“Kiss my Converse!” Looking for… The Glow? Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, August 28 for a screening of Berry Gordy‘s cult-classic THE LAST DRAGON. Like a comic book come to B-movie life, THE LAST DRAGON is an action-filled pop-culture fantasy fairy tale, mining elements of martial arts and blaxploitation films (with their … Read more
The creator of “Hamilton” and the director of CRAZY RICH ASIANS invite you to the event of the summer, where the streets are made of music and little dreams become big… IN THE HEIGHTS! Lights up on Washington Heights… The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street … Read more
Inspired by true events, Tracey Deer‘s (TV’s ‘Mohawk Girls’) BEANS is about a Mohawk girl on the cusp of adolescence who must grow up fast and become her own kind of warrior during the armed stand-off known as the 1990 Oka Crisis. With Kiawentiio, Violah Beauvais, Rainbow Dickerson. “This is, at its heart, a coming-of-age … Read more
“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. “What makes this so special,” you ask? Well, this screening will be hosted by best-selling author, actor, and filmmaker Greg Sestero, … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, August 22 for a special 30th Anniversary Screening of the Coen Brothers‘ quirky, genre-defying BARTON FINK. Part film noir, part horror-comedy, part psychological thriller, and part satirical love-letter to Hollywood (not to mention the entire creative writing process), BARTON FINK tells the story of the renowned, eponymous … Read more
Summer vibes are giving us all the summer camp feels… And nothing screams, “Friday Late Night Movie on August 27” more than the cult-classic 80s slasher-fest SLEEPAWAY CAMP! Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela’s arrival, things start to go horribly wrong … Read more
“Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” Thus began the odyssey of one A’Ziah King, aka ZOLA. From acclaimed writer/director Janicza Bravo, Zola’s stranger than fiction saga, which she first told in a now iconic series of viral, uproarious tweets, … Read more
We have been inundated with requests for David Lowery‘s highly anticipated fantasy epic THE GREEN KNIGHT – and in lieu of our screening that (which we will…. at some point), we thought the time was indeed nigh to take a look back through the cinematic prism of time to an 80s-era landmark of “swords, sex, … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 13 with – what else? – FRIDAY THE 13th PART IX JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY. So meta! Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by … Read more
In the late 80s and early 90s, the streets of downtown Manhattan were the site of a collision between two vibrant subcultures: skateboarding and hip hop. Narrated by Zoo York co-founder Eli Gesner with an original score by legendary hip-hop producer Large Professor (Nas, A Tribe Called Quest), ALL THE STREETS ARE SILENT brings to … Read more
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