Movies
Film Rating: PG
Groundhog Day (30th Anniversary Screening)
“I wake up every day, right here, right in Punxsutawney, and it’s always February 2nd, and there’s nothing I can do about it.” We got you, babe. There’s no better way to mark Groundhog Day (Thursday, February 2) than with a big-screen viewing of this quirky, oddball
The Gentlemen Hecklers Presents Star Trek: Generations (1994)
In 1994, the pre-internet-addled brains of devoted Trekkies everywhere collectively exploded when Gene Roddenberry‘s stellar creation transported its mythology into a unique, inter-generational space, boldly going where no franchise had gone before, when the original series’ fearless leader Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) shared screen time with Captain Jean-Luc
Shrek
I bet you have never seen a donkey fly! Sometime since the release of this lovable animated satire in 2001 and now, SHREK has morphed into something of a cult-classic, a generational touchstone that make is perfect for a double bill screening with
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A YMCA Annual Campaign Movie Fundraiser
Join us for a special screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at the Rio Theatre! All funds raised through ticket sales will go to the YMCA’s Annual Campaign, supporting children and families in need in our local community. Wednesday, December 6 Doors: 6pm | Movie: 6.30pm *Please arrive
Streets of Fire (40th Anniversary Screening)
“Can you dig it?” We’re getting into the summer groove with a prime time double bill featuring not one, but two phenomenally stylish cult-classics from iconic filmmaker Walter Hill: THE WARRIORS and STREETS OF FIRE. See one, or see ’em both for one sweet price! Hill’s
Poltergeist (1982)
“They’re heee-eeeeere.” The late, great director Tobe Hooper (probably best known for his seminal horror film THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, which screens at the Rio Theatre as a Friday Late Night Movie on October 20) also directed one of the 1980s biggest supernatural blockbusters, the original POLTERGEIST. With
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K Restoration)
In Steven Spielberg‘s classic sci-fi adventure film, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (beautifully remastered for its 40th Anniversary in 2017), Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who along with several other stunned bystanders experience a close encounter of the first kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the
The King of Comedy
“Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Given the recent success of JOKER, we felt the time was right to revisit one of the films it so clearly pays homage to, director Martin Scorsese‘s withering, brilliant social satire THE KING OF COMEDY. Rupert Pupkin
A League of Their Own
“There’s no crying in baseball!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, August 16 for a baseball doubleheader featuring two summertime classics, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN and BULL DURHAM. See one, or see ’em both! Director Penny Marshall‘s landmark comedy-drama A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN follows
The Graduate
“Are you here for an affair?” Newly remastered in 4K, Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols‘ landmark hit THE GRADUATE is a cultural phenomenon that captured the youthful essence of the late 60s in everything from its standout performances (including Dustin Hoffman’s remarkable breakthrough) and its brilliant soundtrack (from Simon & Garfunkel)