In PAINT, Owen Wilson portrays Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves. Friday, April 14 One Night Only! Doors 6:30 pm | Movie 7:00 pm … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, April 16, as we tip our (bowler) hat to filmmaker Charlie Chaplin – on what would have been his 124th birthday – with a family-friendly screening of MODERN TIMES. A pioneering master of physical comedy in the silent era, Chaplin’s legendary genius is on full display in … Read more
“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. What a story! A marvel of modern cinema, Tommy Wiseau‘s THE ROOM is so powerful that it will, literally, “tear you … Read more
Eight-year-old Vicky (newcomer Sally Dramé) has a mysterious gift: she can recreate any scent she comes across, even that of her beloved mother Joanne (Palme d’Or winner Adèle Exarchopoulos). When Vicky’s estranged aunt suddenly returns to their mountain town, the invocation of her fragrance plunges the young girl back in time to unravel the mystery … Read more
The struggle between the strictures of religion and our own brute animal nature plays out amid the beautifully forbidding landscapes of remote Iceland in this stunning psychological epic from director Hlynur Pálmason. In the late nineteenth century, Danish priest Lucas (Elliott Crosset Hove) makes the perilous trek to Iceland’s remote southeastern coast with the intention … Read more
From filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) comes THE WHALE, the story of a reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser, in an Oscar-winning performance) living with severe obesity who attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption. Starring Brendan Fraser and based on the acclaimed play by … Read more
London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city’s bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take … Read more
Based on the # 1 New York Times bestseller “A Man Called Ove,” and directed by Marc Forster (FINDING NEVERLAND) A MAN CALLED OTTO tells the story of Otto Anderson (Tom Hanks), a grump who no longer sees purpose in his life following the loss of his wife. Otto is ready to end it all, … Read more
It’s been nearly a hundred years since Erich Maria Remarque’s raw account of life in the trenches first shocked the world. Published in 1929, “All Quiet on the Western Front” was an instant bestseller, followed almost immediately by an epic Academy Award–winning Hollywood movie in 1930. Despite its enduring legacy, the literary classic has never … Read more
British-Irish writer-director Martin McDonagh struck gold in 2022 with the black tragicomedy THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN, which saw him re-uniting with the charismatic IN BRUGES duo Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as two old friends whose relationship takes an unexpected turn. The film was either nominated for or won numerous BAFTAS (where it took home … Read more
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