The Rio’s monthly Classic Matinees are FREE for anyone aged over 60 and take place on the first or second Wednesday of the month. There is an interval for every film, and extra seating in the foyer. Come along and enjoy a film, a cup of tea and a chat!

• Wed 14 Jun 2.30

JUNEBUG (15)

(US 2006) dir.Phil Morrison 106m.
Embeth Davidtz, Amy Adams, Ben McKenzie, Alessandro Nivola, Celia Weston.

“Chicago art dealer Madeleine meets her husband's North Carolina family for the first time but she can't quite leave her urban sensibilities or professional ambitions behind. A slow-paced but witty character study, this is Phil Morrison's first feature which takes the staid family reunion theme and gives it a shine with fresh insights and wry observations. There's a bittersweet tang here too, heightened by Amy Adams' Oscar-nominated performance as a naïve young mother-to-be. George hasn't seen his family in three years and for most of the time he lurks in the background, mentioned more than seen. So the focus is on the budding relationship between Madeleine and sister-in-law Ashley, another outsider sucked into the family by marriage to Johnny. Adams' star turn of hyperactivity and eternal optimism shrieks out, the polar opposite of Davidtz's trying-too-hard nervous tension. Writer Angus MacLachlan has spun a script of one-liners and heartfelt emotion that draws the ties and tensions between the family members with unerring accuracy.”
(Jamie Woolley, BBCi Films)

N.B. With a 15 min intervall

£5.50/£4.50 Concessions & Under 15's/free for Over 60's & Carers

• Wed 5 Jul 2.30

BALLETS RUSSES (PG)

(US 2006) dirs.Daniel Geller & Dayna Goldfine 119m. Documentary.

“To those, like me, who know nothing about ballet, this is unexpectedly riveting stuff: the story of how the world's greatest ballet company carried on after the death of Serge Diaghilev in the 1920s, and how great performers, musicians, designers and choreographers took the message of ballet all around the world. Basically, the brand-name splintered: two opposing impresarios managed the Ballet Russe of Monte Carlo and the ‘original’ Ballet Russe. One ran out of money; the other shrewdly hired American dancers and gained a foothold in Hollywood. Both companies found that they were inspiring other, competing outfits everywhere, which undermined their monopoly. This movie has wonderful, moving interviews with the elderly dancers now – sprightly in their 80s and 90s and still passionate about their art.”
(Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian)

N.B. With a 15 min intervall

£5.50/£4.50 Concessions & Under 15's/free for Over 60's & Carers