidder 70 centers on an extraordinary, ingenious and effective act of civil disobedience demanding government and industry accountability. In 2008, University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher committed an act that would redefine patriotism in our time, igniting a spirit of civil
Stoker
Director Park (Oldboy) makes his English-language debut with this darkly funny and deliciously depraved homage to Hitchcocks Shadow of a Doubt starring Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman and Matthew Goode. Chilling and stylish and aggressively creepy It’s disturbingly good. (Roger Ebert)
Starbuck
WINNER OF THREE GENIES A very generous sperm donor discovers that his donations have been put to good use when 142 of his offspring file a class action suit against him in this Quebecois comedy that is successful in salting what could be a over-sugary confection with healthy dose of
The Big Bucket Band Show
PRESENTED BY OTTAWA SALUS FOR MENTAL HEALTH WEEK Put this extravaganza of film and music on your bucket list and discover how, even though mental illness can throw your life off key, music can bring it back in tune. See a performance by the Big Bucket Band, and the premiere