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This week, Eric and Josh are joined by special guest Mark Pollesel, screenwriter of Enter The Drag Dragon! On top of the origins and making of Enter The Drag Dragon, they also chat about: indie film production co-op, sound effects editing, C4 Wrestling, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, the extinction of newspaper boxes, blockbuster lineups, Hugh Jackman, 35mm vs digital screenings, Batman '66, the length of feature length movies, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday February 3 - Thursday February 9: The Son, Tár, Assault On Precinct 13, Skinamarink, and Mind Leech!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the 95th Academy Awards nominations, Bruce Willis, Baz Luhrmann, Roger Deakins, The BGF, Bill Murray, Sarah Polley, Netflix/indie cinema symbiosis, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 27 - Thursday February 2: Empire Of Light, Aftersun, Enter The Drag Dragon, the 2022/2023 New York Cat and Dog Film Fests, Saturday Night Sinema, Skinamarink, and Groundhog Day!

This week, Eric, and Josh are joined by Lee, to chat about his new movie - Enter The Drag-Dragon! They also discuss: dog walking, the Norman McLaren short film Neighbours, Cooley High, spotting old movie posters in movies and tv shows, video store movie posters, expensive VHS movies, The Bad News Bears, the lack of city specific film critics, the Get Carter remake, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening from Friday January 20 - Thursday January 26: Broker, You People, Bones And All, Get Carter, and The Room!

This week, Eric, and Josh chat about: Barrymoore's Music Hall, Parliament Hill, Dwayne Gretzky, celebrity status, the Rio Theatre, the Revue Cinema, Grand Piano, dangerous stunts, Rian Johnson, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday January 13 - Thursday January 19: No Bears, Tár, Friday The 13th Part V: A New Beginning, Bullitt, The Menu, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Y2K, physical media, third party movie listings, the Spider-man tv movie, pandemic era filmmaking, not terrible remakes, Anaconda, misremembering seeing movies, Barbarella, and more! They also mention the movies screening the Week of Friday January 6 - Thursday January 12, 2023: The Eternal Daughter, Aftersun, Them!, Holy Spider, and Midnight Cowboy!

This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: The Phantom Of The Opera, the Home Alone 2 audio book, Kevin Conroy's Batman legacy, Pearl, the Barrymore acting dynasty, the Oscars, Roku, Red Lobster, Denny's, New Year's Eve, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 30, 2022 - Thursday January 5, 2023: Eo, She Said, Armageddon Time, Smile, 3 Godfathers, and UHF!

This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: making checklists, snow shoveling, pizza delivery robots, White Christmas, Holiday Inn, Twin Peaks and Star Wars comparisons, Moonage Daydream, Purple Rain, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 23 - Thursday December 29: The Banshees Of Inisherin, The Pale Blue Eye, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, The Lemon Drop Kid, and Neil Young: Harvest Time!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: being in Holiday Season limbo, weekly vs monthly programming, The Golden Globes, Rahul Kohli, the Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, classic films vs new films, watching horror movies in the afternoon, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 16 - Thursday December 22: Life & Life, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Next Exit, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Black Christmas, It's A Wonderful Life, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: more vandalism at the cinema, the Mayfair's 90th Anniversary, Grand Hotel, Non-Oscar winning movies, cinema rental events, Martin McDonagh, Home Alone, cereal, Trapped In Paradise, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 9 - Thursday December 15: Stay The Night, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus, The Room, Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party, The Beyond: The Composer's Cut, and We're No Angels!

