Movies
Sh!tty One Minute Film Festival
The Carleton University Architecture students annual film fest returns to splatter the Mayfairs screen for a third year with a $#!+-load of films (none more than a minute long), that are encouraged to be sh!tty, arty, scary, saucy, or anything you like!
My Lai
RED CROSS OTTAWAS EVEN WAR HAS LIMITS FILM FESTIVAL Presented by Red Cross Ottawas International Humanitarian Law Working Group, this examination of the 1968 slaughter of unarmed Vietnamese villagers by American soldiers is superbly told by Oscar-nominated director Goodman, who creates a three-act drama of idealism, horror and slow, fumbling
Remote Control War
RED CROSS OTTAWAS EVEN WAR HAS LIMITS FILM FESTIVAL Presented by Red Cross Ottawas International Humanitarian Law Working Group, this provocative doc examines how the use of robots for military purposes is changing the way we fight wars but not the human toll of armed conflict. For more info,
A.C.T. Ottawa: Addicted and Detention
Ottawas only year-round, in-front-of-the-camera acting school presents two works by young filmmakers. Explore Justin Bieber-mania in Addicted, and get plunged into a world of classroom chaos in Detention. And in between, laugh along with our MC, comedienne Krista Morin and hum along to the original music of Tim Coderre and
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