Archive for the ‘Ottawa premieres’ Category
Comic Con anticipation hits Mayfair
The latest documentary from Oscar nominee and McDonald’s enemy Morgan Spurlock arrives at the Mayfair and makes it’s Ottawa premiere on May 4th (with follow-up screenings on the 5th, 6th, 9th and 10th). The subject matter of the San Diego Comic Con is perfect research and prep to get you ready for the pop-culture invasion …
Ebert on Conan doc
The documentary CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP, is an exciting new film which chronicles Coco’s difficult time after leaving The Tonight Show and NBC and putting together his Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television live tour before returning to the tube on TBS. It makes it’s Ottawa premiere this July (July 8-10, 13 & 14 …
Lemmy! Lemmy! Lemmy!
This Wednesday and Thursday night at 9:30pm, the Mayfair invites you to witness the story of one of rock n roll’s greatest legends–Mr. Lemmy Kilmister, lead singer and bassist for MOTORHEAD. Several luminaries from the world of rock–Ozzy Osbourne, Dave Grohl, Slash, Joan Jett, even Billy Bob Thorton, share their love for the hard living …
See the Irishman!
KILL THE IRISHMAN, a new mobster thriller based on the true story of Irish gangster Danny Greene, a man who the Italian mafia found very hard to kill, starts this Friday. It’s fantastic cast includes Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D’Onofrio,Val Kilmer and Paul Sorvino. Check out Salon.com’s rave review of the film and don’t …
Here’s an idea: use social media for actual socializing!
Movies are best enjoyed with friends, so why not invite some friends to come with you to the Mayfair? We’ve made it easy, through the miracle of social media. Say you’re planning to come see Planet of the Apes on March 12 (and if you’re not, you should be). Just scroll down to the bottom …
Rare Exports is a rare import
According to the movie’s official website, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale is set to premiere in New York on December 3, 2010. Only one other city in North America is premiering the film that day — and that city is Ottawa. We’re scooping Los Angeles, Toronto, Chicago, Montreal, Vancouver, Washington DC — even Austin, TX’s …
Winds of Heaven “one of the most important films ever made about British Columbia.”
Or that’s what the director of the Vancouver International Film Festival thinks, anyway Why not see for yourself on Oct. 27 & 28 when this Ottawa-made biography of Emily Carr premieres at the Mayfair?
Can you handle it?
This Friday at 9:45pm, the Mayfair brings to those who dare, a new horror film that tests your limits of taste and terror. The Human Centipede trailer itself seems to be a litmus test for those who aren’t certain they can handle extreme or super-extreme horror. Roger Ebert couldn’t even apply a star rating in …
The Ottawa Citizen is gay for Stonewall Uprising
Stonewall Uprising is a new documentary about the growing gay rights movement in the late 60s that included a major riot outside the Stonewall, a New York City gay bar that was raided by police until one night in the summer of 1969, when its patrons refused to be thrown out and arrested because of …
KILLER63 part V
This is somewhat unbelievable to me, but Killer63′s fifth year is on the horizon. So again, I’m starting to get the word out to filmmakers who are interested in submitting a short horror film to be screened as part of our mini one-night film festival at the Mayfair. The screening will go down on October …