In visionary director Terry Gilliam‘s long-awaited fantasy THE MAN WHO KILLED DON QUIXOTE, Adam Driver plays Toby, a cynical but supposedly genius film director who finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker… Who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic and increasingly surreal adventures, Toby … Read more
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die… It’s fun to be a vampire. The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween classics continues on Monday, October 28 with everyone’s favourite teen vampire thriller, Joel Schumacher‘s star-studded (the two Coreys!) pop-culture touchstone THE LOST BOYS. The cult-classic story follows teenage brothers Michael and Sam, … Read more
Visionary Oscar-winning Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos (THE FAVOURITE, DOGTOOTH) has mastered the art of applying a surreal, absurdist lens to his narrative features, creating stories and characters that exist within their own unique worlds. Given all the “strange” social conventions of late, we felt the time was right to revisit 2015’s sweetly twisted and very … Read more
Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza and Kate Micucci star as a trio of nuns (think MEAN GIRLS with a fetch habit) in Jeff Baena’s (LIFE AFTER BETH, I HEART HUCKABEES) THE LITTLE HOURS, a ribald romp about a young servant who flees from his master and takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns … Read more
In Wes Anderson‘s 2004 cult-comedy, renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. … Read more
From a land where honor and tradition reign, comes the legend of a martial-arts hero unlike any other — the “Drunken Master” — who can turn just one drink into devastation and humiliation for his enemies. His technique is fast, furious… and powerfully funny. In 1994, martial arts superstar Jackie Chan returned to movie screens, … Read more
“Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime.” Given the recent success of JOKER, we felt the time was right to revisit one of the films it so clearly pays homage to, director Martin Scorsese‘s withering, brilliant social satire THE KING OF COMEDY. Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro – who can … Read more
He is risen. Fresh out of prison, smooth-talking petty thief Jesus Quintana (John Turturro, reprising his iconic THE BIG LEBOWSKI) is ready to roll with his best friend Petey (Bobby Cannavale) riding shotgun. But first they need some wheels. A vintage muscle car parked in front of an upscale salon catches Jesus’s eye and the … Read more
After discovering he’s not really black like the rest of his family, likable dimwit Navin Johnson runs off on a hilarious misadventure in this comedy classic that takes him from rags to riches and back to rags again. The slaphappy jerk strikes it rich, but life in the fast lane isn’t all it’s cracked up … Read more
The latest from acclaimed director Alexander Payne (THE DESCENDANTS, NEBRASKA, SIDEWAYS), THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti, in a Golden Globe winning performance) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an … Read more
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