My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Join us at the Rio Theatre as we pay tribute to the late, great filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner by dimming the lights and firing up the projector for a screening of The Princess Bride. Based on Goldman‘s 1973 novel of the same name, Rob Reiner‘s … Read more
Soundly constructed, briskly paced and, in the end, affectingly wistful. – Variety Filmmaker Colin Hanks spent seven years working on this nostalgic tale of the rise and fall of the once-behemoth Tower Records—which started in the back of a Sacramento family drugstore and became an international retail powerhouse before it collapsed in 2006. It’s an … Read more
“F**k me, Santa! F**k me, Santa! F**k me, Santa!” Make merry-merry with seriously fun Christmas Eve screening of two seriously hi-la-rious ho-ho-holiday classics – National Lampoon’s CHRISTMAS VACATION and BAD SANTA. Billy Bob Thornton has never been better than as the grumpy, alcoholic con-man mall Santa (who, underneath it all actually does have a heart … Read more
Join the Gentlemen Hecklers on Wednesday, December 9 as they return to the Rio Theatre to follow up their werewonderful skewering of BREAKING DAWN Part 1 by unleashing their inner-fangirils (again!) on the final installlment of the legendary Twilight franchise – BREAKING DAWN Part 2! (Because once was not enough.) Wednesday, December 9 Doors 8:30 … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series kicks off October with one of our all-time favourites is the canon of classic midnighters: Tobe Hooper‘s iconic 1974 slasher masterpiece, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (gore-geously remastered in 2014!). Just as Alfred Hitchcock‘s PSYCHO was based on the life of deeply disturbed farmer Ed Gein, so is … Read more
One girl. One city. One night. One take. | One of the absolute must-see films of 2015, Germany’s Silver Bear for Best Cinematography winner VICTORIA manages to tell its kinetic, edge-of-your-seat dramatic narrative in a most impressive way: A single take. Sunday, December 13 Doors 5:30 | Movie 6:00 Tickets $10 in advance HERE/ $12 … Read more
“The most profoundly insane piece of personal filmmaking ever produced.” – Drew McWeeny, HitFix You’ve seen THE ROOM. You know TROLL 2. You witnessed MIAMI CONNECTION. And you’re still trying to understand WTF was going on in ROAR. Now, the latest film in the canon that can only be described as “so bad, it’s beyond … Read more
“If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and I didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?”Though he died before the film’s release, actor James Dean’s tragically short yet utterly remarkable career is most closely identified with his … Read more
Celebrated photographer Anton Corbijn (Depeche Mode, Bjork, U2) follows up on 2014’s A MOST WANTED MAN with LIFE, a look at James Dean’s blossomng early career as told through the lens of a burgeoning friendship the actor had with an ambitious young photographer at LIFE Magazine. Starring Robert Pattinson and Dane DeHaan. Sun, … Read more
“The best climbing movie of the year.” – Outside MagazineWinner of the prestigious Audience Award (Documentary) at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, MERU perfectly balances its tense, nailbiting narrative with some of most impressive climbing footage ever captured; all set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayan Mount Meru. Saturday, December 12 Doors … Read more
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