Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Park Chan-Wook’s cinematic masterpiece, OLDBOY will be released in theaters, restored and remastered in stunning 4K. A violent, offbeat, and somewhat Shakesperean tale of punishment and vengeance, OLDBOY (“Oldeuboi”) screened in competition at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, winning the highly coveted Grand prix award. The film is centered on … Read more
In this star-studded reboot of the popular franchise, Sandra Bullock stars as criminal mastermind Debbie Ocean, the estranged sister of legendary conman Danny Ocean (aka George Clooney, in Steven Soderbergh‘s series). Upon her release from prison, Debbie puts together an all-female, A-list team of unstoppable crooks to pull off the heist of the century – … Read more
“What’s a bad miracle?” Oscar winner Jordan Peele disrupted and redefined modern horror with GET OUT, and then US. Now, he re-imagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, NOPE. The film reunites Peele with Oscar-winner Daniel Kaluuya (GET OUT, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH), who is joined by Keke … Read more
The critical and audience accolades for fashion icon Tom Ford‘s latest effort NOCTURNAL ANIMALS (winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2016 Venice International Film Festival and Golden Globe nods for Best Director and Best Screenplay) dispel any notion of the dreaded “sophomore slump” following his stunning feature debut, 2009’s A SINGLE MAN. Based on … Read more
Directed with pristine precision by Park Chan-wook, NO OTHER CHOICE is a wickedly clever takedown of the corporate rat race that finds a perfect avatar in Lee Byung-Hun’s skillfully hapless performance. Man-soo (Lee) had it all: a loving wife, two talented children, two happy dogs. He even bought the beautiful forest-enclosed house where he grew up. Then, … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, July 7 as we raise a glass to the late, great, literary giant Cormac McCarthy with a screening of what is undoubtedly the most widely known cinematic of adaptations of his work, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. The film was a massive critical and audience hit, winning … Read more
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With the virtuous Molly (Rooney Mara) … Read more
Enthralling and intimate, Canadian filmmaker Daniel Roher’s Oscar-winning documentary feature NAVALNY unfolds with the pace of a thriller as it follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. Shot in Germany as the story unfolded and offering extraordinary access to the investigation, NAVALNY is … Read more
“You know, the only thing that kills the demon… is love.” Before becoming one of contemporary cinema’s most acclaimed and culturally relevant directors, Quentin Tarantino had a little luck penning some scripts and stories that would eventually be made into cult-classics, including 1994’s NATURAL BORN KILLERS, directed by Oliver Stone. Offbeat, hyper-stylized, and gloriously violent, … Read more
Join us for an evening celebrating influential beat generation author William S. Burroughs, featuring the recently remastered re-release of Howard Brookner’s seminal, gritty documentary BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (1983) and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Burroughs’ own NAKED LUNCH (1991). Saturday, April 4 BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (90 mins) Doors 7:00 / Movie 7:30 NAKED LUNCH (115 mins) … Read more
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