Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the … Read more
Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, iconic Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s first English-language film, THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, firmly retains the director’s signature narrative complexities buoyed by irreverence, dark humour, and capable performances. The film follows lngrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton, in a Golden-Globe nominated … Read more
“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. “What makes this so special,” you ask? Well, this screening will be hosted by best-selling author, actor, and filmmaker Greg Sestero, … Read more
“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. What a story! A marvel of modern cinema, Tommy Wiseau‘s THE ROOM is so powerful that it will, literally, “tear you … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a big screen, big sound tribute to the man behind the Rolling Stones‘ drum kit, the late, great Charlie Watts. We’ll be presenting a very special double bill featuring the rarely-seen, meticulously restored and fully-realized version of the legendary (but never released film) CHARLIE IS MY DARLING: IRELAND, … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a big screen, big sound tribute to the man behind the Rolling Stones‘ drum kit, the late, great Charlie Watts. We’ll be presenting a very special double bill featuring the rarely-seen, meticulously restored and fully-realized version of the legendary (but never released film) CHARLIE IS MY DARLING: IRELAND, … Read more
Advance tickets have SOLD OUT. VERY limited balcony tickets will be released at 5:30pm today and after that it will be RUSH ONLY when doors open for the show. We advise all ticket holders to get down early to ensure the best seats. Let’s Do The Time Warp… Again! Join us for one of … Read more
Let’s do the Time Warp… Again! There is no better way to experience the pop-culture juggernaut that is THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW than the the way it is meant to be seen – on the big screen, in the dark, and with a raucous Rio Theatre audience who are just as into it as … Read more
Let’s do the Time Warp… Again! Making long weekend plans…? We’ve got you covered! Join us for one of the most notorious cult-movie experiences you can possibly have in a darkened theatre… THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW! For over four decades, THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW has been giving absolute pleasure to adoring audiences spaced … Read more
Viggo Mortensen delivers a powerful performance in THE ROAD, a dystopian, post-apocalyptic survival film based on Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name. Set in a bleak, American wasteland of the future, what’s left of the USA is a grim, gray shadow of itself following a catastrophe. A man (Mortensen) and his … Read more
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