Movies
Tremors #MonsterMonday
Remember the time that Kevin Bacon, Reba McEntire (!?) and the Dad from Family Ties were in a scary movie together about strange seismic activity and weirdo underground wormy creatures that killed people in their small town…? Of course you do! Because that movie was TREMORS, it’s awesome, and it’s
Birdman
Oscar award winning film Birdman comes to the Rio. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu starring Michael Keaton. A washed-up actor, who once played an iconic superhero, battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career and himself in the days leading up to the opening of his Broadway play. Saturday March
Inherent Vice
Set in the drug-fueled haze of 1970s Los Angeles, Paul Thomas Anderson‘s (BOOGIE NIGHTS, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s acclaimed fever dream of a novel INHERENT VICE stars Joaquin Phoenix as detective Larry “Doc” Sportello, who is investigating the disappearance of a former girlfriend. Also starring Josh
Special Q&A with Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas
HELP SAVE ORANGUTANS! Transport yourself to the rain-forests of Borneo with world-renowned primatologist Dr. Biruté Galdikas in support of Orangutan Conservation March 30th Doors at 6:30pm Q&A and Movie at 7:00pm
The Duke of Burgundy
Director Peter Strickland scores another unnervingly stylish arthouse hit with THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, his follow up to the eerily sound homage to retro horror, BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012). At its core, THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY is a spellbinding, calculating work of tense eroticism that explores the unusually intimate relationship
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Chuck Norris in INVASION U.S.A. (1985)
Wednesday, April 8 Doors 6:00/Show 7:00pm $7 advance/ $10 door Your life has been missing Chuck Norris. It’s OK, so has the Rio’s screen. But don’t worry, because The Gentlemen Hecklers are going to fix everything for everyone on Wednesday, April 8 when they present the Chuck Norris
NAKED LUNCH (William S. Burroughs Double Bill)
Join us for an evening celebrating influential beat generation author William S. Burroughs, featuring the recently remastered re-release of Howard Brookner’s seminal, gritty documentary BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (1983) and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Burroughs’ own NAKED LUNCH (1991). Saturday, April 4 BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (90 mins) Doors 7:00
Documentary BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (William S. Burroughs Double Bill)
Join us for an evening celebrating influential beat generation author Wliiam S. Burroughs, featuring the recently remastered re-release of Howard Brookner’s seminal, gritty documentary BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (1983) and David Cronenberg’s adaptation of Burroughs’ own NAKED LUNCH (1991). Saturday, April 4 BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (90 mins) Doors 7:00
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Back by popular demand! We are holding over THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA on Sunday, May 17th This film will be screened in the original Japanese with English subtitles. THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA Sunday, May 17 Doors 2:30 / Movie 3:00
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
What would Brian Boitano do? The creators of SOUTH PARK (Matt Stone, Trey Parker) scored a surprising hat-trick with the feature-length version of their hugely popular animated TV series: It was a box office hit, the critics loved it, and they scored much-deserved Best Original Song Oscar nod for ‘Blame