The Rio’s monthly Classic Matinees take place on the first or second Wednesday of the month. There is an interval for every film, and extra seating is provided in the foyer. We are delighted that thanks to funding from the Bridge House Trust we are once again able to offer free admission. We are also able to offer free tea and cake! Please come along and enjoy a film and a chat!

These screenings are also open to everyone else at normal weekday matinee ticket prices.

• Wed 12 Sep 2.30

THE NAMESAKE (12A)

(US/India 2007) dir. Mira Nair 122m.
Kal Penn, Tabu, Irfran Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson.

Following their arranged marriage, Ashoke and Ashima jet off from steamy Calcutta to wintry New York to begin their life together. They soon have a son and name him Gogol, after the famous Russian author. It’s a name with a link to a hidden past and, Ashoke hopes, a better future. But life isn’t as easy for Gogol as his parents might wish. As a first generation American, he must learn to tread a line between his Bengali heritage and his American birthright in the search for his own identity. A sweeping, warm, heartfelt adaptation of the book by Jhumpa Lahiri.