Join us for another night celebrating classics from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, featuring Isao Takahata’s MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS and Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY. Both films will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles. Thursday, June 11 MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS Doors 5:30 / Movie 6:30 SPIRITED AWAY Movie 8:45 Single ticket $10 advance / $12 … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for an evening celebrating two classic animated films from Japan’s Studio Ghibli, including Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (1988) and Isao Takahata’s hauntingly beautiful GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988). We will be screening both films in Japanese with subtitles. Wednesday, May 6 MY NEIGHBOUR TOTORO (G) Doors 5:30 … Read more
Over twenty years, after its release, Hayao Miyazaki‘s SPIRITED AWAY still remains one of the most explosively original and enchanting animated films ever made – and it’s even better on the big screen! Enter a captivating world of witches, dragons and spirits, in a critically-acclaimed story that became a worldwide phenomenon. The film followed a … Read more
Since its release in 2001, Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY still remains one of the most explosively original and enchanting animated films ever made – and it’s even better on the big screen! Enter a captivating world of witches, dragons and spirits, in a critically-acclaimed story that became a worldwide phenomenon. The film followed a ten … Read more
Start your engines! In 2008, The Wachowskis brought the classic anime TV series to the big screen with their highly stylized and spirited take on of SPEED RACER. Critically maligned upon its initial release, the film has emerged as a cult-classic, with the shiny, brand-new 4K restoration making a pit stop on the big screen … Read more
In 2008, The Wachowskis brought the classic anime TV series to the big screen with their highly stylized and spirited take on of SPEED RACER, which is making a pit stop in our Friday Late Night Movie series on March 31. Fearlessly hurtling down the track, careening around, over and through the competition in his … Read more
Remember that time that Michael Jordan helped Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, and a bunch of your other favourite Loony Toons play a basketball game against aliens (and Danny DeVito) in the name of personal freedom? Of course you do! Because it’s SPACE JAM, it’s awesome, and it’s our Friday Late Night Movie on June 1. … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for director Tomm Moore’s (THE SECRET OF KELLS) Oscar-nominated animated feature SONG OF THE SEA on April 25th Doors 4pm/ Movie 4:30pm $8 advance HERE / $10 door All ages welcome in the balcony! Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service. SONG OF THE SEA (Tomm Moore, 2014 / 93 mins) … Read more
It’s time to raid Barry Manilow’s wardrobe. John Hughes’ iconic masterpiece THE BREAKFAST CLUB is celebrating 30 years in movie-lover detention, and to mark the occasion we’re screening both it and SIXTEEN CANDLES on Friday, April 3. In addition to this newly restored 4K print of THE BREAKFAST CLUB, we’ll also be screening a short … Read more
One day, the adventurous Juliette and her sister Carmen find an enchanted toy and get swept away into the Kingdom of Winds. They are transformed into cats and find themselves in a fantastical new world full of flying divas, technicolor dragons, and other mind-melting creations. When Juliette causes an accident that draws the ire of … Read more
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