Mayfair Theatre Podcast
The Mayfair Theatre Podcast is a weekly show that takes you behind the scenes of one of Canada's oldest, and Ottawa's oldest movie theatre - open since 1932!
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Episodes
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555: That's Life Goals Right There.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's niece Abby! They discuss: the Mayfair's Welcome To Derry popcorn machine, Scooby Doo, the Blown Away glassblowing show, Fear Street, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Black Phone 2, KPop Demon Hunters, How To Train Your Dragon, Echo, Halloween, Dinosaucers, projector technical difficulties, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 24 - Thursday October 30, 2025: Ballad Of A Small Player, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Köln 75, and The Exorcist!
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554: Don't Shake The Scaffold!
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Friend-of-Mayfair Pascale Arpin to chat about a documentery crew following her around, her new hand-painted sign work addition to the front doors of our cinema, and the First Ladies of Film Fest postcards that she designed! They also discuss: Gongfu Bao, small business community support, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, big screen Netflix, Guinness World Records, Wikipedia, American Mythology comic books, and more! And, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 17 - Thursday October 23: Eleanor The Great, Ballad Of A Small Player, T...
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553: Day Drinking & Flipping Cop Cars.
Thursday, October 9, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's Absent Friends Shadow Cast! They, of course, talk a lot about The Rocky Horror Picture Show. They also discuss: The Panda Game, the It mini-series, Muppet Treasure Island, Legend, Clue, poster theft, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 10 - Thursday October 16: The Roses, Eleanor The Great, D(e)ad, Begotten, Saturday Night Sinema, Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror, The Fog, and Pressure Drop!
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552: A Pleasant Distraction From Real Life.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
This week, to kick off the Spooky Season, Eric and Josh are joined by comic book creator and Friend-of-Mayfair, Tom Fowler! They chat about: dogs, Ottawa sports, Garfield Minus Garfield, newspaper movie ads, Mega Force, Cool World, Rob Liefeld, Treasure of the Four Crowns, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 3 - Thursday October 9: Peak Everything, The Roses, Edgar Allan Poe’s The Oval Portrait, Chain Reactions, and the Genre Gems Film Fest! You can check out Tom's art, and keep up to date on what comics he's working on at @tomfowlerart on Instagra...
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551: It's A Lot To Unpack.
Thursday, September 25, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Ryan from Nefarious Comics! They accordingly chat about a bunch of comic book movie franchises like: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, Wolverine, and Superman. Plus, a few non-comic book movies, like Trainspotting, Resevoir Dogs, and Breathless. They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 26 - Thursday October 2: Bau: Artist at War, Splitsville, The Room, The Sting, Saturday Night Sinema, Piranha, Jimmy & Stiggs, and the Nefarious Comics presentation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
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550: There's Nothing Stopping Us.
Thursday, September 18, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale Arpin, to chat about all of the great poster artwork that she has been making for the Mayfair! And, to plug the new poscard set of the posters, that are now available! They also discuss: the Phantom Tits comic, COVID lockdown fundraisers, the Letterform Archive, the Deadly Prey gallery, working with Tim Burton, The Neon Museum Las Vegas, the Beetlejuice cartoon, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 19 - Thursday September 25: Splitsville, Riefenstahl, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, D(e)ad, Wolf Childr...
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549: Not Even Going To Guess.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Windows 95, James Gunn's Superman, multiplex woes, The Simpsons, Disney movie distribution, The Roses, Song of the South, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 12 - Thursday September 18: The Naked Gun, Naked Ambition, Jaws, Jaws 2, My Neighbor Totoro, and Saturday Night Sinema! They neglect to mention Relay, which was booked after the podcast recorded. You can always check mayfairtheatre.ca for up to date showtimes and coming soon listings!
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548: First Of All, Go To Hell.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam, from the Mayfair's Absent Friends Shadow Cast! They discuss: Archie Comics style antics, a museum calibre geek collection, The 501st Legion, Atari, Fan Expo, the Coen Brothers, One To One: John & Yoko, Megalopolis, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 5 - Thursday September 11: Honey Don't!, It's Never Over Jeff Buckley, Ebony & Ivory, Familiar Touch, and Orca! More info on current and coming soon movies can be found at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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547: You Can't Overstate The Magic.
Thursday, August 28, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Monty Python, Night Of The Living Dead, Sneakers, horror vs thriller, Rifftrax, Megadoc, Begotten, and more! They also mention the movies screening from Friday August 29 - Thursday September 4: A Little Prayer, Born Yesterday, Saturday Night Sinema, Oh Hi, and Shin Godzilla! They neglect to mention Superman, and Showgirls, because this episode was recorded extra early, and the full schedule wasn't booked yet. You can always check mayfairtheatre.ca for showtimes!
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546: It's A Good Problem To Have.
