Join us at the Rio Theatre as we dim the lights, raise a glass, and tip our collective cinematic hats to one of the all-time great actors of his generation, Gene Hackman, with a screening of one of his most indelible performances in one of the greatest action films ever made, William Friedkin‘s THE FRENCH … Read more
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life, his work, and his marriage to his wife Erzsébet after being forced apart during wartime by shifting borders and regimes. On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van … Read more
Chhakka Panja 5 (Nepali: छक्का पन्जा ५) is a 2024 Nepali comedy film written by Deepak Raj Giri and directed by Deepa Shree Niraula. Produced by Keshav Neupane and Dipendra Khaniya under the banner of Aama Saraswoti Movies and IME Present. The king is happily living in his country with his family. The ups and downs in his marital life will increase … Read more
From the filmmaker whom the Vatican once called, “the most dangerous director in the world.” Jess Franco’s 1971 retelling of the “Dracula’s Guest” story, VAMPYROS LESBOS, has gained a following over the decades via its erotic flights of surreal imagery, a memorable psychedelic soundtrack, and iconic performance by his muse, Soledad Miranda. Ewa Stoemberg (SHE … Read more
The teasingly entwined ambiguities of love and death continue to fascinate Alain Guiraudie (STRANGER BY THE LAKE), who returns with a sharp, sinister, yet slyly funny thriller. Set in an autumnal, woodsy village in his native region of Occitanie, his latest follows the meandering exploits of Jérémie, an out-of-work baker who has drifted back to … Read more
PINK FLOYD: LIVE AT POMPEII – MCMLXXII, the groundbreaking 1972 film directed by Adrian Maben, returns to cinemas this spring. Featuring iconic songs, stunning visuals, and behind-the-scenes moments, this beautifully restored create a timeless masterpiece of sight & sound. Digitally re-mastered in 4K from the original 35mm footage, with enhanced audio newly mixed by … Read more
Visionary filmmaker Robert Eggers (THE VVITCH, THE LIGHTHOUSE, THE NORTHMAN) latest cinematic vision is a lifelong passion project borne from a stage play production he co-directed in high school based off of F.W. Murnau‘s iconic 1922 silent film “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror.” The experience left a deep impression, and sparked his love of the … Read more
Writer-director Helina Reijn‘s erotic thriller BABYGIRL sees Nicole Kidman at the peak of her cinematic prowess as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS). What follows is an explorative, sexually charged yet subversive nail-biter set … Read more
BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all the odds. Powered by awe-inspiring, psychedelic, never-before-seen footage, performances, and music, Bernard MacMahon’s experiential cinematic odyssey explores Led Zeppelin’s creative, musical, and personal origin story. The film is told in Led Zeppelin’s own words, diving … Read more
“Nothing wrong with a man taking pleasure in his work. I won’t deny my own personal desire to turn each sin against the sinner.” Gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride, lust — everyone has a sin. In director David Fincher‘s intensely claustrophobic, gut-wrenching psychological thriller SE7EN, “sin” takes centre stage – in one of cinema’s … Read more
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