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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592: A Big Flop.
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Emily and chat about: our recent Cartoon Party, Jem and the Holograms, She-Ra, Project Hail Mary, different Batman's and James Bond's, Joe Dante, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Whalefall, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday July 10 - Thursday July 16: The Sheep Detectives, Maddie's Secret, I Love Boosters, The Furious, Saturday Night Sinema, Pinocchio, and Mildred Pierce!
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591: Ghosts Haunt Buildings.
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Nick to discuss: MTV, Tubi, 1980s/1990s movie channels, Indiana Jones, Aliens, Disney's Robin Hood, Masters of the Universe, Master and Commander, and more! They also discuss the movies (and Saturday Morning Cartoons) screening the week of Friday July 3 - Thursday July 9: Unidentified, The Sheep Detectives, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, Amores Perros, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Letty Lynton! They neglect to mention Stop! That! Train!, which was booked after the podcast recording. You can always keep up to date wit...
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590: Kill Them With Kindness.
Thursday, June 25, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale (official Mayfair sign and poster painter) to discuss: Big bike rides, home gardens, The Linden / The Towne (an old Ottawa cinema), Baywatch, SCTV, All The Money In The World, Betty White, Netflix, movie programming, summertime, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 26 - Thursday July 2: The Richest Woman In The World, Project Hail Mary, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Goodfellas, Saturday Night Sinema, I Confess, Trainspotting, and Strange Shadows In An Empty Room!
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589: A Towering Achievement.
Thursday, June 18, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: technical difficulties, pizza beer, Rochester, high school bus road trips, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Fight Club, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, movie trailers, old tv's, Captains Of The Clouds, Father's Day, Rooster, and more! They also mention movies screening the week of Friday June 19 - Thursday June 25: Tuner, A Private Life, The Room, Raging Bull, The Iron Curtain, The Adolescence of Utena, and The Birdcage!
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588: Follow The Domino Effect.
Thursday, June 11, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Daimion to talk about (and not talk about) the upcoming Saturday Night Sinema! They also discuss: hosting comic con panels, J & E Grocery, Monster Movie Matinee, Elvira, Attack of the Killer B's, extended TV cuts of movies, video store era pros & cons, 1980s cable TV Saturday morning cartoons, Backrooms, Obsession, Masters of the Universe 1987 & 2026, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Mamma Mia, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 12 - Thursday June 18: The Art of Adventure, Ichi The Killer, Saturday Night Sinema, Cap...
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587: I Said A Lot Of Words.
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Sam from the Mayfair's resident Absent Friends Shadow Cast! They discuss: the correct halfway to Halloween date, Lego pranking, Saturday Night Sinema rules, the Mayfair's X-Rated past, poutine vs disco fries, caskets vs coffins, James Bond in Ottawa, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday June 5 - Thursday June 11: Little Lorraine, Silent Friend, Juesus Christ Vampire Hunter, 49th Parallel, and Class Of 1984!
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586: Take The Stairs.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner and newsletter writer, Ian! They discuss The Mandalorian and Grogu, Black Squirrel Books finds, The Great Glebe Garage Sale, Vac Shack, Deliverance, The Lift, Archie digests, RKSS, film production logos, Slush Puppies, Riverdale, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 29 - Thursday June 4: Holy Days, I Swear, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Saturday Night Sinema, True Stories, Chopping Mall, Farewell My Concubine, and They Are Sacred!
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585: Back On The Scaffold.
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
This week, Eric and Pascale trick Josh into making at least half the episode to be all about basketball (with some movie related basketball stuff in there, like Space Jam, Hoop Dreams, Hoosiers, and Air Bud, just to keep us on point). We also discuss Holey Confections, bartering, Herb Albert, The Mighty Ducks, Saturday Night Sinema, Wes Anderson's box office, Uncut Gems, the silent film era, and more! Plus, the movies screening the week of Friday May 22 - Thursday May 28: Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, The Drama, The Wicker Man, The Docks Of New York, and The Darjeeling Limited!
