Join us on Sunday, May 31 at the Rio Theatre for a screening of the iconic 1984 hip hop classic BEAT STREET. BEAT STREET helped introduce hip hop culture to the world at a time when it was still a local movement centered in the Bronx, showcasing the four core elements DJing, MCing, breakdancing, and … Read more
Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman … This one based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960’s television series which helped form the basis of so many of the modern super hero films that are such a staple in pop-culture and movideom. The late, great Adam West‘s portrayal of Gotham’s mysterious Dark Knight will undoubtedly always be a … Read more
In this stylishly animated feature set in the 1940s, the troubled yet heroic Batman is pitted against a mysterious figure who is rubbing out Gotham City’s most dangerous criminals, and who many believe is the caped crusader himself. Batman’s alter ego, millionaire Bruce Wayne, is about to get married to the lovely Andrea Beaumont, who … Read more
The tale of a rogue who conned his way to the top and back again… returning to cinemas this summer to celebrate its landmark 50th anniversary! With the ravishing new 4K restoration debuting at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and closing out the Cannes Classics strand, Stanley Kubrick‘s Academy Award®-winning historical epic BARRY LYNDON is more breathtaking … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movies series continues on July 18 with a big ol’ cheesy slice of unadulterated 60’s camp, with “Queen of the Galaxy” Jane Fonda in Roger Vadim’s out-of-this-world sci-fi sex romp / cult-classic, BARBARELLA. With Anita Pallenberg, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau. “BARBARELLA is a gift-wrapped ‘X’ certificate bonbon for … Read more
“Remember, where you’re going, there are no roads.” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re (finally, after countless audience requests!) doing a marathon … Read more
“You built a time machine…. Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re also keeping it ramped at 88 and … Read more
“You built a time machine…. Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE. Michael J. Fox stars as Marty McFly, a … Read more
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We’re going back in time as part of our series of classics this summer, with a screening of Robert Zemeckis‘ iconic BACK TO THE FUTURE (which is – hands down – … Read more
Set in the year 2027, French comic book artists turned filmmaker Ugo Beinvenu‘s ARCO tells the story of a 10-year-old girl, Iris, who sees a mysterious boy wearing a rainbow jumpsuit falling from the sky. It’s Arco. He comes from a distant, idyllic future where time travel is possible. Iris takes him in and will … Read more
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