Movies
Country: United States of America
Brick
While taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, director Rian Johnson‘s debut feature BRICK also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery by wittily and bracingly immersing the trope in fresh territory – a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school.
Brian de Palma’s ‘Carrie’ (Hosted by Mike Flanagan and SPECIAL GUESTS!)
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!” The Rio Theatre’s annual deep-dive into Halloween movie goodness continues on Monday, October 27 a very special screening of Brian de Palma’s CARRIE. Even better? This screening will be hosted by filmmaker Mike Flanagan (DOCTOR SLEEP, THE LIFE OF CHUCK, Netflix’s
Breakfast of Champions (25th Anniversary Restoration)
“It’s all life until you’re dead.” 25 years after its initial release, Kurt Vonnegut’s biting portrayal of America’s mad chaos, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS returns in a restored 4K version. Directed by the brilliant Alan Rudolph and starring Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, and Albert Finney, this zany
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
“I have crossed oceans of time to find you…” Francis Ford Coppola‘s gorgeously goth, Oscar-winning adaptation of Bram Stoker‘s iconic novel stars Gary Oldman in the title role as a nocturnal immortal who leaves the captive Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) and Transylvania for London in search of Mina
Boyz n The Hood
“Either they don’t know, don’t show, or don’t care about what’s going on in the hood.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, May 16 as we raise a glass and toast the late, great writer-director John Singleton with a screening of what is undoubtedly his most well-known and
Boys Go to Jupiter
From writer-director Julian Glandner (creator of the cult video game “Art Sqool”) comes BOYS GO TO JUPITER, a dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age musical about a gig worker who encounters a creature from another world. It’s the day after Christmas in suburban Florida and Billy 5000 and
Boy Kills World
Bill Skarsgård stars as “Boy” who vows revenge after his family is murdered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and voiceless. Driven by his inner voice, one which he co-opted from his favorite childhood video game, Boy
Bound
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 16 with the Wachowski’s brilliant sophomore feature, the wildly sexy and stylish sapphic neo-noir crime thriller BOUND. Released in 1996, this notoriously
Bottoms
BOTTOMS, a refreshingly unique raunchy comedy, focuses on two girls, PJ and Josie, who start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. Their bizarre plan works. The fight club gains traction and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in
Bottle Rocket
We’re toasting one of our faaaaavourite contemporary writer-directors, Wes Anderson, with a double bill night featuring two of our favourites of his – his first feature, BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) followed by THE DARJEELING LIMITED (2007). See one, or see them both for one sweet price! Tuesday, July 11