Movies
Film Rating: R
Shoplifters (Final Screening!)
Since winning the Cannes Film Festival‘s highly coveted Palm d’Or, master storyteller Hirokazu Kore-eda‘s (STILL WALKING, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON and NOBODY KNOWS) latest offering SHOPLIFTERS has gone on to become one of the biggest arthouse features of the year (a Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Academy
Shallow Grave
What’s a little murder among friends? Join us at the Rio Theatre for a double bill celebrating the work of one of Britatin’s most acclaimed filmmakers, Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (STEVE JOBS, SLUMDOG MILLIONNAIRE, 127 HOURS), with two of his best; SHALLOW GRAVE and TRAINSPOTTING. Set in Edinburgh, Boyle’s first feature
Shaft
Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 2 with a screening of Gordon Parks‘ iconic 1971 urban crime drama SHAFT. Featuring the late, great Richard Roundtree (who passed away in 2023)
Serial Mom
Writer/director John Waters offers an outrageous satire of suburban life–and the American fame industry for merchandizing mass murderers–with this hilarious black comedy about a Baltimore woman who’s the ideal wife and mother… Except for her habit of killing people who annoy her. It’s SERIAL MOM… On Mother’s Day! Happy housewife
Sentimental Value
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star.
Se7en
“What’s in the box?” Featuring an all-star cast including Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwynneth Paltrow, and John C. McGinley, director David Fincher’s neo-noir psychological thriller SEVEN made a serious impression as one of the biggest films of 1995, the year it was released. The unusual pairing of Morgan
Scream VI
In the next installment, the survivors of the Ghostface killings leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City. With Jenna Ortega, Courteney Cox, Melissa Barrera, Hayden Panettiere, Henry Czerny, Dermot Mulroney. “Thankfully, this latest shows there is still proper fun
Scream
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, March 3 with Wes Craven’s game-changing 1996 slasher comedy (yes, that’s a thing) SCREAM. “Horror icon Wes Craven’s subversive deconstruction of the genre is sly, witty, and surprisingly effective as a slasher film itself, even if it’s a little
Scary Movie
Here it comes kids, the first day of fall and one of the final days of the Rio Theatre’s SUMMER MOVIE BATTLE: 80’s vs. Y2K, and team Y2K’s final FRIDAY LATE NIGHT movie. Better put down a towel first because you’re about to <epic announcer voice> ‘Pee–Your–Pants’… from laughter at
Saving Private Ryan
Join us on Thursday, November 11 – Remembrance Day – for a daytime screening of Steven Spielberg‘s epic World War Two film, SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. As much as Remembrance Day is centred upon the Armistice achieved on the Western Front on November 11, 1918, when it comes to