Movies
Film Rating: NR
Jean-Luc Godard’s “Pierrot le Fou”
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, July 14 as we tip out hat to French cinema with a Bastille Day triple bill, featuring the late Jean-Luc Godard‘s “new wave” triumph PIERROT LE FOU, Matthieu Kassovitz‘ gritty and groundbreaking urban drama LA HAINE (2020 restoration),
King Kong Double Feature
90 years ago in 1933, KING KONG was released. The film had a massive impact on popular culture, influencing a whole new generation, and with the recent films it’s clear, that the popularity of KING KONG will never die. He’s the most recognizable ape in movie history! Legendary special effects
Man With a Movie Camera: Featuring a Live Score with Montopolis
The Rio Theatre is pleased to participate in an international tour of arthouse cinemas screening Dziga Vertov‘s icon of silent cinema, MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA, featuring a live musical score performed by the Austin, Texas outfit Montopolis. One of the most influential documentaries ever made, the 1929 film
Black Girl
February marks Black History Month, and the Rio Theatre is honouring that with a double bill screening on February 1. We will be featuring two significant titles, including a 4K restoration of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène‘s landmark 1966 BLACK GIRL (aka, “La noire de...”, it currently sits at #97 in
Skinamarink (Final Screening)
In this house… Following its wildly impressive debut at this year’s Fantasia Film Festival, the micro-budget Canadian horror film SKINAMARINK became a legitimate viral internet sensation before becoming a bona fide pop-culture phenomenon – and one of the most profitable independent films ever made. “Films like this come
Decision to Leave
What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to
Anvil! The Story of Anvil… Again (2022 Restoration)
Ready to rock? Originally released in ’08, the now cult doc followed the Canadian heavy metal icons ANVIL who would inspire the likes of Anthrax and Metallica, and then drop off the map to begin what would become decades of toiling in obscurity. Director and former roadie Sacha
Nosferatu: 100th Anniversary Screening with The Invincible Czars
NOSFERATU is one of the most revered films in the history of cinema, and to celebrate its centenary, Austin’s “emperors of eclecticism,” The Invincible Czars, are bringing their updated soundtrack to the Rio Theatre for a live performance to accompany a screening of the film. There is simply
Giant
Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Rock Hudson star in a sweeping saga of jealousy, racism and the clash of cultures set in the vast Texas oilfields. Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict (Hudson) and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink (Dean) both woo Leslie Lynnton (Taylor) a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is
Vortex
Acclaimed filmmaker Gaspar Noé has made a name for himself with highly stylized, at times brutally assaultive films affecting a “cinema of the body” aesthetic, like IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID, and CLIMAX. On the surface, his latest work VORTEX suggests a thematic removal – the passage of time, the inevitable