Francis Ford Coppola‘s ONE FROM THE HEART is an unabashedly grand, even even eccentric musical tribute to the power of love. Released in 1982, the film gained a certain notoriety inasmuch that it marked such a stylistic and thematic departure from the virtuoso auteur’s established oeuvre. Panned by some as
In one of the most lauded films of 2025, renowned filmmaker PT Anderson (THE MASTER, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) casts Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob, a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and
“That was the best acting I’ve ever seen in my whole life.” Set in Los Angeles in 1969, at the the height of hippy Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino‘s ninth feature film ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) was nominated for a slew of Oscars, and ended up with a
Visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers (THE VVITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN) latest cinematic vision is a lifelong passion project borne from a stage play production he co-directed in high school based off of F.W. Murnau‘s iconic 1922 silent film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.” The experience left a deep impression, and
“What’s a bad miracle?” Oscar winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with GET OUT, and then US. Now, he re-imagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, NOPE. The film reunites Peele with Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya (GET OUT, JUDAS AND THE
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao (THE RIDER), NOMADLAND has won numerous accolades AND
The critical and audience accolades for fashion icon Tom Ford‘s latest effort NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival and Golden Globe nods for Best Director and Best Screenplay) dispel any notion of the dreaded “sophomore slump” following his stunning feature debut, 2009’s
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, July 7 as we raise a glass to the late, great, literary giant Cormac McCarthy with a screening of what is undoubtedly the most widely known cinematic of adaptations of his work, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. The film was a massive
Anime Expo Cinema Nights Presents the classic anime Ninja Scroll’s 30th Anniversary with an all-new exclusive interview with director Yoshiaki Kawajiri. A mysterious vagabond sets out on a journey to confront his past. Little does he know he is up against a demonic force of killers, with a ghost from
Unlike most anime films, writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s classic 1993 epic NINJA SCROLL eschews notions of a cyberpunk future, and is instead set in more of a “sword-and-sorcery” environment located in a mythical, feudal Japan. Jubei, a highly skilled ninja, is coerced into slaying his own clan of warriors.