Movies
Film Rating: R
Let the Right One In
Join us for a Friday Late Night Movie screening of director Tomas Alfredson’s highly acclaimed work of romantic horror, LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Set in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1982, the film follows Oskar, an overlooked and bullied boy, who finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful but peculiar
Spy
One of the guys. One of the spies. Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Jude Law and Rose Byrne star in director Paul Feig’s (creator of TV’s FREAKS AND GEEKS and director of BRIDESMAIDS and the upcoming GHOSTBUSTERS reboot) latest summer blockbuster comedy, SPY, a film about a desk-bound CIA analyst
Eden
A throwback to the glory days of early 90s French electronica, director Mia Hansen-Løve’s EDEN (a critical hit at 2014’s Toronto Film Festival) marries the music of the era with a compelling dramatic narrative. Inspired by the musings of Hansen-Løve’s brother Sven (a well-known Parisian DJ at the time), EDEN
They Live
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” As relevant today as it was upon its release in 1988, director John Carpenter‘s highly subversive (not to mention under-rated) 80s classic THEY LIVE – starring one of that decade’s most beloved
Road House
“The dancing’s over. Now it gets dirty.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for another lazy, hazy, Crazy-for-Swayze kinda night, featuring two classic titles starring the inimitable Patrick Swayze: Starting with a DIRTY DANCING featuring the release of author, ANDREA WARNER‘s new book The Time of My Life, then it’s
Point Break (Double Bill)
“The dancing’s over. Now it gets dirty.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for another lazy, hazy, Swayze summer night featuring two classic titles starring the inimitable Patrick Swayze, POINT BREAK and ROAD HOUSE. Thursday, August 6 POINT BREAK Doors 6:30 | Movie 7:00 ROAD HOUSE Doors
Perfect Blue
Recently remastered for its 20th anniversary, PERFECT BLUE is the groundbreaking (and rarely screened) first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon that follows the story of rising pop star Mima, who has quit singing to pursue a career as an actress and model – but her
The Running Man (1987)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for our Friday Late Night Movie THE RUNNING MAN. Friday, August 7 Doors 11:30 | Movie 11:59 Tickets $6 in advance or $8 at the door Advance tickets at www.riotheatretickets.ca *Groupons and passes OK. Please redeem at the
Woodstock: Concert Film (1970)
3 Days of Peace, Music… and Love Released in 1970, director Michael Wadleigh’s Oscar-winning documentary WOODSTOCK is an intimate look at the legendary Woodstock Music & Art Festival that took place over three days in Bethel, NY in August of 1969. Sunday, August 16 Doors 7:00 | Movie 7:30
Ex Machina
One of the biggest surprise sleeper hits of 2015 is EX MACHINA, Alex Garland’s “uncommonly engaging” directorial debut, hailed as a “a smart, sleek movie about men and the machines they make” by The New York Times critic Manohla Dargis. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac. Sunday, July