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584: Fastball Special.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
This week Eric and Josh discuss: Mother's Day, Animation Show 'N' Tell, The Wizard Of Oz, black and white television, drive-ins, Robocop, Free Solo, Mortal Kombat vs Street Fighter, Ottawa Charge, popcorn, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 15 - Thursday May 21: The Christophers, Calle Málaga, The Room, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, Saturday Night Sinema, Exit 8, and Lorne!
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583: As Legend Has It.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Star Wars Day, scolding phone users in the cinema, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Cartoon Party kids, Saturday Night Sinema, Alanis Morissette, Barry Sonnenfeld, The Spirit, Black Bag, Free Comic Book Day, Robocop Vs Terminator, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 8 - Thursday May 14: Mile End Kicks, The Christophers, Middle Life, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Blade!
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582: I've Got Weird Stuff.
Thursday, April 30, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Ottawa Charge, Hijinx, The Two Jakes, Practical Magic, The Goonies, Back To The Future, Police Academy, Christopher Lee, Hercules In The Haunted World, Ed Wood, Venom, Entertainment Weekly, The Wicker Man, Family Man, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday May 1 - Thursday May 7, 2026: Kontinental '25, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Rushmore, Forbidden Fruits, Mile End Kicks, and the May The 4th weekend Star Wars Trilogy celebration with: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return Of The Jedi!
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581: Bringing In The Riffraff.
Thursday, April 23, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh welcome Pascale back to the podcast to mainly dicsuss Breaking Bad style money laundering schemes. They also chat about: Superman Day, Record Store Day, hockey and basketball, Free Comic Book Day, Fan Expo, Clive Barker, making a will, Apocalypse Now, Blair Witch, The Blade (which was supposed to screen this week, but got pushed back), and more! Plus, the movies screening the week of Friday April 24 - Thursday April 30: The Blue Trail, Modern Whore, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Saturday Night Sinema, The Big Red One, and Moun...
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580: I Kinda Don't Wanna Know.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Spencer, to discuss the upcoming Animation Show 'N' Tell Ottawa 4 screening at the Mayfair! They also discuss: artist deadlines, South Park, Spider-Verse movies, Brad Bird's Ray Gunn, the Disney Vault, The Princess And The Frog, Tangled, dinosaur nature documentaries, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, our upcoming Wes Anderson Fest, and more! Plus, the movies screening the week of Friday April 17 - Thursday April 23: Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, The Room, Palestine 36, Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, and ...
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579: That's Not A Word.
Thursday, April 9, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh dicsuss: discount easter chocolate, puppy Big Barda's return to the podcast, post-winter marquee, Ottawa Comics & Arts Festival, Ottawa Charge, Disney's Zombies live concert, The Penguin Lessons, Hudson Hawk, The Warriors, air conditioning in cinemas, free Twin Peaks blu-rays, and more! Plus, they mention the movies the week of Friday April 10 - Thursday April 16: Miroirs No. 3, H Is For Hawk, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Taxi Driver, Saturday Night Sinema, and Tiger On The Beat!
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578: We Can't Have Nice Things Anymore.
Thursday, April 2, 2026
This week, due to hectic schedules, Eric and Josh resort to a Zoom chat for the first time in ages. They discuss: birthday festivities, novelizations and comic book adaptations, The Last Ronin, incorrect movie listing websites, The Kissing Booth trilogy, elevator horror movies, forgotten sequels, Walker Texas Ranger, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday April 3 - Thursday April 9: Wuthering Heights, Alpha, Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, The Killer, True Grit, and Lone Wolf McQuade!
