And if you fancy hosting your own late show, why not choose a film (subject to availability) for a Friday or Saturday late night show on a date of your choice. You need to be a Friend of the Rio (cost £20) and the cost of the late show is £250 (including VAT) which includes admission for up to 50 guests. The screening will also be open to the public, at our regular late night admission price of £6.50. Other options including private screenings are also possible. For further details contact Charles at charles@riocinema.org.uk or on 7241 9415.

• Fri 3 Aug 11.15pm

In honour of Gabriel & Ilana's birthdays

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (15)

(UK 1975) dir. Jim Sharman 100m.
Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia Quinn.

What do a Transylvanian transvestite, a cryogenically-preserved motorbiker and Frankenstein's monster wearing golden pants all have in common? They're all parts of ROCKY HORROR, of course! Innocent young lovers Brad and Janet are stranded when their car breaks down, so they are forced to seek refuge in the castle of the bizarre Dr. Frankenfurter, who is having a gathering of some kind... What ensues is an unforgettable night of comedy, carnality, horror and good old rock 'n' roll in this staggeringly kitsch classic.

£6

SHUT UP AND SING – DIXIE CHICKS (15)

(US 2006) dirs. Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck 92m. Documentary.

Life in Bush’s America gets a blunt, honest telling in this documentary. In 2003, the US female country band, The Dixie Chicks, are at the top of their game. Until Natalie Maines, the lead singer, set off a storm at the start of the Iraq War in 2003 when she told a London audience, "We're ashamed that the president of the United States is from Texas." What followed was a concerted right-wing effort to kill their radio play and concert appearances. This film follows the band for three years focusing on them as wives, mothers and advocates of free speech.

• Sat 18 Aug 11.15pm

PAN’S LABYRINTH (15)

(Spain/Mexico 2006) dir. Guillermo del Toro 120m. Subtitles.
Sergi Lopez, Maribel Verdu, Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Ariadne Gil.

1944, the Spanish Civil War has just ended and Carmen moves with her daughter Ofélia into the home of her new husband, a captain in Franco’s army hunting the remaining guerrilla fighters in the woods. Ofélia is left lonely and frustrated by her new life and soon discovers a mysterious labyrinth next to her new home. Del Toro and his effects crew have crafted an exquisite fairytale world – an unmissable celebration of cinema's capacity to enthrall.

• Sat 25 Aug 11.15pm

SUGARHOUSE (15)

(UK 2007) dir. Gary Love 90m.
Steven Mackintosh, Ashley Walters, Andy Serkis, Tolga Safer.

Disillusioned middle class city boy Tom is looking for something in the back streets of London; he thinks D - a young desperate drug addict – can give him what he needs. But what D's offering comes with more than just a price tag... With stunning performances from Ashley Walters and a truly terrifying Andy Serkis, SUGARHOUSE vividly conjures up a world of faceless, graffiti-ed tower blocks, and stands head and shoulders above other UK gangster flicks with its excellent script.

• Sat 1 Sep 11.15pm

The Polish Connection & Kino Polska present

WE ARE ALL CHRISTS (Wszyscy jestesmy Chrystusami) (15)

(Poland 2006) dir. Marek Koterski 107m. Subtitles. Digital.
Marek Kondrat, Andrzej Chyra, Michal Koterski.

Middle-aged schoolteacher Adam is a recovering alcoholic and embarks on re-establishing a relationship with his son, Sylwester, by listening to the latter's discussions about their lives. Adam is shocked to discover that they both have a different view of their lives, with Adam remembering only the good moments but Sylwester recollecting the depressive impact of his father's alcoholism and his fear of becoming the same one day. The son’s confessions cause the father to reflect back on the saddest and most tragic episodes, which, ironically, he himself as a child experienced and forswore for his progeny.

RAGING BULL (18)

(US 1980)  Dir. Martin Scorsese 129m. Digital.
Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

De Niro gives an amazing performance as Jake La Motta, a boxer whose psychological and sexual complexities erupt into violence both in and out of the ring. Joe Pesci and Cathy Moriarty are unforgettable as the brother who falls prey to Jake's mounting paranoia and jealousy and the fifteen-year-old girl who becomes his most prized trophy. Vivid and unremitting in its brutality and honesty, the fight sequences are famed for their realism. This award-winning classic is here presented in a new digital restoration.

• Sat 15 Sep 11.15pm

WITHNAIL & I (15)

(UK 1987) dir Bruce Robinson 107m. Digital.
Richard E Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths, Ralph Brown, Michael Elphick.

This classic British comedy details the misadventures of two 'resting' actors in 1969: the flamboyant and alcoholic Withnail and 'I', his more level-headed friend and the movie's narrator. Ailing and seemingly perpetually unemployed, they decide to take a holiday in the countryside, securing a country cottage belonging to Uncle Monty… WITHNAIL & I is a cult comedy classic. Yet for all the glorious bad behaviour and gleeful antics, it's profoundly melancholic; the ending, one of the most moving ever seared into celluloid.

• Sat 22 Sep 11.15pm

DEATH PROOF (18)

(US 2007) dir. Quentin Tarantino 114m.
Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms.

An intoxicating mix of thrilling action. sexy girls, 70s classic cars and blood and gore, this is classic Tarantino.
Stuntman Mike is a sinister, scar-marked aging ex-stunt man who has a fetish for killing whilst driving his ‘death-proof’ 1970 Chevy Nova. He strikes up a flirtatious friendship with a bevy of young women, with horrific results. But a second and entirely different posse will get some payback on Stuntman Mike – on behalf of all babekind. Originally part of Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse double bill experiment, this car-crashing carnival of mayhem is now released in the UK on its own. Packed full of twisted-humour bleakness, Tarantino’s usual showmanship ensures DEATH PROOF delivers a lethal roar of entertainment.

• Sat 29 Sep 11.15pm

DEATH PROOF (18)

(US 2007) dir. Quentin Tarantino 114m.
Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms.