Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Friday Late Night Movie screening event that will leave all you “strange animals” howling at the moon – it’s ANOTHER WOLFCOP! (A Canadian body-horror comedy that’s also a Christmas movie?!? Awwwwooooo!!!) (Winner, Best Canadian Feature Fantasia Fest 2017) A month has passed since the eclipse transformed hard-drinking … Read more
Writer-director Thomas Vinterburg took home this year’s Best International Feature Oscar for his “coming-of-age in reverse” mid-life crisis comedy ANOTHER ROUND, which follows the exploits of a group of friends who launch a drinking experiment involving constant insobriety. (The film’s Danish title, “Druk,” translates to “drunk” in English.) There’s a theory that we should be … Read more
After encountering a ghost in their vacation home, Dan (Steve Zissis) and his wife Mary (Jennifer Irwin) consult an exorcist. Unsatisfied with the verdict, Dan goes behind his wife’s back to seek a second opinion, and secretly hires Os who promises to get rid of the beings. Os (Mark Proksch) and Dan spend a week … Read more
Filmmaker Sean Baker‘s Palme d’Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FX’s “Better Things”) captivates in a star-making turn as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn when she meets and impulsively … Read more
From the brilliant mind of Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, ADAPTATION) comes ANOMALISA, a very human, stop-motion masterpiece unlike any other you’ll see this year. This very human, introspective romantic drama about a lonely inspirational speaker (David Thewlis) who becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) … Read more
“Most of us… Need the eggs.” Widely regarded as one of – if not the – best romantic comedies of all time, Woody Allen’s ANNIE HALL broke rules and new ground when it was released in 1976, and has since become archetypical in its influence. Often replicated but never duplicated, ANNIE HALL is a cinematic … Read more
Scottish BAFTA nominee ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE may just be the undisputed breakout zombie Christmas musical of 2018 (think SHAUN OF THE DEAD meets LA LA LAND). When the zombie apocalypse hits the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – teenager Anna and her high school friends have to fight, sing and dance … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, June 12 for a very special night featuring filmmaking icon Lloyd Kaufman live and in-conversation alongside screenings of both THE TOXIC AVENGER and TROMEO AND JULIET.Kaufman is perhaps best known as the co-founder of legendary studio Troma Entertainment, a true champion of independent cinema, and is himself … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, June 12 for a very special night featuring filmmaking icon Lloyd Kaufman live and in-conversation alongside screenings of both THE TOXIC AVENGER and TROMEO AND JULIET.Kaufman is perhaps best known as the co-founder of legendary studio Troma Entertainment, a true champion of independent cinema, and is himself … Read more
“Beware the moon…” In John Landis‘ (ANIMAL HOUSE, THE BLUES BROTHERS) Oscar-winning 80’s horror-comedy AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, David (David Naughton) and Jack (Griffin Dunne) star as American college students whose backpacking trip through Britain takes an unexpected turn – after a large wolf attacks them. David survives with a bite, but Jack is … Read more
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