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577: I've Seen Movies.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's niece Abby, fresh off of a trip to France and Spain! They discuss subway and elevator dangers, Ready Or Not, The Curse Of The Necklace, Captain America: The First Avenger, our recent Cartoon Party, The California Raisins, Robot Chicken, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Disney's Zombies, Nefarious Comics, watching the Oscars in a different time zone, BlackBerry, and more! They also mention some of the movies screening the week of Friday March 27 - Thursday April 2, 2026: Song Sung Blue, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, To Kill A Mockingbird, Apocalyps...
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576: We Got Ideas, People!
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Pi Day, Odd Burger, Friday The 13th YA books, tips, popcorn, Hellraiser comics, retro novelizations, anime, Academy Awards, ABBA, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 20 - Thursday March 26: Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Careful, The Phantom Carriage, Sunday Morning All-You-Can-Eat Cereal Cartoon Party, Marty Supreme, Scarlet, Tender Mercies, and Colors!
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575: The Devil On The Phone.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Emily in honour of International Women's Day (or, possibly a coincidence that we recorded with her on that specific day). They discuss: the extinct Westgate Mall, $2 movie tickets, MotoPhoto, Psycho & Psycho II, the state of comic books, Hoopla, The Three-Body Problem, newspaper movie ads, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash comic, Catherine O'Hara, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 13 - Thursday March 19: Freddy Vs Jason, THX 1138, Nash The Slash Rises Again!, Sinners, Marty Supereme, Saturday Night Sinema, and the 98t...
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574: Blast From The Past.
Thursday, March 5, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Ryan from Nefarious Comics to chat about comic store life, and some upcoming store events! They also discuss: birthday rentals in the cinema, Tank Girl, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, Absolute Batman, variant covers, Magic: The Gathering, Kinks & Coffee, Paper Tiger, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday March 6 - Thursday March 12: All That's Left Of You, Pillion, The Room, Stagecoach, Housewife of the Year, and Thinking Beyond The Market! They neglect to mention House, and more encore screenings of Hamnet, which got boo...
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573: Such A Weird Experiment.
Thursday, February 26, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined again by Usman Karimi to discuss his Back Pages radio show, and Reeled In podcast! (you can find info on Instagram for both, at @backpagescu and @reeledinpodcast) They also chat about Olympic hockey, baseball movies, Miracle, appointment television, Spider-Noir, Godzilla Minus One, Johnny Mnemonic, The Simpsons, Bob Dylan, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, the four Beatles movies, The Kissing Booth, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 27 - Thursday March 5: Hamnet, Pillion, A Better Tomorrow, Big Trouble In ...
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572: Question The First.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale, mainly to unpack the aftermath of the Valentine's Day edition of our annual X-Rated Super Secret Saturday Night Sinema. They also discuss: Brief Encounter, Casablanca, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, movie walkouts, Euphoria, watching movies on planes, Backbeat, Resevoir Dogs, Gambino, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 20 - Thursday February 26: My Father's Shadow, Hamnet, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, City On Fire, A Mighty Wind, and Scum Of The Earth!
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571: You Have To Kind Of Warn People.
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Saturday Night Sinema co-host Daimion, in honour of the X-Rated Super Secret Valentine's edition of Sinema! They also discuss: Scarlet Warning 666, G.I. Joe, Them!, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Batman '66, Samurai Cop 2, David Cronenberg, Ratatouille, Tank Girl, and more! They also mention the movies screening the busy Valentine's week of Friday February 13 - Thursday February 19: The Choral, All That's Left Of You, Jason X, Brief Encounter, Casablanca, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, Best In Show, Blades Of The Guardians, and the aforementioned X-Rat...
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570: It's Amazing But It's Terrible.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by resident Mayfair poster and Holiday Season card artist, and front door sign painter, Pascale! She has a pair of events in Ottawa at de Montigny Contemporary Art Gallery, and the Ottawa Design Club! They discuss: Mayfair Gold Cards, Clairtone, Pogs, Archie Digests, Death Of Superman, TV repair, Phantom Menace action figures, Valentine's Day, talking during trailers, Catherine O'Hara, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 6 - Thursday February 12: The Secret Agent, The Choral, The Room, Scarlet Warning 666, Waitin...
