Movies
John Wick: Chapter 2
Retired super-assassin John Wick‘s (Keanu Reeves, in a role that was clearly tailor-made for him) plans to resume a quiet civilian life are cut short when Italian gangster Santino D’Antonio shows up on his doorstep with a gold marker, compelling him to repay past favors. Ordered by Winston, kingpin of
John Wick
In a role that seems tailor-made just for him, Keanu Reeves dazzles in JOHN WICK, a stylishly supercharged, neo-noir action thriller that grew into its surprise cult-status thanks, in large part, to Reeves’ phenomenal performance as a hitman who comes out of retirement to exact some serious vengeance in a
John Waters LIVE! With CRY-BABY
“Beat it, creep!” This one’s for all the movie-loving “squares,” “drapes,” juvenile delinquents and orphans out there! The Rio Theatre is pleased to welcome iconic filmmaker John Waters to the stage for a live director commentary to his musical ode to the teen rebel genre, CRY-BABY. This is
John Lewis: Good Trouble
Using interviews and rare archival footage, JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE chronicles the late Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, then 80 years old, director Dawn Porter explores his childhood experiences, his
John Carpenter’s They Live
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” As relevant today as it was upon its release in 1988, director John Carpenter‘s highly subversive (not to mention under-rated) 80s classic THEY LIVE – starring one of that decade’s most beloved WWF wrestling
John Carpenter’s The Fog (4K Restoration!)
Following the success of the 1978 horror benchmark HALLOWEEN, director John Carpenter‘s THE FOG found him re-teaming with “Scream Queen” Jamie-Lee Curtis in this H.P. Lovecraft-inspired, atmospheric creepshow. Set in a seaside California town commemorating its “unholy” centenary as it finds itself caught in the terrifying grips of an ancient
John Carpenter’s Christine (40th Anniversary Restoration)
Following the massive success of HALLOWEEN in 1976, horror icon John Carpenter continued his assault on the hearts and minds of cinema lovers with a run of films including THE FOG, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, and THE THING. 1983 marked something of a return to form, as he turned his
John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’
Join us at the Rio Theatre for the final Friday Late Night Movie selection of 2025, John Carpenter‘s seminal work of winter-y body horror, THE THING. This 1982 remake of Howard Hawke’s 1951 classic is a bleak, tense and frightening sci-fi thriller that delivers some
John Carpenter’s ‘Escape from New York’ (4K Restoration)
In celebration of John Carpenter‘s 1976 gritty action thriller ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 getting the 4K Restoration treatment, we thought we’d also give it the double bill treatment with another Carpenter classic that his fans can’t get enough of – ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK! See one, or see
John Carpenter’s ‘Assault on Precinct 13’
Considered by many to be one of the greatest and most underrated action films of the 1970s, John Carpenter‘s gritty action thriller ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (which he wrote, directed, scored and edited) has been given a new 4K restoration in 2023 from the original camera negative courtesy of