Visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers (THE VVITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN) latest cinematic vision is a lifelong passion project borne from a stage play production he co-directed in high school based off of F.W. Murnau‘s iconic 1922 silent film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.” The experience left a deep impression, and
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, July 7 as we raise a glass to the late, great, literary giant Cormac McCarthy with a screening of what is undoubtedly the most widely known cinematic of adaptations of his work, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN. The film was a massive
In 2006, writer-irector Jared Hess followed up his wildly popular indie cult-comedy NAPOLEON DYNAMITE with NACHO LIBRE, which find a similar groove by employing much of the same deadpan humour and sweet silliness – plus Jack Black. Ignacio (Black), is a disrespected cook at a Mexican monastery, can barely afford
“Hey, pretty girl. Time to wake up.” David Lynch wrote and directed this story in the City of Dreams about two women (including Naomi Watts, in her star-making turn) who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 6 with the third film from visionary Australian director Baz Luhrmann, MOULIN ROUGE!, a hyper-stylized, dramatic romp that turns the conventions of the musical genre onto its (glittering) head by mixing a period romance with anachronistic dialogue and songs,
“Describe your perfect date…?” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a 25th Anniversary screening of MISS CONGENIALITY on Friday, April 25… It’s the perfect date, because it’s it’s not too hot, not too cold. All you need is a light jacket. The full range of Sandra Bullock‘s
From the extraordinary mind of Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul (UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES), and starring Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton, comes a bewildering drama about a Scottish woman, who, after
MEGALOPOLIS is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito), who remains committed to a
Completing a trilogy that follows kaleidoscopic portraits of Jackie Kennedy and Princess Diana, filmmaker Pablo Larraín turns his keen cinematic eye to the renowned soprano Maria Callas with this stately biopic of the cultural icon. Portraying the epochal diva in her psychologically brittle final days, Angelina Jolie gives a Golden
Join us at the Rio Theatre for the third installment of a series presented in partnership with Antisocial AV Club, featuring a 20th anniversary screening of Catherine Hardwicke’s LORDS OF DOGTOWN. Before the movie, head on down to China Creek for an old school skate jam! Prizes