Mexican writer-director Issa López is an emerging talent on the international genre film circuit, drawing both critical (Best Horror Director, Fantastic Fest and Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screamfest) and audience (Audience Award Best Feature, DEDfest) accolades thanks to her remarkable third feature, TIGERS ARE NOT AFRAID – a dark, fantasy-fueled fairy tale about a gang … Read more
Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the bottom of a story stranger than fiction. “The bizarre and ultimately shocking film… has become one of the stand-out documentaries at this year’s Sundance festival.” – The … Read more
Yes, we’re as excited as you are for the third installment of Ti West‘s bloody amazing franchise, MAXXINE, hitting movie screens on Friday, July 5! So yes, of course, we’re going to revisit both X (2022), and its prequel PEARL (2022), with a double bill screening on Friday, June 28! In 2022, filmmaker Ti West … Read more
“Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.” George Lucas‘ directorial debut THX 1138 presents a cold, minimalist dystopian future in which individual thought and love are forbidden… But two citizens dare to rebel against their society’s rigid laws of conformity. Set in an Orwellian 25th century where people are nameless, mankind lives in … Read more
Legendary Indian actor Ajith Kumar‘s highly anticipated 61st film is the Tamil-language heist thriller THUNIVU, and it is coming to the Rio Theatre for screenings on January 11. Re-teaming for a third time with director H. Vinoth, the film follows a criminal mastermind and his team who form a plan and commit bank heists across Chennai … Read more
Legendary Indian director Mani Ratnam‘s upcoming Tamil-language gangster action-drama THUG LIFE follows Rangaraaya Sakthivel Naicker, a powerful gangster who was presumed dead and returns, only to find himself at odds with his own son, Amaran “Amar”, leading to a bitter rivalry between them. The highly anticipated title marks the significant reunion between lead actor Haasan … Read more
New York, 1980: Three complete strangers accidentally discover that they’re identical triplets, separated at birth. Adopted by three different families and reunited by an astonishing, fairy-tale coincidence, the 19-year-olds’ joyous, jaw-dropping reunion catapults them to international fame and becomes a global sensation, while it also unlocks an extraordinarily disturbing, unimaginable secret that goes beyond their … Read more
The most playful and also the grittiest of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then … Read more
In the devastating first film of the Three Colors trilogy, Juliette Binoche gives a tour de force performance as Julie, a woman reeling from the tragic death of her husband and young daughter. But BLUE is more than just a blistering study of grief; it’s also a tale of liberation, as Julie attempts to free … Read more
One of the most talked about films from this year’s Academy Awards (who could ever forget Frances McDormand‘s Best Actress acceptance speech?!) is finally coming to the Rio Theatre, starting April 23. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months have passed without a culprit … Read more
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