Upcoming movies in the next week

Wednesday

Vampiro
Lee Demarbre’s documentary about the former WWE wrestler from Thunder Bay. Wednesday and Thursday at the Mayfair, followed by Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler.




Friday

The Owl and the Sparrow
At the Mayfair




El Topo
The orginal Midnight Movie, Friday and Saturday at midnight, at the Mayfair.




Nurse.Fighter.Boy
Canadian film about the relationship between a single mother, her son, and a washed-up fighter. AT the Bytowne.




17 Again
Matthew Perry gets wet(?) and becomes Zak Efron. It happens, people.




Crank High Voltage
Jason Statham beats people up.




State of Play
Based on the acclaimed BBC miniseries, starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Harry Lennix, Helen Mirren, Rachel McAdams. From Kevin McDonald, the director of The Last King of Scotland.




Saturday

Play Misty For Me
Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, about a disc jockey who is being stalked by an avid fan. At the Mayfair, part of their month-long Clint Eastwood festival.




Unforgiven
Clint Eastwood won his first Oscar for this, his last Western, about an old bounty hunter brought out of retirement for one last job. One of the greatest westerns ever made, also stars Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, and Gene Hackman in his Oscar-winning role. At the Mayfair.




Sunday

The Princess Bride
Mayfair’s Sunday family matinee is this classic film from the late 1980’s. Starring, among many good actors, Andre the Giant.




Monday

Elephant
Bytowne’s Must See Cinema this week is this recent film, the middle part of Gus Van Sant’s trilogy of Death (along with Gerry and Last Days). Based not so loosely on the Columbine massacre, which by no coincidence was ten years ago this week.




Tuesday

Tuesday brings the start of the Mayfair’s Bruce McDonald mini-festival, starting with Roadkill and Hard Core Logo.

Roadkill

Hard Core Logo