Movies
Genre: Drama
Black Girl
February marks Black History Month, and the Rio Theatre is honouring that with a double bill screening on February 1. We will be featuring two significant titles, including a 4K restoration of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène‘s landmark 1966 BLACK GIRL (aka, “La noire de...”, it currently sits at #97 in
Malcolm X
“We didn’t land on Plymouth Rock. Plymouth Rock landed on us!” February marks Black History Month, and the Rio Theatre is honouring that with prime time screening of Spike Lee’s MALCOLM X on Sunday, February 11. Lee’s grand, sweeping epic MALCOLM X is a tribute to the controversial
Empire of Light
Set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s, EMPIRE OF LIGHT is a compelling and poignant drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, from Academy Award® winning director Sam Mendes. EMPIRE OF LIGHT features a stellar cast led by Academy Award winner Olivia
Bones and All
BONES AND ALL reunites Oscar-winning director Luca Guadagnino with his CALL ME BY YOUR NAME stars Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg for an entirely different kind of coming-of-age love story set in the 80s. This moody, unconventional, and deeply romantic tale of first love between Maren (a young woman
Infernal Affairs (4K Restoration)
We’re toasting Chinese Lunar New Year festivities (2023 – Year of the Rabbit) with a double header featuring two standout performances from one of our favourite actors, the incomparable (not to mention prolific) Tony Leung. Join us on Tuesday, January 31 for 4K restorations of modern Hong Kong cinema classics,
Top Gun: Maverick
After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him. When he finds himself training a detachment of Top
Waltair Veerayya
WALTAIR VEERAYYA is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action film directed by K. S. Ravindra. The film stars Chiranjeevi as the titular character alongside Ravi Teja, Shruti Haasan, Catherine Tresa and Bobby Simha. Devi Sri Prasad composed the film’s soundtrack. Thursday, January 12 Doors 9:45 pm | Movie
walthair
Vijay Rajendran is a happy-go-lucky man, but everything changes after the unexpected death of his foster father. With Joseph Vijay, Rashmika Mandanna, Prakash Raj. Thursday, January 12 Doors 6:05 pm | Movie 6:35 pm SOLD OUT *Start time subject to change.
The Eternal Daughter (Final Screening)
In this ghost story from acclaimed filmmaker Joanna Hogg (THE SOUVENIR, THE SOUVENIR PART II) a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother must confront long-buried secrets when they return to their former family home, a once-grand manor that has become a nearly vacant hotel brimming with mystery and haunted by
Jackie Brown (25th Anniversary Screening)
“I sure hope you didn’t do anything stupid, Jackie.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, December 28 for a very special 25th Anniversary screening of what many people consider to be iconic writer-director Quentin Tarantino‘s most under-appreciated film, JACKIE BROWN. Based on Elmore Leonard’s 1992 novel