Writer-director Sean Baker (RED ROCKET, THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE) joins us live (via Skype) for a double bill that includes a screening of his latest acclaimed feature, RED ROCKET, followed by his 2013 debut film, STARLET. (Besides being drawn from the same creative mind, the two films occupy the same cinematic universe… As Mr. Baker will explain in the Q&A!)

STARLET follows the story of a young woman names Jane, (Dree Hemingway) who finds a fortune stashed in a yard-sale thermos and befriends the crotchety oldster (Besedka Johnson) from whom she bought it.

“You may have never heard of Sean Baker, but he’s one of the most astute and least sentimental chroniclers of life on the fringes working in film today.” (The Wrap)

“A strikingly unsentimental study in female friendship between unmoored souls in L.A.’s bleached, glamour-challenged San Fernando Valley.” (Entertainment Weekly)

“This is confident, engrossing storytelling, and the actors are terrific.” (Chicago Reader)

“‘Starlet’ is achingly sad, shrewdly funny, and shockingly honest.” (Film Threat)

“The film itself deserves praise for its portraits of these two women and the different worlds they inhabit.” (Roger Ebert)

Thursday, February 24
Movie 9:20 pm *Approximate Start Time. Subject to change.
Single Film Tickets $13 HERE | $13 at the door

See both RED ROCKET and STARLET for one sweet price!
(The Q&A will be in-between films, at approximately 8:40 pm)
RED ROCKET Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm
Double Feature Tickets $15 HERE | $15 at the door

*Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service.
*Rio Theatre Groupons and passes OK for any single film screening only. Please redeem at the box office.
*If you are looking to redeem your tickets to either a canceled Rio Theatre screening or a Rio Theatre gift certificate, please email <[email protected]> with info including your name, canceled receipt number, gift certificate info, what you are wanting to see and when, and we can make the switch for you in advance. Alternately, you can bring this information with you to the venue, and we will do our best to help you at the box office.

In accordance with the Province of British Columbia’s current PHO from the Ministry of Health, all eligible patrons must present their proof of vaccine status for entry. Masks are to be worn by all patrons, except when seated. No exceptions.

STARLET (Sean Baker, 2012 / 103 / Not Rated) An unlikely friendship forms between 21 year-old Jane and the elderly Sadie after Jane discovers a hidden stash of money inside an object at Sadie’s yard sale.