Movies
Pleasure
Ninja Thyberg’s debut feature film PLEASURE is a journey into the Los Angeles porn industry through the lens of newcomer Bella Cherry (Sofia Kappel). The film follows the young and ambitious woman, who leaves her small town in Sweden and heads to LA with the aim of becoming the world’s
The Innocents
Acclaimed Norwegian filmmaker Eskil Volgt (who co-scripted the Oscar-nominated romantic comedy THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD alongside Joachim Trier) delves the depths of indie arthouse horror with his latest directorial effort, the gripping supernatural thriller THE INNOCENTS. Set against the backdrop of the bright Nordic summer, the film revolves
Killer Klowns From Outer Space
It’s Craaazy! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on October 20 with a dose of dark and goofy fun, with the 1988 cult-classic KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE. This truly one-of-a-kind alien-invasion sci-fi follows blood-drinking intergalactic clowns hell bent on harvesting a small,
Ti West’s X
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!
Inland Empire (2022 Remaster)
A woman in trouble. David Lynch‘s sorely under-seen, surreal psychological thriller INLAND EMPIRE is pretty impossible to describe… It’s Lynch. It’s Laura Dern. (For fans of the auteur, that may be all they need to know!) Initially released in 2006, this was Lynch’s first digitally shot film, and
Acharya
ACHARYA is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Koratala Siva, and stars Chiranjeevi, Ram Charan, Pooja Hegde and Kajal Aggarwal. It features music composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by Tirru. Thursday, April 28 Movie 10:00 pm *Start time subject to change.
Run Woman Run
“Save a mile for yourself. Honor your own life.” Single mother Beck, who lives in Six Nations, has been running from reality. Her “breakfast of champions” is a 5 cream, 5 sugar coffee, and donuts. Something has to give and it does when Beck finds herself in a diabetic coma
The Sadness
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, April 29 with one of the most talked-about horror movies of 2021, Canadian writer-director Rob Jabbaz‘s brutally explosive, hyper-violent zombie horror satire THE SADNESS. As the city of Taipei suddenly erupts into bloody chaos in the midst
Friday the 13th: Jason X
It’s Friday, (May) the 13th… And Jason Voorhees lives! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 13 with the final film in the iconic FRIDAY THE 13th movie franchise, the 2001 installment JASON X. (We’ve been plugging in other films from the series, in
I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (Canadian Film Day Screening!)
A charming, whimsical story about a waifish daydreamer with artistic aspirations. Structured around a video-recorded confession, in Patricia Rozema’s fanciful character study, aspiring photographer Polly (comedian Sheila McCarthy) lands a job at a Toronto art gallery run by Gabrielle (Paule Baillargeon), who is also a painter. Polly is impressed with