Movies
Space Jam
Remember that time that Michael Jordan helped Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, and a bunch of your other favourite Loony Toons play a basketball game against aliens (and Danny DeVito) in the name of personal freedom? Of course you do! Because it’s SPACE JAM, it’s awesome, and it’s our Friday Late
Blade Runner: The Final Cut
“More human than human is our motto.” In 2007, director Ridley Scott released BLADE RUNNER: The Final Cut, the “definitive” edition (the work-print feature version), which has since been remastered for theatrical release. Catch it in all its director approved, futuretastic, digital sci-fi glory on the big screen
The Babadook + WiHM’s 2016 Blood Drive PSAs
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, February 28 to recognize Women In Horror Month with a screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK, proceeded by this year’s bloody brilliant crop of WiHM’s blood-drive public service announcements. For seven
Kids Cultures Series: The Outlaw League
Kids Culture Film Series is proud to screen our first Canadian film! La Gang des Hors-la-loi (The Outlaw League) – Sunday March 6th 12:45pm Rated PG coarse language Ages 9+ in French w/English subtitles Tickets $8 adults, $5 kids online $9/$6 at the door Advanced tickets available by clicking
Spotlight
The star-studded ensemble piece SPOTLIGHT shone at this year’s Academy Awards, winning both Best Picture and Best Screenplay. Based on the true story of the tenacious group of investigavtive journalists at The Boston Globe whose work blew the lid off of years of widespread sexual abuse cover-ups within the Roman
Carol
Based on the Patricia Highsmith’s novel ‘The Price of Salt’ and currently nominated for six Academy Awards, director Todd Haynes’ (VELVET GOLDMINE, FAR FROM HEAVEN) CAROL stars Cate Blanchett (Oscar nominee, Best Actress) as an upper class 1950s housewife whose fondness for a young shopgirl (Rooney Mara – Oscar nominee,
2001: A Space Odyssey
“Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?” Venture deep into the depths of the universe with Stanley Kubrick‘s monumentally epic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (beautifully remastered for its 50th Anniversary in 2018). Perhaps more than any other, 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY inhabits a sort-of poetic, celluloid dreamscape
Gummo
“Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you’d be dead.” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 23 with writer-director Harmony Korine‘s (SPRING BREAKERS) debut feature, GUMMO. Released in 1997, this polarizing cult-classic divides critics
Full Metal Jacket
“Let me see your war face.” Stanley Kubrick‘s under-seen (and under-appreciated) FULL METAL JACKET is an unflinching two-act stunner, and deserves its rightful place among the top films ever made about America’s involvement in Vietnam. Based on Gustav Hasford‘s novel ‘The Short Timers,’ the story unfolds from the perspective of
Annie Hall
“Most of us… Need the eggs.” Widely regarded as one of – if not the – best romantic comedies of all time, Woody Allen’s ANNIE HALL broke rules and new ground when it was released in 1976, and has since become archetypical in its influence. Often replicated but never duplicated,