Fantastic Mr. Fox

“That was pure wild animal craziness.” Based on the beloved children’s book ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox‘ by Roald Dahl, director Wes Anderson‘s animated adaptation is a delightfully charming and completely entertaining tale of an urbane fox (“vulpus vulpus”) who returns to his former farm-raiding ways and helps his community of animal friends survive the local farmers’ … Read more

Excalibur

We have been inundated with requests for David Lowery‘s highly anticipated fantasy epic THE GREEN KNIGHT – and in lieu of our screening that (which we will…. at some point), we thought the time was indeed nigh to take a look back through the cinematic prism of time to an 80s-era landmark of “swords, sex, … Read more

EO

With his first film in seven years, legendary director Jerzy Skolimowski (DEEP END, MOONLIGHTING) directs one of his most free and visually inventive films yet. This sweet, layered, and very human story about the travels of a donkey named Eo has now earned the film an Academy Award nomination for Best International Feature Film. After … Read more

Embrace of the Serpent

Director Ciro Guerra’s masterful and highly acclaimed (it is the first Colombian film to be nominated for a Best Foreign Picture Oscar), “El Abrazo De La Serpiente” has been described as both “blisteringly poetic” and a “soulful, strange, and rare discovery.” Visually stunning and thematically rich, the film is inspired by the actual diaries of … Read more

El Topo

Renowned filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s bizarre, ultra-violent and allegorical EL TOPO is an acid-trip Western set in two halves that have widely been compared to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In the first half, writer-director Jodorowsky performs something of a hat trick in his role as a violent, black-clad gunfighter – the eponymous El Topo (“the … Read more

Easy Rider

Join us on Saturday, August 19 for a screening of one of our most requested titles, Dennis Hopper‘s beautifully restored directorial debut EASY RIDER. A groundbreaking icon of counter-culture and cinema, EASY RIDER made stars out of Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson, and Hopper, was hailed by Time Magazine as, “one of the ten most important … Read more

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial: A YMCA Annual Campaign Movie Fundraiser

Join us for a special screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at the Rio Theatre! All funds raised through ticket sales will go to the YMCA’s Annual Campaign, supporting children and families in need in our local community.   Wednesday, December 6 Doors: 6pm | Movie: 6.30pm *Please arrive on time to get a great seat! … Read more

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott (Henry Thomas). Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother and his little sister, Gertie (Drew Barrymore), and the children decide to keep its … Read more

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: HONOUR AMONG THIEVES brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary role-playing game to the big screen in a … Read more

Dune: Part Two

“May thy knife chip and shatter.” The saga continues as award-winning filmmaker Denis Villeneuve embarks on DUNE: PART TWO, the next chapter of Frank Herbert‘s celebrated novel ‘Dune,’ with an expanded all-star ensemble cast. The film is the highly anticipated follow-up to 2021’s six-time Academy Award-winning DUNE. This second installment explores the mythic journey of … Read more