There Is Another Way (With Director Q&A)

In the midst of darkness, we discover who we truly are. THERE IS ANOTHER WAY tells the story of a group of visionaries who refuse to surrender to violence and injustice, and in doing so show that another path is possible – for them, for us, and for all humanity. As we are all faced … Read more

Thelma & Louise

“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake…” Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar. Louise decides to flee to … Read more

Thelma

When 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her. Inspired by a real-life experience of director Josh Margolin‘s own grandmother, THELMA puts a clever spin on movies like MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, … Read more

Theater Camp

Tony Award winner Ben Platt and Molly Gordon star in the new original comedy THEATRE CAMP as Amos and Rebecca-Diane — lifelong best friends and drama instructors at a rundown camp in upstate New York. When clueless tech-bro Troy (Jimmy Tatro) arrives to run the property (into the ground), Amos, Rebecca-Diane and production manager Glenn … Read more

The Zone of Interest (Final Screening)

Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer (SEXY BEAST, BIRTH) crafted one of 2023’s most impactful films with his stylistically jarring, innovative take on Martin Amis‘ 2014 novel, THE ZONE OF INTEREST. The story is itself a fictionalized dramatization, loosely inspired by the real-life SS-commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss. Set in German-occupied Poland in the summer 1943, the career-motivated … Read more

The Zodiac Killer (1971)

The American Genre Film Archive‘s new remaster of director Tom Hanson‘s exploitative cinematic oddity THE ZODIAC KILLER, is getting some big screen time at the Rio Theatre as part of a double bill with David Fincher‘s cult-classic ZODIAC (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) on Sunday, August 13. Tom Hanson – who … Read more

The YouTube Effect (With Alex Winter Q&A)

The story of YouTube is both inspirational and cautionary; the video-sharing website appeared in 2005 and quickly grew to become one of the most ubiquitous and powerful media platforms in the world. It is impossible to overstate its impact on global culture by providing easy and immediate access to news, entertainment media and other vital … Read more

THE YOUNG MARRIEDS: Ed Wood’s Final (Adult) Film

Join us at the Rio Theatre for THE YOUNG MARRIEDS, cult director Ed Wood’s (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE) final (hardcore porno) film. For years, the movie was thought to be lost, until local movie collector and “Porn Archeologist” Dimitrios Otis found a copy of the 16mm film (released in 1972) in a pile at … Read more

The Yes Men Are Revolting: Screening + Skype Q&A

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a screening of The Yes Men’s new documentary ‘The Yes Men are Revolting’ followed by a Skype Q&A. Monday, September 14 Doors 9:00 | Movie 9:30 – Tickets $10 advance / $12 door Advance tickets at www.riotheatretickets.ca All tickets 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service. *Groupons and … Read more

The Worst Person in the World

Director Joachim Trier (THELMA, LOUDER THAN BOMBS) returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world. Fluidly told in twelve chapters, the … Read more