Mayfair Theatre

This week, Lee and Josh chat about: a lack of sleep, comics, Star Wars vs Star Trek, high school geeks, video discs, weird movies to watch on planes, 16mm film, Crispin Glover, Clint Eastwood, and Orson Welles! They also mention the movies screening from February 16th - 22nd, 2018: Darkest Hour, I Tonya, Phantom Thread, The Final Year, Black Hollow Cage, Happy End, Grease, Sound of Music, and Rocky Horror Picture Show!

This week, Josh is joined by Sam and Chris from the Absent Friends shadow cast! They chat about the ongoing Fox / Disney Vaults / Rocky Horror possibilities, other properties that have survived under the Disney banner (Pixar, Marvel, Muppets, Star Wars), monopoly laws, fan films, and Coke conspiracy theories! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of February 9th - 15th, 2018: Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, Darkest Hour, The Florida Project, Molly's Game, Permission, Hot Knives, The Room, and Casablanca!

This week, Andrew, Lee, and Josh are joined by return guest Peter Monet. They discuss the recent blockbuster, sold out, world premiere of his film Hot Knives at the Mayfair, and the upcoming encore on February 15th! They also chat about film fests, editing, imdb, how many minutes a feature has to be, and the ongoing strange case of Canadian cities being disguised as the US. Plus, they mention the movies screening February 2nd - 8th, 2018: Darkest Hour, The Florida Project, Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, and The Road Movie!

This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about Oscar nominations present and past! Plus, they also mention the movies screening the week of January 26th - February 1st, 2018: Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name, All The Money In The World, The Disaster Artist, Monolith, Kill Order, Hot Knives, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week, Lee and Josh are joined by filmmaker Peter Monet, catch the World Premiere of his new movie Hot Knives at the Mayfair on January 27th! They chat about: filmmaking in Ottawa, festival rejections, elevator pitches, gory fx, grant money, continuity headaches, laptop movie editing, deadlines, the upcoming Oscars, getting to schedule timely movies more quickly, and The Room Lego! They also mention the movies screening from January 19th - 25th: Lady Bird, The Disaster Artist, Call Me By Your Name, All The Money In The World, The Room, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: cool rentals, tiny credits, the glories of weekly programming, Disaster Artist Oscar dreams, Toronto actually being shot for Toronto, pronouncing Saoirse correctly, pains of podcasting scheduling, Fox / Disney, and the sad demise of the Kids Club. They also mention the movies screening from January 12th - 18th, 2018: Call Me By Your Name, Dim The Fluorescents, Lady Bird, and The Disaster Artist!

This week, Anya and Josh chat about: film school, video stores, vhs treasure, Justin Timberlake, Generation X and Millenials, 11th hour movie cancellations, Disney / Fox vault possibilities for Rocky Horror and Die Hard, and being in the trenches of modern dating life. They also mention a bunch of the movies screening between January 5th through 18th, 2018: The Disaster Artist, Call Me by Your Name, Wonder Wheel, Murder on the Orient Express, and Dim the Fluorescents!

This week, Lee and Josh (not so shockingly) talk a whole bunch about the new Star Wars movie - plus, Transformers, The Long Goodbye, diversity in comics, multiplexes skipping on movies to our favour, Disaster Artist beer, and the approaching Oscars and Golden Globes! They also chat about the movies screening from December 29th 2017 - January 4th 2018: Sound of Music, Nut Job 2, My Little Pony: The Movie, Lady Bird, Murder on the Orient Express, The Disaster Artist, and The Room!

This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh discuss: last minute box office rushes, 20th Century Fox / Disney Vault repercussions, backhanded praise for Roger Corman's Fantastic Four, the Star Wars Holiday Special, an anger inducing Disney short, ponder if Richard Linklater is making another secret movie, and wish everyone a Happy Holidays! Plus, they mention the movies screening from December 29, 2017 to January 4, 2018: Last Flag Flying, Lady Bird, Blade Runner 2049, and The Breadwinner!

This week, Lee and Josh chat about: the repercussions of the Fox / Disney merger for Die Hard, double-bills, crossovers, Twitter, Disaster Artist, Porgs, Ed Wood, Johnny Depp, surviving a roadtrip blizzard, and that Lee might get to go to a bigshot Oscars party! Plus, they mention the movies screening from December 15th - 21st, 2017: Florida Project, Lady Bird, My Friend Dahmer, Roman J. Israel Esq., Unholy Night, Elf, Die Hard, Rocky Horror, and Saturday Morning Cartoons!

This week Lee and Josh chat about: a weekly schedule vs monthly, the multiplex distribution conundrum, endless Disaster Artist requests, visiting New York and Pittsburgh, Star Wars, Justice League, and that we forgot about the cinema's 85th birthday! They also discuss the a packed week of movie screenings from December 8th - 14th, 2017: Human Flow, Lady Bird, Loving Vincent, Florida Project, Do Donkey's Act?, Thelma, The Room, Batman Returns, and It's A Wonderful Life!

