Movies
Chain Reactions (Director in Attendance for Q&A!)
Fifty years after Tobe Hooper’s THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE shocked the world and forever changed the face of global cinema and popular culture, CHAIN REACTIONS charts the film’s profound impact and lasting influence on five great artists – Patton Oswalt, Takashi Miike, Alexandra Heller- Nicholas, Stephen King, and
Censor (Final Screening!)
Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching the gore-filled decapitations and eye gougings she pores over. Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister,
Catwoman
Liquidated after discovering a corporate conspiracy, mild-mannered graphic artist Patience Phillips washes up on an island, where she’s resurrected and endowed with the prowess of a cat — and she’s eager to use her new skills … as a vigilante. Before you can say “cat and mouse,” handsome gumshoe Tom
Catwalk: Tales From The Cat Show Circuit (International Cat Day!)
We have the purrrrrfect way to celebrate your favourite feline friends on International Cat Day… With a screening of the utterly charming new feature documentary CATWALK: TALES FROM THE CAT SHOW CIRCUIT, a hi-larious exploration of the colourful world of the competitive cat show circuit in Canada. The documentary follows
CatVideoFest 2019
Bringing the joy of cat videos to the masses – and raising money for cats in need. A purrrr-fect family-friendly treat for Mother’s Day! CatVideoFest 2019 is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and,
Cats
Meow, meow. Jellicle cats unite! What’s left to be said about CATS that hasn’t already been said? The long-awaited, and much maligned, feature film adaptation of the blockbuster musical CATS lands at the Rio Theatre on Monday, August 8 – International Cat Day! Despite its illustrious pedigree courtesy of Andrew
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
“Maggie the cat is alive. I’m alive!” Based on the iconic play by American playwright Tennessee Williams, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF is an intense, absorbing drama centered on a wealthy Southern family’s idiosyncratic dynamics and features two of Hollywood’s greatest legends (Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor) in steamy,
Castle in the Sky: Studio Ghibli at the Rio Theatre
There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! CASTLE IN THE SKY (1986) is an early masterpiece of storytelling and filmmaking whose imaginative and ornately detailed vision presaged later films like PRINCESS
Casper
“Get an afterlife.” Get into the spirit of things this October at the Rio Theatre with our only Friday Late Night Movie this Halloween season, CASPER. Bill Pullman and Christina Ricci star in this star-studded 90s-kid staple about a paranormal expert and his daughter who bunk in an abandoned house
Casino (25th Anniversary Screening!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we celebrate Martin Scorsese‘s “birthday week” with a 25th Anniversary screening of the classic 1995 mob epic CASINO. The film was adapted from celebrated crime writer Nicholas Pileggi’s “Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,” a non-fiction depiction of the story behind the