Who’s the black private dick that’s a sex machine to all the chicks? The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 2 with a screening of Gordon Parks‘ iconic 1971 urban crime drama SHAFT. Featuring the late, great Richard Roundtree (who passed away in 2023) as the eponymous detective in a performance … Read more
Pongal 2024 is coming to the Rio Theatre! The Telugu-language action crime drama film SAINDHAV is headed to the Rio Theatre on January 13. SAINDHAV is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action thriller film directed by Sailesh Kolanu and produced by Venkat Boyanapalli under Niharika Entertainment. It stars Venkatesh Daggubati in the lead role alongside Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Arya, Andrea Jeremiah, Shraddha Srinath, Baby … Read more
Killers of the Flower Moon is currently nominated for TEN Academy Awards! Based on David Grann‘s broadly lauded best-selling book, Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation, a string of brutal crimes that came to be known as … Read more
For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra … Read more
In director Prashanth Neel‘s upcoming epic neo-noir action saga SALAAR Part 1: Ceasefire, a gang leader (Prabhas) makes a promise to a dying friend by taking on other criminal gangs. With Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Hassan. Thursday, December 21 Doors 1:05 pm | Movie 1:35 pm*Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Adult Tickets … Read more
THE KILLER finds director David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, ZODIAC) on firm footing and returning to form with a stylish and engaging neo-noir thriller that proves a perfect match for leading man Michael Fassbender. Based on the French graphic novel series of the same name written by Alexis “Matz” Nolent, and adapted for the screen by … Read more
The Rio Theatre is delighted to welcome Austin. Texas ensemble The Invincible Czars back to our stage for a double bill night featuring two classics from the silent era – THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and THE CABINET OF DR CALIGARI – accompanied with a live, original score. PHANTOM OF THE OPERA The iconic moment … Read more
Gory revenge is raised to the level of visual poetry in Toshiya Fujita’s stunning LADY SNOWBLOOD. A major inspiration for Quentin Tarantino’s KILL BILL saga, this endlessly inventive film, set in late nineteenth-century Japan, charts the single-minded path of vengeance taken by a young woman (Meiko Kaji) whose parents were the unfortunate victims of a gang … Read more
“Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are!” Join us on Thursday, August 17 for a double feature that celebrates actor Robert De Niro (on his birthday!) and includes two of our favourite performances from his many collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese – TAXI DRIVER and CAPE FEAR. With 1991’s CAPE FEAR, master filmmaker Martin … Read more
A cult classic from director John Waters, FEMALE TROUBLE follows the trials and tribulations of Dawn Davenport (played to perfection by Waters’ muse and frequent collaborator, Divine). Her life is ruined when her parents refuse to get her a pair of ‘Cha-Cha heels’ for Christmas. Who could imagine that this simple act of parental power … Read more
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