Barb Popel is a frequent film-goer (hooray for the ByTowne Theatre!) and avid theatre-goer (almost 100 plays per year). She also attends quite a few classical music concerts. Not sure when she sleeps. Quoting a friend, she says, “I don’t support the arts; the arts support me.” Photo by Andrew Alexander.
Most studios release their prestige films starting in September and ending the last week of December. Because of the peculiarities of film distribution, ordinary folk like us get to see a lot of these films from December through February. This year, it’s a bumper crop.
Welcome to 2024! The ByTowne and the Mayfair have programmed lots in January to help us achieve our resolutions of seeing more independent cinema.
Hard to believe, but this is the second anniversary of Magic in the Dark. Yes, Barbara Popel has been encouraging you to see films at the ByTowne and the Mayfair for two whole years! See what’s in store for the last half of December.
New films, old films, and Christmas films are all on offer this month at the ByTowne and the Mayfair.
There’s a bracing selection of new films and golden oldies—including one for winter sports aficionados and one for the kids—at Ottawa’s independent cinemas.
As we say “goodbye” to fall and “hello” to winter, what better way to spend a dreary November evening than to escape to one of Ottawa’s independent cinemas?
I don’t believe I’ve ever had so many films to recommend to Magic in the Dark readers—almost two dozen! It’s the spookiest month of the year, and cinemas are outdoing themselves with scary offerings.
The best of cinema is on at the ByTowne and the Mayfair, with a special emphasis on horror films—see classics like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Carrie, The Excorcist, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on the big screen.
The second half of September offers us a myriad of options for movies. Here are just some of them to catch in theatres.
