Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange

“No time for the old in-n-out, love, I’ve just come to read the meter.” Based on Anthony Burgess’s disturbing novel about England in the totalitarian future, director Stanley Kubrick‘s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE stars Malcolm McDowell as Alex, a Beethoven-loving, head-bashing punk who leads his gang of droogs on ultra-violent assaults–until he is captured by authorities … Read more

Lemmy

“More than any other rock musician, he is the baddest motherfucker in the world.” – Dave Grohl Raise a glass (or two, or three) and toast the life of one of the music world’s most innovative artists and genuine rock heroes, Motörhead frontman Lemmy Kilmister, with the phenomenal documentary LEMMY. Over four decades, Motörhead frontman … Read more

Secretary

Assume the position. Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader smoulder as an unlikely couple whose workplace relationship unexpectedly blossoms into something… Beyond the professional. SECRETARY is an all-time Rio Theatre audience fan-favourite, and one of our most requested romances – a perfect fit for our Friday Late Night Movie series in February. Sexy, sweet, hilarious and shocking, … Read more

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

“Random thoughts for Valentine’s Day, 2004…. Today is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.” Featuring the uniquely imaginative and whimsical visual aesthetic of director Michel Gondry, a story from the genius mind of Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH), and career-high performances from Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as … Read more

The Man Who Fell to Earth

“Well I’m not a scientist… But I know all things begin and end in eternity.” Join us on Monday, January 8 as we toast, honour, celebrate and remember David Bowie, a man whose genius encompassed the worlds of music, fashion, the visual arts, and cinema – on his birthday. In 1976, Bowie made his feature … Read more

The Notebook

“Stop thinking about what everyone wants, stop thinking about what I want, what your parents want! What do you want Allie?” Hey girl… We tried to think of the most romantical Monday night double features we could think of, so we settled on LA LA LAND paired with Nick Cassavetes‘ modern classic THE NOTEBOOK… You … Read more

Say Anything…

“She’s gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen.” John Cusack’s iconic performance as the infinitely lovable boombox-toting kickboxer Lloyd Dobler, who decides to woo school valedicatorian Diane Court (“a brain trapped in the body of a game show hostess”) in director Cameron Crowe’s SAY ANYTHING…, is, … Read more

Casablanca

“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

Apocalypse Now

“The horror…. the horror….” Since its release in 1979, Francis Ford Coppola’s astounding APOCALYPSE NOW remains one of the most important and influential war films ever made. Set during the Vietnam war, APOCALYPSE NOW is loosely adapted from Joseph Conrad’s seminal novella ‘Heart of Darkness.’ Coppola’s masterpiece walks the line between light and dark, with … Read more

The Hunger

“Nothing human loves forever.” Join us on January 8 as we tip our hat to David Bowie (on his birthday!) with a double bill featuring two iconic performances from films starring the “thin white Duke”: LABYRINTH and THE HUNGER. Released in 1983, Tony Scott‘s directorial debut THE HUNGER is an erotically-charged goth cult-classic vampire romance … Read more