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Shook, the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival, My Little Pony, Archie Comics, Drawing Blood, novelizations, 613flea, Adam Sandler's Netflix career, Saturday Night Sinema, Odd Burger, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 22 - Thursday August 28: Souleymane's Story, There Will Be Blood, The Last Class, Some Like It Hot, Manhunter, and The Room! They neglect to mention F1, which got booked after the podcast recording. You can always check current and coming soon listings at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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545: Mingling And Eating Cupcakes.
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Minecraft Movie, video game generations, our Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, a local ironman triathlon, The Little Mermaid, a visit from someone whose parents first date was at the Mayfair in the 1940s, Silver Surfer, Mayfair radio ads, and more! They also mention the movies screening Friday August 15 - Thursday August 21: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Sinema, Punch-Drunk Love, Funny Face, and Breathless! They neglect to mention Shook, and the return of My Mother's Wedding for a 2nd week, which were booked after t...
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544: It's A Contest.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Ren, who did the animation for the Mayfair coming soon and feature presentation bumpers! They chat about: Animation Show n Tell Ottawa, Leica vs Laika, aspect ratios, movie running times, end credits, DVD extended cuts, The Life Of Chuck, The Naked Gun, The X-Files, American Gigolo, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 8 - Thursday August 14: Sorry Baby, My Mother's Wedding, Thief, Magnolia, The Philadelphia Story, and Eddington!
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543: You Can't Go Home Again.
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: workplace birthdays, The Rise Of Skywalker, gimmick popcorn buckets, Saturday Night Sinema, our repaired marquee, Mayfair t-shirts, Paul W.S. Anderson, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday August 1 - Thursday August 7: Eddington, Sorry Baby, American Gigolo, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, It Happened One Night, and Boogie Nights!
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542: A Sharking Dark Streak.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: 613 Flea, swag and promo materials, our marquee, field trips, ladder etiquette, Jaws vs Orca, The Dark Tower, Don Bluth, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 25 - Thursday July 31: Bad Shabbos, The Life Of Chuck, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Crash, Saturday Night Sinema, Pierrot Le Fou, and Felidae! More info on current showtimes and Coming Soon movies can always be found at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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541: I Like The Revenge.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Hotspring Sharkattack, Saturday Night Sinema, falling asleep at a movie, leaving movies early, 30 Days Of Night, Cameo, Mayfair weddings, Bad Shabbos, Materialists, I Saw The TV Glow, Channel Zero, and more! They also discuss the movies screening the week of Friday July 18 - Thursday July 24: The Phoenician Scheme, The Room, To A Land Unknown, Videodrome, Band Of Outsiders, and Man Bites Dog! Check mayfairthetare.ca for more info on current and Coming Soon movies!
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540: Getting Away With Murder.
Thursday, July 10, 2025
This week Eric and Josh discuss: Cosplay, multiplexes, Jurassic World: Rebirth, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary, Babar the Elephant, The Zodiac Killer, Method Man, Milana Vayntrub, Agents Of SHIELD, Birdemic, Batman 66, Michael Ironside, Neil Breen, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 11 - Thursday July 17: The Phoenician Scheme, Scanners, Hotspring Sharkattack, Saturday Night Sinema, and Contempt! They discussed Bad Shabbos, which got pulled by the distributor after the recording. Hopefully that will be back on the schedule in the near fut...
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539: Aggressively Boring.
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Saturday Night Sinema, The Warriors, 48 Hours, King Kong, popcorn machine repairs, The Kinks, Odd Burger, The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 4 - Thursday July 10: Les Barbares, The Phoenician Scheme, Hung Up On A Dream: The Zombies Documentary, Looney Tunes Festival with Popeye bonus cartoons, The Brood, A Woman Is A Woman, and Endless Cookie!
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538: Big Quotes True Story.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Entertainment Weekly, Tom Cruise, Disney distribution rules, Streets Of Fire, Fargo, House Of TARG, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 27 - Thursday July 3: A Nice Indian Boy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, King Kong, Mighty Joe Young, Saturday Night Sinema, The Encampments, The Ritual, and The Warriors! They neglect to mention The Life Of Chuck, which got booked after the recording. You can always check the up to date schedule, and coming soon movies, at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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537: By Wild Coincidence.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Father's Day, Odd Burger, Happy Goat, The Empire Strikes Back, The Legend Of The Lone Ranger, Robocop, Police Academy, video stores, Jason Goes To Hell, the Retroist Podcast, Friendship, The Life Of Chuck, and more! They also mention some of the movies screening the week of Friday June 20 - Thursday June 26: Sinners, The Room, and Streets Of Fire! They neglect to mention Jane Austen Wrecked My Life being held over for a 2nd week, and Two Women, which were both booked after the podcast recording. You can always check showtimes and coming soon movie listing...
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536: Disagree To Disagree.
