Archive for the ‘Special programming’ Category
Be a little Lebowski Achiever! Help the Mayfair, dude!
Attention Mayfair regulars and moviegoers in Ottawa! The Mayfair Theatre is about to celebrate 80 years of existence this May! But in order to continue bringing you the best in cinematic entertainment, we need your support! We are in the midst of raising funds to purchase a new DCP (Digital Cinema Package) projector, which is …
Fake Trailers Reel Fest 2012
The Fake Trailers Reel Festival makes its triumphant return to the Mayfair Theatre on Friday June 29th. Our second annual coming attraction themed screening will include an hour long program of new original fake trailers, followed by an hour of rarely seen 35mm grindhouse / drive-in / bizarre / cult-classic trailers from the depths of …
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 …
August is Woody Allen month!
This August we are proud to present our Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Woody Allen* Festival! Throughout the month, we’ll screen some of Woody Allen’s best films, including his latest — and most successful – Midnight in Paris. We’ll have everything from his sci-fi screwball comedy Sleeper to his signature classics Annie Hall and …
Fake trailers/real call for submissions!
FAKE TRAILERS/REAL FILM FESTIVAL! Friday June 24 at 9:30pm The Mayfair challenges you to produce and submit a fake movie trailer for a non existent film, 2 to 3 minutes in length! The trailer cannot be for a pre-existing film or for a film that the filmmaker intends to make. It’s all pretend folks! Deadline …
Are you prepared to enter The Room?
Is The Room really, as Entertainment Weekly called it, “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”? Pretty much, yeah. But that doesn’t mean it’s not enjoyable. Quite the opposite, really. Read on and learn how to participate! Stuff to yell at the screen: “Spoon!” Nearly all of the artwork in the film features spoons. Whenever one …
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 …
Tommy Wiseau’s The Room gets a dubstep remix
Via The AV Club. If you think The Room is funny in film form, wait until you see it in dubstep music video remix form. The Room returns to the Mayfair November 20.
Art In Reverse From The Pope of Trash!
The Mayfair and Lost Marbles’ Geek Night proudly invite you to into the twisted and filthy world of bad taste courtesy of filmmaker John Waters as we present three of his films: Pecker, Cecil B. Demented and Cry Baby. Prizes will be given away at every screening! Check out this hilarious interview Waters did on …
KILLER63 V
Only a couple more days ’till the fifth annual Killer63 short horror film festival hits the Mayfair screen. Saturday October 16th at 9pm, be sure to come out to see a lucky number 13 batch of terrifying, humorous, disturbing, supernatural, animated, stalker, slasher, musical, monster and scary clown filled offerings from local filmmakers (and a …