“What a lovely day!” Australian director George Miller managed to reboot his own iconic MAD MAX franchise with the triumphant 2015 release of the universally acclaimed FURY ROAD, a commercial and critical hit that went on to win numerous accolades, including six Oscars. Tom Hardy stars as the titular Mad Max Rockatansky alongside Charlize Theron, … Read more
“Oh, what day. What a lovely day!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 25 for an all day, all MAD MAX movie marathon to benefit Aussie Bushfire Relief. In celebration of Australia Day (January 26), we are ready to throw our support to our friends and loved ones in “the land down … Read more
“We don’t need another hero…” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, June 9 as we pay tribute to a true icon, the incomparable Tina Turner, with a screening of MAD MAX 3: BEYOND THUNDERDOME. In George Miller‘s third installment of the franchise, Turner not only steals the show as the cunning, tyrannical villain … Read more
We don’t need another hero… Mel Gibson stars in director George Miller’s original trilogy of dystopian Ozploitation, MAD MAX, which is getting the marathon treatment (finally!) on Friday, July 3. Minors permitted in the balcony. MAD MAX Doors 7:00 / Movie 7:30 (SHARP! Please arrive early.) MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR Movie 9:15 MAD … Read more
“Oh, what a lovely day!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 25 for an all-day, all MAD MAX movie marathon to benefit Aussie Bushfire Relief. In celebration of Australia Day (January 26), we are ready to throw our support to our friends and loved ones in “the land down under” the best … Read more
“Just one man can make a difference.” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on April 25 (aka ANZAC Day) with a screening of one of the biggest action movies from one of the biggest action franchises ever, Australian filmmaker George Miller‘s 1981 blockbuster MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR. This wildly successful … Read more
As we all gear up for legendary filmmaker George Miller‘s hotly anticipated FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to drop, we thought the time was right to revisit the very first entry in his storied franchise, the original MAD MAX. Set in a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man’s most precious resource — oil — has been … Read more
In a dystopian Switzerland that has fallen under the fascist rule of a cheese magnate, Heidi lives as a simple young woman in the Alps. Grandfather Alpöhi does his best to protect his granddaughter from the dictatorship, but soon her yearning for freedom causes all hell to break loose. The naive girl must transform into … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 4 with one of the biggest sleeper cult-comedies to come out of Lorne Michaels’ SNL Movie Factory in a while: MACGRUBER. Will Forte stars as the eponymous hero, an Army Ranger, Green Beret and Navy SEAL rolled into one who, in the decade since his … Read more
Macbeth is coming. A couple corrupted by their relentless lust for power have blood on their hands. Witness the gripping tale of greed, murder, deception and superstition. Once you cross the line, you can never turn back. Tony and BAFTA Award winner Ralph Fiennes (Antony & Cleopatra, Schindler’s List, Coriolanus) and Olivier Award winner Indira Varma (Present Laughter, Game … Read more
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