Movies
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
Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr. (Encore Screening)
FREAKSCENE: THE STORY OF DINOSAUR JR. is a homage of one of the most influential bands on the American East Coast, which inspired the rock scene — including Nirvana and Sonic Youth — in the 1990s. Their style and unmistakable sound, later referred as “grunge”, laid the foundation for the
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.
Nightmare Alley
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of 1940s New York society. With
Parallel Mothers
Iconic Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s latest contemporary drama centers on two women, Janis (Penélope Cruz, in an Oscar-nominated performance) and Ana, who encounter each other in a hospital room, where they are going to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it
The Last Tourist
THE LAST TOURIST is a wake-up call. We need to dramatically rethink the way we travel. In 1950, there were 25 million international tourist arrivals. In 2020, that number was expected to be 1.6 billion. That means more people traveling than at any other point in history. Travel is in
Last of the Right Whales
North Atlantic right whales have roamed the world’s oceans for nearly 12 million years and returned from the brink of extinction twice before. Now, once again, these magnificent great whales are facing the end. Last of the Right Whales follows
Cyrano
Award-winning British director Joe Wright (PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT, DARKEST HOUR) envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in CYRANO, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) dazzles
a-ha – The Movie
When a-ha’s breakthrough hit “Take On Me”shot to 1 on the Billboard charts in 1985, it turned its three young band members into global superstars overnight. While the iconic song and its groundbreaking music video remain ubiquitous to this day, the story of a-ha didn’t end there. After 35 years,