“I’ll have what she’s having.” Join us at the Rio Theatre as we pay tribute to the late, great filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner by dimming the lights and firing up the projector for a screening of one of our all-time favourite movies of his, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. In the pantheon of romantic comedies, … Read more
“I guess I started smoking when I was about… four. My momma was already dead then from lung cancer.” David Lynch‘s iconic WILD AT HEART features one of our favourite onscreen cinematic couples, notably our man Nicolas Cage (in fine form; sporting an iconic, snakeskin jacket that represents a symbol of individuality, and a belief … Read more
“Shut up and deal.” In 1960, iconic filmmaker Billy Wilder (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SOME LIKE IT HOT, SABRINA, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH) became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same movie. That movie was THE APARTMENT, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and Fred MacMurray. A critical and … Read more
Don’t steal gold. It always ends… Badly. After making a (bloody) splash following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola‘s Scandinavian CABIN FEVER-esque take on the zombie trope landed itself a cult following (and 2014 sequel) thanks to its fresh take on a well-worn genre. In an interview, Wirkola … Read more
Make merry-merry with seriously fun Christmas Eve screening of two seriously hi-la-rious ho-ho-holiday classics – National Lampoon’s CHRISTMAS VACATION and BAD SANTA. It’s Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark’s continual bad luck is worsened … Read more
“Inside a snowflake like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe.” Ron Howard‘s live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s tale by Dr. Seuss stars a perfectly cast Jim Carrey as literature’s most reclusive (not to mention vengeful) green Grinch, who decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery (not … Read more
“You’ve got red on you.” Our favourite mid-aughties British rom-zom-com SHAUN OF THE DEAD is celebrating 20 years of battling the undead! Since the release of his breakout hit in 2004, British writer-director Edgar Wright has cemented himself in the pop-culture landscape with several films that have all become instant pop-culture classics (SCOTT PILGRIM vs. … Read more
Hey, MAN!!! Come out to the Rio Sunday December 4 for FilmSoc’s annual BIG LEBOWSKI BZZR Garden!!! It’s totally FREE (except the bzzr and other beverages) and wear a costume to maybe win a prize??? Doors are at 6:00 and the movie will start at 6:30pm 19+ event!
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa and finds that life sometimes … Read more
Visionary British director Andrea Arnold (FISH TANK) points her atmospheric lens towards the American Midwest in AMERICAN HONEY, a raw,risky, unconventional take on the coming-of-age drama that stars Shia LaBoeuf, Riley Keough, and Sasha Lane (in a breathtaking debut). Star (Lane), a free-spirited teenager on the brink of adulthood, leaves her troubled home in the … Read more
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