Movies
Top Secret!
We’re paying tribute to the late, great Val Kilmer by dimming the lights and firing up the projector with a Friday Late Night Movie tribute screening of one of his most memorable roles (and one of the Rio Theatre’s most requested cult-classic films), in the TOP SECRET! Popular
Best in Show
At the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show, a “documentary film crew” captures the excitement and tension displayed by the eccentric participants in the outrageously hilarious satire BEST IN SHOW. This biting send-up (shot in Vancouver!) from the genius comedic minds of Christopher Guest (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) and Eugene Levy (SCTV)
The Doors: The Final Cut
We’re paying tribute to the late, great Val Kilmer by dimming the lights and firing up the projector with a tribute screening of one of his most iconic roles, that of rocker Jim Morrison in director Oliver Stone‘s historical drama about one of pop music’s most influential bands and impactful
This Changes Everything
Reel Green™ presents THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING This powerful documentary, inspired by the bestselling non-fiction book “This Changes Everything” by Naomi Klein, was filmed over 211 days in nine countries across five continents over four years. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the first of Reel Green™’s Green Screenings for
Blood Quantum
The dead are coming back to life outside the isolated Mi’gmaq reserve of Red Crow, except for its Indigenous inhabitants who are immune to the zombie plague. Traylor, the tribal sheriff, must protect his son’s pregnant girlfriend, apocalyptic refugees, and reserve riff raff from the hordes of walking white corpses.
Secret Mall Apartment
In 2003, eight Rhode Island artists created a secret apartment inside the busy Providence Place Mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way. They snuck in furniture, tapped into the mall’s electricity, and even constructed a wall, smuggling in more than two tons of cinderblock.
Miss Congeniality (25th Anniversary Screening)
“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
Union (With Live Q&A)
A vital and necessary documentary about the value of fighting for worker’s rights in the harrowing world of capitalism. Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, May 13 for a screening of the documentary, UNION, which will include a live Q&A with the star of the film, activist Chris
The Ugly Stepsister
A sinister, twisted twist on the classic Brothers Grimm Cinderella story, THE UGLY STEPSISTER follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful and enchanting stepsister Agnes in an attempt to earn Prince Julian’s affection – at any cost. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal
The Spoils (With Guest Q&A)
Amid the rise of the far-right in Germany, as the spoils of post-WW2 collections hit the world art market afresh, lawyers, curators, politicians, and Jewish groups the world round are duking it out, painting by painting, sketch by sketch, over questions of ownership, history, and morality. A series of