“It starts with the shriek of a train whistle… And ends with shrieking excitement!” The Rio Theatre is continuing its dive into the incredible canon of one of the true icons of cinema: Alfred Hitchcock. The supremely suspenseful 1951 thriller STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (co-adapted by Raymond Chandler from a novel by Patricia Highsmith) perfectly … Read more
“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.” Join us on Friday, August 13 as we celebrate the birthday of the “Master of Suspense,” Alfred Hitchcock, with a prime time double feature of two of our favourites from his incredible body of work: ROPE and VERTIGO. See one, … Read more
In this sensual experimental elegy by visionary filmmaker Harmony Korine (KIDS, GUMMO, SPRING BREAKERS), spellbinding infrared photography evokes a dreamlike portrait of a tormented assassin. In the seedy domain of Miami’s criminal underbelly, a seasoned hitman embarks on the relentless pursuit of his next target. The movie is shot entirely through thermal lens as he … Read more
Visionary writer-director Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED, BOYHOOD) dove head first into A SCANNER DARKLY’s visually stylized adaptation of author Philip K. Dick’s novel of the same name, which tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic. Linklater … Read more
In iconic Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg’s dramatic thriller A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, Viggo Mortensen stars as a mild-mannered man who unwittingly becomes a local hero through an act of violence framed by self-defense, which in turn sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core. The film raises compelling and thoughtful questions about … Read more
A Bigger Splash is a sensuous, sun-soaked portrait of desire, jealousy and rock and roll that reunites I Am Love director Luca Guadagnino with the other-worldly Tilda Swinton. Loosely inspired by the French psycho-sexual drama La Piscine (1969), Swinton stars as rock legend Marianne Lane, who is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with … Read more
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