BOMB: A LOVE STORY is the second feature film directed by international superstar, Payman Maadi, following the success of Snow on the Pines. For this film, a romance set in the urban milieu of Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, Maadi, who plays the lead role, has reunited with his A Separation co-star, Leila Hatami. A … Read more
SHEEPLE is the story of a gang of drug dealers in the south of Tehran who has sheltered many youngsters and orphans from the streets. Shahin and Shakoor who are brothers are leading the gang but when it is collapsed creates a crisis in their family and their lives. Saturday, January 26 Doors 12:30 pm … Read more
We’re toasting Canadian writer-director Panos Cosmatos (MANDY) with screening his feature debut, 2012’s hyper-stylish midnighter BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW on Saturday, July 1. Even better? We’re double-billing it with a 40th Anniversary screening of Canadian auteur David Cronenberg‘s sci-fi body horror classic VIDEODROME. See one, or see ’em both for one sweet price! Set in … Read more
Winner of a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and now shortlisted in the Best Documentary category at this year’s Oscars, MINDING THE GAP is a vital and heartrending story about young men growing up in Rockford, Illinois. Compiling over 12 years of footage shot in his hometown, director Bing … Read more
From Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (12 YEARS A SLAVE) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (GONE GIRL) comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. “Widows” is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. … Read more
After nearly forty years of marriage, Joan and Joe Castleman (Golden Globe winner Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, January 20 for a free screening of THE AWAKENING (a lecture with Benjamin Creme.) Sunday, January 20 Doors 12:30 | Event 1:00 pm This is a free event. “If the information in this film is correct, we are about to witness the most profound changes in human … Read more
THE ROAD FORWARD is a film about first nations activism in Canada. The screening is a fundraiser for Queen Alexandra’s Wishing Tree free store. The Wishing Tree provides food, toiletries, household items, clothing, transit passes, and more for families in need. Thursday, January 17 Movie 6:30 pm *Time subject to change Advance tickets $20 HERE … Read more
In what the New York Times heralded as, “An Apocalyptic Star Is Born,” VOX LUX follows the rise of Celeste from the ashes of a major national tragedy to pop super stardom. The film spans 18 years and traces important cultural moments through her eyes, starting in 1999 when as teenager Celeste (Raffey Cassidy, THE … Read more
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