Movies
Film Rating: R
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
“Beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” The late, great, John Hurt stars in one of the most talked (not to mention timely) about movies of 2017… 1984. First published in 1949, English author George Orwell’s chilling dystopian satire has again come to prominence in the ether (and atop bestseller lists)
Night of the Juggler (2025 Restoration)
The grit and intensity of late-1970s New York City is depicted in stark detail in this relentlessly action-packed cult classic. Twenty-four hours of nerve-jangling tension and suspense begin when a twisted psychotic (Cliff Gorman, ‘Cops and Robbers,’ ‘All That Jazz’) kidnaps a teenaged girl, mistaking her for the daughter
New Order
Conceived six years ago, Mexican writer-director Michel Franco’s (CHRONIC, AFTER LUCIA) near-future dystopia NEW ORDER feels ripped from headlines that haven’t yet been written. While protests rage in the streets, Marianne’s high society family prepares for her wedding. At first, only splatters of green paint and the appearance of Rolando,
Neruda
Acclaimed Chilean director Pablo Larrain has done extremely well of late with two widely acclaimed and high-profile biopics this year; NERUDA and JACKIE (starring Natalie Portman). Recently nominated for a Golden Globe (Best Foreign Film) and Chile’s entry in the same category for this year’s Academy Awards, NERUDA stars Gael
Nerdland
NERDLAND is the story of two best friends, aspiring screenwriter ELLIOT and aspiring actor JOHN, whose dreams of super-stardom have fizzled. With their 30th birthdays looming and their desperation growing, John and Elliot decide that in this 24/7, celebrity-obsessed world of over-shared navel-gazing, there are more ways to become famous
Natural Born Killers
“You know, the only thing that kills the demon… is love.” Before becoming one of contemporary cinema’s most acclaimed and culturally relevant directors, Quentin Tarantino had a little luck penning some scripts and stories that would eventually be made into cult-classics, including 1994’s NATURAL BORN KILLERS, directed by
NAKED LUNCH (William S. Burroughs Double Bill)
Join us for an evening celebrating influential beat generation author William S. Burroughs, featuring the recently remastered re-release of Howard Brookner’s seminal, gritty documentary BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (1983) and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Burroughs’ own NAKED LUNCH (1991). Saturday, April 4 BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (90 mins) Doors 7:00
My Left Foot
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, March 17 for a St. Patrick’s Day Double Bill featuring a pair of beloved Irish classics that we can all raise a pint to while feeling all those nostalgic feels – John Ford’s THE QUIET MAN, and Jim Sheridan’s MY LEFT FOOT.
My Friend Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story. Jeff Dahmer (Ross Lynch, in a breakout performance) is an awkward teenager
Ms. 45
Abel Ferrara’s (BAD LIEUTENANT, KING OF NEW YORK) 1981 revenge thriller classic MS. 45 was remastered in HD from the original negatives in 2014, and she is (finally) blowing up the Rio’s screen as part of our Friday Late Night Movie series on March 10. The film follows a mute