Join us at the Rio Theatre as we celebrate Martin Scorsese‘s “birthday week” with a 25th Anniversary screening of the classic 1995 mob epic CASINO. The film was adapted from celebrated crime writer Nicholas Pileggi’s “Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,” a non-fiction depiction of the story behind the alliance of Mafia mobsters Lefty … Read more
“Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine.” Can there be anything said about CASABLANCA that hasn’t already been said? Sitting comfortably at the #1 spot on the American Film Institute’s ‘100 Greatest Love Stories of All Time,’ this enduring classic romance remains one of the … Read more
The brand new feature-length concert documentary CAROLE KING: HOME AGAIN – LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK, which presents musical icon Carole King’s triumphant May 26, 1973 homecoming concert on The Great Lawn of New York City’s Central Park before an estimated audience of 100,000. The film presents the complete multi-camera 16mm footage filmed and recorded by Lou … Read more
Against the backdrop of the 1964 Republican Convention, a San Francisco cocktail waitress became one of the city’s most popular entertainers after making her debut as America’s first topless dancer. The new documentary feature CAROL DODA TOPLESS AT THE CONDOR tells the story of the fresh-faced girl next door who defied convention and the law … Read more
Based on the Patricia Highsmith’s novel ‘The Price of Salt’ and currently nominated for six Academy Awards, director Todd Haynes’ (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) CAROL stars Cate Blanchett (Oscar nominee, Best Actress) as an upper class 1950s housewife whose fondness for a young shopgirl (Rooney Mara – Oscar nominee, Best Supporting Actress) develops into … Read more
Once the centre of the New York bohemia, Greenwich Village is now home to lux restaurants, and buzzer door clothing stores catering to the nouveau riche. But one shop in the heart of the Village remains resilient to the encroaching gentrification: Carmine Street Guitars. There, custom guitar maker Rick Kelly and his young apprentice, Cindy … Read more
Ben Cash (Viggo Mortensen), his wife Leslie and their six children live deep in the wilderness of Washington state. Isolated from society, Ben and Leslie devote their existence to raising their kids — educating them to think critically, training them to be physically fit and athletic, guiding them in the wild without technology and demonstrating … Read more
After an eight-year prison sentence for rape, Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) targets Sam Bowden (Gregory Peck), one of the lawyers who sent him away. When Max finds Sam and his family, he begins a terrifying stalking spree, intending to ruin Sam’s life. Desperate to protect his wife and daughter, Sam makes every effort to send … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 30 with one of the aii-time classic grindhouse films ever made, Ruggero Deodato’s exploitation staple CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Since its release in 1980, the film has been both banned and heavily censored throughout the world; decades after its release it continues to be a film … Read more
“We dare you to say his name five times.” Researching urban folklore, a University of Chicago student snoops around the housing projects of Cabrini Green to find more about the legend of the “Candyman,” who supposedly appears (whenever one looks into the mirror and repeats his name five times) to slash his victims with a … Read more
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