Padmabhushan, a 25-year-old aspiring writer based out of Vijayawada and his middle class family take us on a roller coaster ride packed with innocuous fun and soft emotions, with their heart in the right place. With Suhas, Tina Shilparaj, Rohini, Ashish Vidyarthi, Sri Gouri Priya, Goparaju. Saturday, February 4 Doors 12:45 pm | Movie 1:15 … Read more
Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for SHOPLIFTERS, Academy award-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with BROKER, starring Cannes Best actor winner Song Kang Ho (PARASITE). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of their own. After an infant’s mother … Read more
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 Sight and Sound’s most recent … Read more
“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 black activist and leader of the struggle … Read more
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 Colman (The Favourite, The Lost Daughter), BAFTA … Read more
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 learning how to survive on the margins … Read more
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, including Wong Kar Wai‘s CHUNGKING … Read more
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 Gun graduates for a specialized … Read more
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 10:15 pm *Start time subject to change. Please … Read more
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. Please arrive on time. Advance tickets on sale HERE This movie screens with a … Read more
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