Movies
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Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Worship at the high, holy altar of comedy and look on the bright side of life with a prime time, Good Friday screening of Monty Python’s LIFE OF BRIAN. Set in 33 A.D. Judea where the exasperated Romans try to impose order, it is a time of chaos and change
The Ten Commandments
Charlton Heston leads an all-star cast in one of Hollywood’s greatest “golden age” biblical epics – and legendary director Cecil B. DeMille‘s final film – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. A landmark title even upon release in 1956, it was the most expensive cinematic extravaganza ever made at the time; it won
8 Mile
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment You own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime… Rap icon
I Am Not Your Negro
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project, “Remember This House.” The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and assassinations of three of his close friends: Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Footloose (1984)
“You won’t get any dancing here, it’s illegal.” The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, August 14 to cut loose (and kick off their Sunday shoes) when they present the ultimate game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon – the 1980s pop-culture classic
Blood Diner
Join us for a very special Friday Late Night Movie screening of director Jackie Kong‘s BLOOD DINER, presented in partnership with the Northwest Horror Show. BLOOD DINER is a classic, very fun (and very 80s) throwback to HG Lewis‘ ‘Bloodfeast’ about two brothers who operate a diner… That
Moonlight
Easily one of 2016’s most memorable and important films, director Barry Jenkins‘ luminous MOONLIGHT had been an audience and critical darling for months, and was recently honoured with three Oscars – including Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali, Best Adapted Screenplay, and (of course) Best Picture. A timeless coming-of-age story
Paterson
Jim Jarmusch lends his seamless eye to the majesty of the mundane in the melancholic comedy-drama PATERSON, which offers star Adam Driver (SILENCE, HBO’s GIRLS) a solid vehicle for this quiet, thoughtful character study of a bus driver with an uncanny knack for seeing the poetry of life in the
Lion
Best Supporting Actor Oscar-nominee Dev Patel (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, ‘The Newsroom’) helms LION, inspired by the true, touching, and ultimately uplifting story of an Australian man who finds his long-lost family in India – with the help of Google Earth. Nominated for a whopping six Oscars (including
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: The Running Man (1987)
The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre on Thursday, March 16 with another fine feature from the Arnold Schwarzenegger canon, THE RUNNING MAN. Schwarzenegger is reunited with his PREDATOR costar Jesse Ventura in this adaptation of Stephen King‘s dystopian, sci-fi novel (set in an authoritarian USA in, ummm, 2017)