Thursday, June 12, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's niece Abby, in honour of her 16th birthday! They discuss: student films, high school grades, Little Shop Of Horrors, Killer Book Club, Eli, movie trailers, My Bloody Valentine, A Nice Indian Boy, King Kong, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 13 - Thursday June 19: Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Jason Goes To Hell: The Final Friday, Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Saturday Night Sinema, and Gazer. They neglect to mention Friendship, which got held over for a 2nd week after we recorded. You can always find movie listi...
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535: Where Do You Find The Time?
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Anniversaries, Vegans Who Snack, Flow's record smashing 24 consecutive week run, Mayfair shirts, Christian Bale's historic Terminator Salvation rant, HMV, Rachel Talalay, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 6 - Thursday June 12: Friendship, One To One: John & Yoko, American Psycho, Vampire Hunter D, About Maya, and a Mario Kart Tournament presented by A Company Of Fools!
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534: By Popular Demand.
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
This week Eric and Josh discuss: The Great Glebe Garage Sale, Iron Eagle, Superman III and IV, the giant lemonade stand lemon, the 501st Legion, Youngblood, Psycho Pike, Ready Or Not: Here I Come, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 30 - Thursday June 5: A Nice Indian Boy, Sacramento, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Rules Of Attraction, and Saturday Night Sinema! They neglect to mention Black Bag, which got booked after the recording. You can always check listings and coming soon info at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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533: This Whole Story's A Lie.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: not visiting the U.S., technical difficulties, Saturday Night Sinema, the marquee, Guinness World Records, Odd Burger, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 23 - Thursday May 29: That They May Face The Rising Sun, Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between The Lines, The Room, The Big Lebowski, Flow, Party Girl, and Tombs Of The Blind Dead!
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532: Skulking In The Shadows.
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Mother's Day, 1980s nightmare fuel kids movies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Schindler's List, tearjerkers, The Penguin Lessons, throwing out grabage protocol, John Travolta, Neil Breen, David Cronenberg, and more! They also mention the movies screening from Friday May 16 - Thursday May 22: The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Bonjour Tristesse, A Nice Indian Boy, Flow, Saturday Night Sinema, and Phenomena! They neglect to mention Paddington In Peru, and MIckey 17, which were booked after the recording of the podcast. Updated listings are always available at mayfairt...
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531: What The Hell Is Going On?
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: May The 4th, Free Comic Book Day, Fan Expo, Tenebrae, movie trailers, Giallo films, And Then There Were None, Spawn, Saturday Night Sinema, Archie going to the Mayfair, Sinners, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 9 - Thursday May 15: Bob Trevino Likes It, The Ballad Of Wallis Island, Kryptic, Flow, and Demons! They neglect to mention The Shrouds, which was booked after the recording. You can always find current listings and coming soon movies at mayfairtheatre.ca!
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530: Idiosyncratic Creative Flair.
Thursday, May 1, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Spencer from the upcoming Animation Show n Tell event (which good news / bad news, is already sold out!). They discuss the animation industry, independent artistic projects, The Nightmare Before Christmas, the Ottawa International Animation Festival, Across The Spider-Verse, Doctor Who, The Boy And The Heron, Hellboy, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 2 - Thursday May 8: Darkest Miriam, The Spoils, Tenebrae, Flow (in its record smashing 21st consecutive week!), and the aforementioned Animation Show n Tell! They n...
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529: Locking It In, In Japan.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: long weekends, Princess Mononoke, 1990s remakes (The Little Rascals, The Beverly Hillbillies, Leave It To Beaver, The Brady Bunch Movie), SNL movies, A Minecraft Movie, Teen Wolf Too, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 25 - May 1: The Penguin Lessons, The Way My Way, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Flow, Naked, The Island Between Tides, Saturday Night Sinema, Mountains On Stage, Trail Running Film Fest, and the University of Ottawa Student Short Film Fest!
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528: Lost In The Translation.
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Saturday Night Sinema, Safety Last!, A Minecraft Movie, The Worst Person In The World, Parental Consent, The Surfer, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 18 - Thursday March 24: Princess Mononoke, Parthenope, The Friend, Queen Of The Ring, The Room, Flow, and Armand!
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527: It's Gonna Be Quality.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Toronto Raptors, our Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party, scheduling questions, Parental Consent, Taye Diggs, Uwe Boll, Coyote Vs Acme, The Way Of The Gun, Jackass, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 11 - Thursday April 17: The Penguins Lessons, The Brutalist, The Elephant Man, Flow, Seven Veils, Top Secret!, Safety Last!, Saturday Night Sinema, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, and La moitié gauche du frigo!
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526: Vanier Is My Paradise.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Through A Glass Darkly with music by Tall Shadows, E.T. accompanied by the NAC Orchestra, video stores, Carnosaur, American Pie, 47 Meters Down, Captain America: Brave New World, multiplexes, McFarlane Toys, A24, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 4 - Thursday April 10: No Other Land, The Penguin Lessons, Thank You Very Much, Walking Through The Fire, Inland Empire, and Flow!