Movies
Country: United States of America
Snakes On A Plane
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Movie series continues on April 1 with (no joke!) SNAKES ON A PLANE, one of the all-time so-bad-it’s-good, and yet-we-love-it examples of campy, B-movie goodness ever… Which makes it a pretty perfect pick for late night viewing. In this FBI agent Nelville Flynn
Ascension
Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon‘s Oscar-nominated documentary ASCENSION is an engrossing, impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. To outsiders, China presents somewhat of a paradox: a nominally communist nation that exemplifies the enormous wealth creation of
The Matrix Resurrections
In 2021, Lana Wachowski surprised sci-fi fans around the world with another foray into the beloved Matrix franchise, thanks to the somewhat unexpected reboot The Matrix Resurrections. This fourth installment (and likely end) to the thrilling cyberpunk saga has stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss returning to reprise their roles
9 to 5
“They just use your mind and you never get the credit It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it…” Tuesday, March 8 is International Women’s Day (March is Women’s History Month), which is as good a time as any to revisit something of
Dune: Part One
“How dare you use the voice on me!” Director Denis Villeneuve‘s (BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL, INCENDIES) highly lauded, feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction novel, “Dune.” A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, DUNE tells the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet),
House of Gucci
Director Ridley Scott‘s highly stylized (and polarizing) HOUSE OF GUCCI is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga, in one of the most talked about performances of the year), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci
Hackers
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 11 with the 1995-era Angelina Jolie (pre-Brad Pitt, pre-Billy Bob Thornton) vehicle HACKERS, a www.suspense-thriller-crime-drama-comedy.com that follows a bunch of 25 year-old high school students (including Jolie’s ex Johnny Lee Miller and Matthew Lillard) as they jack
MacGruber
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 4 with one of the biggest sleeper cult-comedies to come out of Lorne Michaels’ SNL Movie Factory in a while: MACGRUBER. Will Forte stars as the eponymous hero, an Army Ranger, Green Beret and Navy SEAL rolled into
Gerald’s Game: In Conversation with Director Mike Flanagan & Carla Gugino
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a screening of writer-director Mike Flanagan‘s GERALD’S GAME, followed by a conversation with both the filmmaker and the film’s star, actress Carla Gugino. Adapted from master storyteller Stephen King‘s 1992 novel of the same name, this quietly claustrophobic and suspenseful thriller follows a
Red Rocket
The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, RED ROCKET is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him. Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex-porn star Mikey Saber (Rex) decides to crawl