This week, Eric and Josh chat about: incorrectly stamped membership cards, the quality of old Mayfair podcasts, Kevin Smith, the evolution of recording equipment, high school communications classes, film vs digital photography, how impossible it is to make a movie, the Mayfair's 90th anniversary, The Polar Express, All I Didn't Want For Christmas, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday December 2 - Thursday December 8: Rosie, Call Jane, Hunt, Silent Night Deadly Night, and Grand Hotel!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Holiday Season decorations, our marquee, movie showtime sites with incorrect times, Room vs The Room, our neighbourhood chip truck disappearance, The Sound Of Music, The Greatest Show On Earth, novelizations, Tony Gilroy, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 25 - Thurs Dec 1: Lady Chatterley's Lover, Aftersun, Halloween Ends, Barbarian, Casablanca, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the corner store origin of our candy bar, the projection booth storage bunker, people attempting to give stuff to the Mayfair that we don't have space for, lots of rentals, understudies, Cabinet Of Curiosities, the extinct Ontario Ratings Board, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 18 - Thursday October 24: Triangle Of Sadness, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Vesper, The Greatest Show On Earth, Drinkwater, and Terrifier 2!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Halloween / Christmas transition, the fear of malls, V For Vendetta, the cancelled Goblin concert, horror movie lengths, intermissions, Nic Cage, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday November 11 - Thursday November 17: The Return Of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile, Don't Worry Darling, Masking Threshold, The Room, Terrifier 2, and Lawrence Of Arabia!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: movie piracy, shelved movies, Tubi, out of place rap theme songs, The Midnight Hour, TV movies vs theatrical movies, The Stepford Wives, Friday The 13th TV series, Halloween night, Pia Zadora, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the Week of Friday November 4 - Thursday November 10: Amsterdam, See How They Run, Moonage Daydream, Voyage Of The Rock Aliens, The Godfather, All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms, The Fall Of The House Of Usher, and Suspiria!

This week, Eric and Josh chat about: closet microwaves, silent films / live bands, The Passion Of Joan Of Arc, potential new cinema neighbours, 1980s nostalgia, the Mayfair's 90th anniversary, Terrifier 2, the different Grinch's, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 28 - Thursday November 3: See How They Run, Ténor, Pearl, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show!

This week, Eric and Josh discuss: a mysterious found note, the fine line between rom-coms and stalkers, small town cinemas, The Aron Theatre, 111 Places In Ottawa That You Must Not Miss book, Saturday Morning Cartoons, the Stay Alive board game, Fletch, Asylum copycat movies, big budget vs small budget productions, double-bills vs attention spans, giant posters, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 21 - Thursday October 27: Descendant, The Good Nurse, Nosferatu, Confess Fletch, Trick 'R Treat, The Exorcist, and The Shining!

This week, Eric and Josh chat about: The Midnight Club, Terrifier 2, Nope, Batgirl, We Need To Talk About Kevin, Gilligan's Island, Adam West, Taylor Swift, Cats, Texas Chainsaw Massacres, Basket Cases, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 14 - Thursday October 20: Rumba Therapy, Where The Crawdads Sing, Dark Glasses, Eternal Spring, The Taxas Chainsaw Massacre, Piggy, Monster Pool 666, and Saturday Morning All-You-Can-Eat-Cereal Cartoon Party!

This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: giant Halloween decorations, Dahmer movies, true crime vs horror movies, animal safety in movies, Cannibal Holocaust, John Waters, movie franchise ownership, no ratings board in Ontario, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and more! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday October 7 - Thursday October 13: The Silent Twins, God's Creatures, Poltergeist, The Room, and Nope!

This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: stand-up comedy, Andy Richter, subscription scams, albums vs digital, kids watching their first movie at the Mayfair, marquee typos, those unaware of Rocky Horror, The Disaster Artist, the Paul Thomas Anderson's, Alanis Morissette, and more! Plus, they mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 30 - Thursday October 6: Dear Audrey. Hold Me Tight, Jack-O, F*** The Devil + F*** The Devil 2, The Great Dictator, Bodies Bodies Bodies, and Saturday Night Sinema!

This week, Eric and Josh are joined by Friend-Of-Mayfair Tom Fowler to chat about: Gen X high school, Movies for Mommies, attention spans, the return of University students to the Mayfair, The Room, diverse programming, the lack of photo's pre-cell phones, Elvis movies, George Miller's weird career, and more! Plus, they plug the new horror comic drawn by Tom from Hill House Comics / DC Comics, Refrigerator Full Of Heads! They also mention the movies screening the week of Friday September 23 - Thursday September 29: Three Thousand Years Of Longing, Elvis, God's Country, Viva Las Vegas, and Modern Times!