Movies
Genre: Music
Neil Young: Harvest Time
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Canadian rock music legend Neil Young‘s iconic album, “Harvest,” with screenings of the new documentary NEIL YOUNG: HARVEST TIME. Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate
Moonage Daydream
With MOONAGE DAYDREAM, Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) presents a genre defying immersion into the art and sounds of David Bowie. Considered one of the greatest artists of our time, David Bowie has been moving
Anvil! The Story of Anvil… Again (2022 Restoration)
Ready to rock? Originally released in ’08, the now cult doc followed the Canadian heavy metal icons ANVIL who would inspire the likes of Anthrax and Metallica, and then drop off the map to begin what would become decades of toiling in obscurity. Director and former roadie Sacha
Pump Up The Volume
Christian Slater stars in this teen drama as a loner student from the East who enrolls at a highly rated Southwest high school and secretly provokes a mini-rebellion in the student body via his pirate radio station. By day, Mark Hunter is a quiet, studious student at an ordinary suburban
Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)
2022 marks Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of independence, and the Rio Theatre is paying tribute to that milestone with a very special #MusicMonday double bill featuring the acclaimed documentary STUDIO 17: THE LOST REGGAE TAPES (with filmmakers in attendance for Q&A!) and a 50th Anniversary screening of the groundbreaking cult-classic, THE
The Harder They Come (50th Anniversary Screening! 4K Restoration)
With a piece in his hand, he takes on the man! The epochal cultural moment that first brought reggae to the international stage, made Jimmy Cliff a star — and demonstrated how music can change the world. Fifty years on, THE HARDER THEY COME is still electric with
This is Gwar
You know what’s even better than catching the new documentary THIS IS GWAR when it hits Shudder on July 21…? A chance to take it all in on the big Rio Theatre‘s big screen (with its even bigger sound!) on Sunday, July17 , that’s what! Filmmaker Scott Barber‘s
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story
The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, aka “Jazz Fest,” is the signature annual music and cultural event of the city and has been called America’s greatest festival. Celebrating the music, food, and arts and crafts of all of Louisiana since 1970, Jazz Fest is an essential
Neptune Frost
Multi-hyphenate, multidisciplinary artist Saul Williams brings his unique dynamism to this Afrofuturist vision, a sci-fi punk musical that’s a visually wondrous amalgamation of themes, ideas, and songs that Williams has explored in his work, notably his 2016 album “MartyrLoserKing.” Co-directed with the Rwandan-born artist and cinematographer Anisia Uzeyman, NEPTUNE FROST
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (Encore Screening)
FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR. is a homage of one of the most influential bands on the American East Coast, which inspired the rock scene — including Nirvana and Sonic Youth — in the 1990s. Their style and unmistakable sound, later referred as “grunge”, laid the foundation for the