“What is it you want, Mary? You want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.” Hot Dog! At this time of year, we get inundated with audience requests for the “holiday classic to define all holiday classics,”Frank Capra‘s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE, and are continuing … Read more
“Inside a snowflake like the one on your sleeve, there happened a story you must see to believe.” Ron Howard‘s live-action adaptation of the beloved children’s tale by Dr. Seuss stars a perfectly cast Jim Carrey as literature’s most reclusive (not to mention vengeful) green Grinch, who decides to ruin Christmas for the cheery (not … Read more
“I am Cuba, the Cuba of the casinos, but also of the people.” Despite its origins as a work of Soviet-Cuban political propaganda, Mikhail Kalatozov‘s I AM CUBA (“Soy Cuba”) remains a singularly stunning and historically relevant cinematic achievement set in and around Havana circa Cuba’s 1959 revolution. Decades after its release the film holds … Read more
“Now, that’s a bingo!” We felt the time was right to scalp some Nazis and speak the King’s, so we’re revisiting Quentin Tarantino‘s quasi-historical fantasy INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS on our big screen on August 2. Set in a fantasy universe that can only ever really exist in the films of Tarantino, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS begins in German-occupied France, where … Read more
“You’ve got red on you.” Our favourite mid-aughties British rom-zom-com SHAUN OF THE DEAD is celebrating 20 years of battling the undead! Since the release of his breakout hit in 2004, British writer-director Edgar Wright has cemented himself in the pop-culture landscape with several films that have all become instant pop-culture classics (SCOTT PILGRIM vs. … Read more
“In 9 hours and 23 minutes… You’ll be mine.” The late, great David Bowie makes all kinds of music, magic and mischief as a Goblin King who kidnaps a baby while tormenting a young Jennifer Connelly in director Jim Henson‘s wildly imaginative and highly entertaining puppet-filled 80s classic LABYRINTH. We’re tipping our hat to the … Read more
“Wendy, I’m home!” Join us at the Rio Theatre dim the lights and get scared with some classic winter terror, courtesy of Stanley Kubrick‘s cinematic masterpiece, THE SHiNiNG. Based on Stephen King‘s 1977 novel “The Shining,” Stanley Kubrick‘s film is widely regarded as a work of true cinematic genius (although King himself, famously, does not). … Read more
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
Hey, MAN!!! Come out to the Rio Sunday December 4 for FilmSoc’s annual BIG LEBOWSKI BZZR Garden!!! It’s totally FREE (except the bzzr and other beverages) and wear a costume to maybe win a prize??? Doors are at 6:00 and the movie will start at 6:30pm 19+ event!
“If it bleeds, it leeds.” Inspired by the true story of TV reporter Christine Chubbuck, Rebecca Hall (The Prestige, Vicky Cristina Barcelona) stars in director Antonio Campos‘ CHRISTINE, the tragic and fascinating story of a woman caught in the crosshairs of a spiraling personal life and career crisis. Christine, always the smartest person in the … Read more
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