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569: With All Due Respect.
Thursday, January 29, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Mayfair co-owner and newsletter scribe, Ian! They get together to gossip about the Oscar nominations, which leads them to also chat about: record levels of cold weather, Delroy Lindo, The Kissing Booth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, I'm Just Ken, Hamlet, Logan, BlacKkKlansman, Universal Language, Don McKellar, the Safdie brothers, Vampyros Lesbos, Netflix, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 30 - Thursday February 5: Sound Of Falling, No Other Choice, Faceless, Misery, Saturday Night Sine...
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568: Record Scratch, Lights Go Up.
Thursday, January 22, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Space Jam, Teen Titans Go!, Loonatics Unleashed, Aztec Batman, The Day The Earth Blew Up, end credits, John Woo, Marty Supreme, Scarlet Warning 666, and more! They also discuss the movies screening the week of Friday January 23 - Thursday January 29: The Princess Bride, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, No Other Choice, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hard Boiled, and Sinfonía Erótica!
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567: I Like That People Are Nice.
Wednesday, January 14, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Saturday Night Sinema co-host Daimion! They discuss: The Omen, audio commentaries, The Rock, Indy the Dog's acting award win, Stranger Things, no film ratings in Ontario, The Librarians, Aliens, Freddy vs Jason vs Ash comic, our new Saturday Night Sinema poster, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 16: Nuremberg, Father Mother Sister Brother, Vampyros Lesbos, When Harry Met Sally, Saturday Night Sinema, Goon, Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, and The Running Man!
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566: We're In The Future.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Eric's official Mayfair nieces, Abby and Norah! They discuss the overwhelming cinematic experience, and emotional breakdown, of watching the Stranger Things finale on our screen. Plus, they chat about: Holiday Season limbo, The Jonas Brothers, the Britney Spears memoir, Zootopia 2, movie montages, The Talisman, Uncanny X-Men 134, The Running Man, Bob's Burgers, and more! They also mention some of the movies screening the week of Friday January 9 - Thursday January 15: The Secret Agent, La Grazia, and Oldboy. And, neglect to mention The Room, and She ...
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565: I Forgot To Hit Record.
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: re-recording this episode, projector technical difficulties, Pan's Labyrinth, Titanic, Flow, David Lynch, Alien 3 / Alien: Resurrection, No One Will Save You, library books, Barbarella, Scrooged, Stranger Things, and more! They also mention the screenings (and a live event) for the week of Friday January 2 - Thursday January 8, 2026: The Librarians, The Secret Agent, Frankenstein, Stars Of Magic!, Aliens, Logan's Run, and the short films Breaking the Line / House Rules / Operation Ex!
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564: Somewhat Festive, But Not In The Way You're Thinking.
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Nick for the first time since he joined the ranks of parenthood! They discuss: babies at movies, Little Golden Books, Elvira, Holiday Season work parties, Die Hard, The Last Action Heroes, Lauryn Hill, gift cards, Rob Reiner, Virtuosity, Megalopolis, and more! They also mention the movies (and an epic tv series finale) screening the week of Friday December 24 - Thursday January 1: Roofman, Nuremberg, Alien, Nouvelle Vague, After The Thin Man, Stranger Things 5: The Finale, and Saturday Night Sinema!
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563: Rorschach's Moon.
Thursday, December 18, 2025
This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Pascale, to hype the new Mayfair themed It's A Wonderful Life holiday cards that she designed! They also chat about: visiting New York City, home ownership, TrueAnon, silent films with live bands, swapping out our projector, Stranger Things, CHUO, the Disney Vault, Canuxploitation, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday December 19 - Thursday December 25: The Tale Of Silyan, Die Hard, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Sense And Sensibility, It's A Wonderful Life, Ghostkeeper, and Sentimental Value!