We don’t need another hero… Mel Gibson stars in director George Miller’s original trilogy of dystopian Ozploitation, MAD MAX, which is getting the marathon treatment (finally!) on Friday, July 3. Minors permitted in the balcony. MAD MAX Doors 7:00 / Movie 7:30 (SHARP! Please arrive early.) MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR Movie 9:15 MAD … Read more
Join us at the Rio for this special screening of Eadweard. A complex portrait of Eadweard Muybridge, the father of motion pictures, whose searing jealousy of his young wife eclipsed his genius, leading to one of the most infamous legal cases in history. ——————————————————————————————————————- August 31st (Red Carpet Screening & After Party) @ 6:45pm. … Read more
Loosely based on a short story by author H.P. Lovecraft, RE-ANIMATOR (1985) is a body horror comedy about a medical college and his girlfriend who become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead people. Friday, June 26 REANIMATOR Doors 11:00 / Movie 11:30 Tickets $6 in advance / $8 door Advance tickets … Read more
From noted Dutch filmmaker Tom Six comes the “final sequence” of his landmark body horror trilogy, THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Starring Eric roberts, Robert LaSardo, Bree Olsen, Tom Six, Laurence R. Harvey, Dieter Laser. Wednesday, June 10 Doors 9:00 / Movie 9:30 Tickets $10 in advance / $12 at the door Advance tickets available HERE *Must … Read more
“Alright, alright, alright!” Why go cruising the strip or climbing the moon tower when you could spend it at your favourite indie movie theatre instead? Join us at the Rio Theatre for 30th Anniversary screenings of a slice of cult-classic nostalgia that celebrates the best day of high school you never had: Richard Linklater’s DAZED … Read more
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
To mark our run of the new documentary LIVE FROM NEW YORK (June 15-18), it seemed like an excellent idea to give some screen time to one of the most loved films to come out of a ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, WAYNE’S WORLD. Party on! And then we thought, “let’s live in the now,” and … Read more
“We’re not worthy!” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 30 with the final title of the summer – and we’re toasting our favourite cable access duo with WAYNE’S WORLD! Mike Myers and Dana Carvey star as Aurora, Illinois’ own Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar in Penelope Spheeris‘ comedy classic, based … Read more
Benjamin Statler’s SOAKED IN BLEACH examines the events behind Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s death, as seen through the eyes of private investigator Tom Grant. In 1994, Grant was hired by Cobain’s wife Courtney Love to track down her missing husband days before his body was found at their Seattle home. Though Cobain’s death was ruled … Read more
“They’ll never get caught. They’re on a mission from God.” To mark our run of the new documentary LIVE FROM NY! (opening June 15), we thought the time was right to give a little big screen love to one of our favourite (if not the first!) SNL-inspired movies, THE BLUES BROTHERS. Scripted by Dan Aykroyd … Read more
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