This week, Lee and Josh are joined by extra special Friend-of-Mayfair guest Greg Sestero! Greg is in town in celebration of our 99th consecutive month screening The Room, and our sneak preview North American premiere of his new film, Best F(r)iends. We chat about The Disaster Artist book and movie, Greg's insane travel schedule, being an extra in movies like Patch Adams and Gattaca, how Back to the Future II and III influenced his latest work, James Franco winning awards, our delicious popcorn, and other delicacies to eat while visiting Ottawa. We run out of time, but briefly mention movies screening December 1 - 7, 2017: The Florida Project, Wonderstruck, Faces Places, The Square, Blade of the Immortal, Polar Express, and Last Waltz (forgot to mention that one). And, of course, encore screenings of Best F(r)iends, and The Room 100!

Josh ran off for a visit to New York City, and forgot the notes that he wrote down while editing the podcast! He does remember that he and Ian got together on a Sunday afternoon (November 19, 2017), and recorded a podcast in the office while a birthday party with 50 rampaging children was happening in the cinema. In the glamorous life of movie theatre management, Josh sits down moments after cleaning up after a sick child. And, he does remember that they chatted about scheduling movies, Todd Haynes, Julianne Moore, John Waters, Ed Wood, The Room, cult movies, Justice League (Ian kind of liked it!), and Dead Shack.

This week, Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about: Star Wars merch, Justice League, cinematic empty coffee cup pet peeves, the embarrassment of riches in upcoming programming, classic movies that we knew the ending of before we saw them, getting into the Guinness Book of Records, Sharknado, kickstarting Neil Breen, and the dream of a Tommy Wiseau directed Dracula. Plus, we mention the movies screening November 17th - 23rd, 2017: The Florida Project, Victoria & Abdul, 78/52, The Departure, Professor Marston & The Wonder Women, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

This week Josh is joined by Sam, Cassia, and Andrew from the Absent Friends Shadowcast! They discuss surviving another year of Rocky Horror Halloween, thoughts of inviting the Prime Minister and his wife to the show, getting seven standing ovation's, social media upkeep, contemplate a non-participation retro screening, Troll 2, and the legacy of Ed Wood. Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of November 10th - 16th, 2017: Loving Vincent, Infinity Baby, Bad Lucky Goat, Mark Felt, The Devil's Mistress, and The Room month 99! PS - The faux 1950's bad sci-fi movie that Josh forgot the title of was The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

This week, Lee and Josh are back on home turf, recording in the cinema. They chat about Ottawa's Jar Jar connection, The Room 99 celebrations, Andy Serkis, meeting Riz Ahmed, contemplate the best 21st century movies, dream about all the great stuff we're getting before 2017 ends, ignore a bit of electrician work happening in the background, plus Lee opens an exciting poster tube! They also mention the movies screening the week of November 3rd - 9th, 2017: Rat Film, Una, Dina, Loving Vincent, and Battle of the Sexes!

This week, Josh is joined by his friends, returning guests Drunky and April! They chat about bad phone etiquette during movie watching, The Room month 99 celebration, attending live podcasts, Q&A protocol, classic films like All The Presidents Men and Twilight, American Crash vs Canadian Crash, and kids trying to sneak into R rated movies. Plus, they chat about the movies screening October 27th - November 2nd, 2017: Battle of the Sexes, Loving Vincent, Mother!, Victor Crowley, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

Josh is visiting Toronto to go see The Flop House podcast, and check out the Guillermo Del Toro exhibit. So, he does a quick sit down with his old friend, writer, geek, and Mayfair fan, Al Kratina. They chat about growing up around the Mayfair, West Coast Video, Bruce Campbell, Mark Hamill, Michael Biehn, Stephen King, and more. They also remember to mention the movies screening the week of October 20th - 26th! (A jam packed week that includes Lucky, Tulip Fever, The Room, The Addams Family, The Exorcist, The Shining, Nosferatu, and more!) *You might hear a few more uhm's and thoughtful pauses this week. Had to edit this one quick, before heading out for Toronto plans :)

This week, Andrew, Lee, and Josh chat about getting stuck in traffic, the evils of Hollywood, the line between TV and movies, The Room / Disaster Artist, Lego, Steven Spielberg, Kathleen Kennedy, Tobe Hooper, Bela Lugosi, the pro's of collaboration, Taika Waititi, collecting props, and the frustrations of people requesting / recommending for us to screen movies that we already have. Plus, we mention the movies screening the week of October 13th - 19th: Tulip Fever, The Midwife, Lucky, The Limehouse Golem, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, and The Monster Squad!

This week, Lee and Josh chat about pirates stealing movies, spin-offs, the duology, anthologies, sacred cows, movies lengths, Oscars, Guillermo Del Toro's stuff, and Monroeville! Plus, they mention the movies screening October 6th - 12th, 2017: The Midwife, Accidental Anarchist, Dunkirk, Bad Grandmas, Better Watch Out, Suspiria, and Despicable Me 3.