La La Land #MusicMonday

Hey, Girl. We’re getting into the Valentine’s Day mood with a #MusicMonday screening of one of the most requested titles we get a the Rio Theatre, Damien Chazelle‘s enchanting nod to Hollywood’s musical heyday, LA LA LAND. Mia (Emma Stone, in an Oscar-winning performance), an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions … Read more

Sid & Nancy

Gary Oldman is spellbinding in his breakthrough performance as Sex Pistol Sid Vicious in Alex Cox‘s landmark look at one of the most notoriously dysfunctional (not to mention tragic) takes on one of rock ‘n roll’s most well known love stories, SID & NANCY.  Borderline Shakespearean in its arc, the film follows the breakout success … Read more

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ground control to Major Tom… Though frequently enjoyed alone, in the dark, with headphones, David Bowie‘s transformational concept album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars may actually best be enjoyed in the dark… and on the big screen, with even bigger sound. Released theatrically in 1973 and recently remastered, … Read more

Nick Cave: One More Time with Feeling

Originally envisioned as a “one night only” cinema event to accompany the release of a new record, director Andrew Dominik’s (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly), ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING documents the intimate aspects of the writing and recording process as well as an opportunity for … Read more

The Sound of Music (60th Anniversary Screening)

Nuns, lonely goat herds, Christopher Plummer, raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens are just a few of the things that makes Robert Wise‘s classic THE SOUND OF MUSIC one of our favourite things! Join us at the Rio Theatre for an all-ages-welcome showing of one of the most hands-down, beloved big-screen musicals of all … Read more

Landfill Harmonic

“A symphony of the human spirit!” Get ready to stand up and cheer for one of this year’s most acclaimed, inspiring, and joyful documentaries, LANDFILL HARMONIC. Follow the true story of Paraguayan music director Favio Chavez, who guides the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a group made up of young people from a slum community that … Read more

Little Shop of Horrors

“Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long.” Based on Alan Menken and Howard Ashman‘s 1982 off-Broadway musical, director Frank Oz‘s Little Shop of Horrors takes its own fleshy bite out of Roger Corman‘s original B-movie (1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors, which featured a very young Jack Nicholson) and waters it down with a … Read more

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Halloween Edition!)

Advance tickets have SOLD OUT. VERY limited balcony tickets will be released at 5:30pm today and after that it will be RUSH ONLY when doors open for the show. We advise all ticket holders to get down early to ensure the best seats.   Let’s Do The Time Warp… Again! Join us for one of … Read more

Pink Floyd The Wall

“If ya don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can ya have any pudding if ya don’t eat ya meat?” Is there anybody out there…? We’re headed back-to-school with one of our favourite seasonal offerings, Sir Alan Parker’s iconic rock opera THE WALL – an acid-infused visual riff on Pink Floyd‘s iconic album … Read more

Elvis: That’s the Way It Is

Viva, Las Vegas! The King of Rock n’ Roll, Elvis Presley, shines in the recently restored concert film Elvis: That’s The Way It Is, which is getting the big screen treatment at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, August 11 at 7:00 pm. This 1970 concert documentary captures “The King” midway through a fateful transition, seeking … Read more