American Sniper

Tickets $8 in advance/ $10 at the door $6 at the door for cheap date movie night on Mondays A Navy SEAL recounts his military career, which includes more than 150 confirmed kills. U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission — protect his comrades — to heart and becomes one of … Read more

American Psycho

“Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on November 29 with AMERICAN PSYCHO, a biting black comedy that examines the elements that make a man a misogynist monster – perhaps buckling under the pressure of the Holiday season – which makes it a perfectly fitting … Read more

American Honey

Visionary British director Andrea Arnold (FISH TANK) points her atmospheric lens towards the American Midwest in AMERICAN HONEY, a raw,risky,  unconventional take on the coming-of-age drama that stars Shia LaBoeuf, Riley Keough, and Sasha Lane (in a breathtaking debut). Star (Lane), a free-spirited teenager on the brink of adulthood, leaves her troubled home in the … Read more

American History X

Living a life marked by violence and racism, neo-Nazi Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton, in an Oscar-nominated performance) finally goes to prison after killing two black youths who tried to steal his car. Upon his release, Derek vows to change his ways; he hopes to prevent his younger brother, Danny (Edward Furlong), who idolizes Derek, from … Read more

American Graffiti (50th Anniversary Screening)

Where were you in ’62? On the last day of summer vacation in 1962, friends Curt (Richard Dreyfuss), Steve (Ron Howard), Terry (Charles Martin Smith) and John (Paul Le Mat) cruise the streets of small-town California while a mysterious disc jockey (Wolfman Jack) spins classic rock’n’roll tunes. It’s the last night before their grown-up lives … Read more

American Fiction

AMERICAN FICTION is Cord Jefferson‘s hilarious directorial debut, which confronts our culture’s obsession with reducing people to outrageous stereotypes. Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “Black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. To prove his point, Monk uses a pen name to write … Read more

American Animals

AMERICAN ANIMALS is the unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky. Spencer (Barry Keoghan), is determined to become an artist but feels he lacks the essential … Read more

Amazing Grace

The late director Sydney Pollack‘s behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin‘s best-selling album Amazing Grace finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot. “I felt wrung out at the end of this film. How incredible must it have been for those who were there in … Read more

amarcord

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a special presentation of cult sci-fi classic Zardoz, presented in partnership with our friends at Storm Crow Tavern on Commercial Drive and the brand-new Storm Crow Alehouse on Broadway. (What does this mean? Here’s what this means: Show your online receipt/ticket/proof of purchase to Zardoz and get 10% … Read more

Amadeus (Director’s Cut)

“This was a music I’d never heard. Filled with such longing, such unfulfillable longing… It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God.” Join us at the Rio Theatre as for the director’s cut of one of the 1980’s most acclaimed films; the lush, lavish, and endlessly entertaining AMADEUS. Based on Peter … Read more