FACTION INTRODUCES “THIS IS HOME” FEATURE LENGTH SKI FILM THIS IS HOME. A journey to find what makes us skiers. THIS IS HOME is the first full-length feature film from the Faction Collective. From Europe to the US and back again, we follow our athletes as they return to their respective bases around the world … Read more
You know what’s even better than catching the new documentary THIS IS GWAR when it hits Shudder on July 21…? A chance to take it all in on the big Rio Theatre‘s big screen (with its even bigger sound!) on Sunday, July17 , that’s what! Filmmaker Scott Barber‘s documentary takes a peek behind the curtain … Read more
Reel Green™ presents THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING This powerful documentary, inspired by the bestselling non-fiction book “This Changes Everything” by Naomi Klein, was filmed over 211 days in nine countries across five continents over four years. THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING is the first of Reel Green™’s Green Screenings for 2025. Directed by Avi Lewis (THE TAKE) and … Read more
Directed by Avi Lewis (AFI Festival award-winner ‘The Take’) and inspired by the New York Times-bestselling book by Naomi Klein (‘Shock Doctrine’), the feature documentary ‘This Changes Everything’ will be opening at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, October 10. The film brings Naomi Klein’s radical, inspiring thesis to life through a connective thread of stories … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre December 1st 6:30pm for this special screening of Thina Sobabili: The Two Of Us Tuesday, December 1 Doors 6:00pm | Movie 6:30pm Tickets $10 in advance / $12 at the door Advance tickets available HERE *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry **Groupons and passes not accepted for this screening, we … Read more
From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson (THE LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy, THE HOBBIT Trilogy) comes the groundbreaking documentary THEY SHALL NOT GROWN OLD. Applying state-of-the-art restoration, colorization and 3D technologies to century-old footage—carefully chosen from hundreds of hours of original Great War film held in the archives of the Imperial War Museum (IWM)—Jackson has … Read more
“I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.” As relevant today as it was upon its release in 1988, director John Carpenter‘s highly subversive (not to mention under-rated) 80s classic THEY LIVE – starring one of that decade’s most beloved WWF wrestling stars, the late “Rowdy” Roddy … Read more
THEY CALL HIM OG marks the explosive comeback of Pawan Kalyan, unleashing him in his fiercest and most intense avatar yet. After a decade in hiding, Ojas Gambheera — the Original Gangster — returns, and the underworld will never be the same. Directed by Sujeeth and produced on a massive scale by DVV Entertainment (RRR fame), the film pits Pawan Kalyan against Emraan Hashmi, the … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, February 17 with the Farrelly Brothers’ 1998 comedy THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. Ted’s (Ben Stiller) dream prom date with Mary (Cameron Diaz) never happens due to an embarrassing injury at her home. Years later, Ted hires Pat Healy (Matt Dillon) to track down Mary … Read more
“There’s a whole ocean of oil under our feet… No one can get at it, except for me!” Loosely based on Upton Sinclair‘s novel Oil! is writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s utterly magnificent epic THERE WILL BE BLOOD, starring Daniel Day-Lewis (in an Oscar-winning performance) as a ruthless oil prospector, is as much a historical drama … Read more
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