Movies
Wizard of Gore, The
STAR RAY SAGER IN ATTENDANCE! Is it magic? Or wholesale slaughter? Find out as we screen an ultra-rare, uncut print of Herschell Gordon Lewis mind-bending tale of Montag the Magnificent the maniac magician whose tricks really work! Watch if you must, but remember you were warned!
Devil Came on Horseback, The
RED CROSS OTTAWAS EVEN WAR HAS LIMITS FILM FESTIVAL Presented by Red Cross Ottawas International Humanitarian Law Working Group, this unblinking doc exposes the Darfur genocide through the story of Brian Steidle, a U.S. Marine captain who witnessed the carnage first hand. For more info, visit: redcross.ca/ihlfilmfestival
Muppets, The
OSCAR WINNER FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG: “MAN OR MUPPET” We take our Muppets pretty seriously here at the Mayfair, so were happy to report that Jason Segels attempt to bring back Kermit, Piggy and the whole gang (with a movie about bringing back Kermit, Piggy and the whole gang) is
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)
OSCAR WINNER FOR BEST FILM EDITING! Hiring David Fincher to direct the Dragon Tattoo remake was a forehead-slap of obviousness, but it works. He set[s] a mood of evil dipped in black rubber [and creates] an electrifying movie by turning the audience into addicts of the forbidden, looking for the
Artist, The
WINNER OF 5 OSCARS! BEST PICTURE BEST ACTOR – JEAN DUJARDIN BEST DIRECTOR – MICHEL HAZANAVICIUS BEST ORIGINAL SCORE BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN Immersing the audience in the tale of a silent movie actor whose career is threatened by the advent of sound, it doesn’t take this captivating and
Iron Lady, The
WINNER OF 2 OSCARS! BEST ACTRESS – MERYL STREEP BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MAKEUP This balanced portrait of Margaret Thatchers rise to power is the last film funded by the UK Film Council (shuttered in 2010, in a move that Maggie would no doubt have applauded, as part of Britains austerity
Hugo
WINNER OF FIVE OSCARS! BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND EDITING BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS Scorseses family film about an orphaned boy who lives behind the walls of a Paris train station is equal parts
War Horse, The
Six Academy Award Nominations: – Best Motion Picture of the Year – Best Achievement in Cinematography – Best Achievement in Art Direction – Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score – Best Achievement in Sound Mixing – Best Achievement in Sound Editing Based on the acclaimed play and novel, this tale of a
Bloodsport
DRUNKEN MASTER’S DOJO Many Van Damme aficionados consider this film (his first lead role, which vaults him into an Enter-The-Dragon-style martial arts competition the lethal Kumite) to be his best. They must be forgetting his dual role as a serial killer and the killers clone in Replicant.
Dangerous Method, A
NOMINATED FOR 11 GENIES, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE What do you think it means that Cronenbergs elegant drama about the invention of psychoanalysis features a dream cast including Cronen-muse Viggo Mortensen as Freud, the omnipresent Michael Fassbender as Jung and Keira Knightly, playing against WASP-type, as a patient who becomes Jungs