The Parents and Babies Club gives parents with babies a chance to visit the cinema, without having to find a baby sitter or worry about their babies causing a disturbance. The auditorium is lighter than usual, and there is a secure space for pushchairs. The Club is exclusively for parents with babies under one year old. Membership is free but you do need to sign up and receive a membership card to come to these screenings. You may join on the day, or email us: jemma@riocinema.org.uk with your name, address, contact telephone number, your baby's name and date of birth. Tickets are at the normal matinee price of £6 and £5 Concessions.

WAITRESS (12A)

(US 2007) dir. Adrienne Shelly 108m.
Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Jeremy Sisto, Adrienne Shelly.

Bittersweet comedy with an edge from late writer-director-actor Adrienne Shelly.
Jenna is the genius baker at Joe's Pie Diner, creating a new recipe every day based on her own life. So when she discovers she's pregnant, the daily special is Bad Baby Pie. Because she certainly doesn't want to have a baby with her self-absorbed loser of a husband Earl. As she squirrels away money and makes plans to escape her miserable life, her fellow waitresses are fully supportive of her. And her new doctor turns out to be a bit too charming for her to resist. A sharp edge, an astute and intelligent script, provocative twists and emotional finale make this film much more than a female-empowerment comedy. A delicious bittersweet cherry pie of a film.

TRANSYLVANIA (15)

(France 2006) dir. Tony Gatlif 102m. Subtitles. Digital.
Asia Argento, Amira Casar, Birol Ünel, Alexandra Beaujard.

A beautifully filmed and powerful story of love and adventure in Eastern Europe's Roma community.
Abandoned by a passionate Romanian musician who has left her pregnant, Zingarina ventures from Paris to Transylvania and the heart of the Roma community to track him down. But things don't go as planned and she's left alone in this strange and foreign land. She is rescued by Tchango, an enigmatic salesman who lives on the road. As winter sets in, the two must figure out a way to make a home in a snowy countryside that is full of foreboding. And Zingarina must learn to cast off her old life and start afresh.

Set in the hallucinatory landscapes of post-Communist Romania, this is a compelling and haunting love story. Director Tony Gatlif is the French-Algerian chronicler of European Roma who, with LATCHO DROM, GADJO DILO and EXILS, has mined gypsy tradition to tell stories that are exotic, hypnotic and darkly romantic with characters who are never simplistically stereotyped. Raw and ragged, with a soul that is pure rock n' roll, this gorgeously shot film is an unmissable odyssey.

LADY CHATTERLEY (18)

(France 2006) dir. Pascale Ferran 168m. Subtitles. Digital.
Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis.

Sensual and intelligent multi-award winning French adaptation of DH Lawrence’s story.
Constance Chatterley is married to a war-wounded rich English gentleman and feels lonely and trapped in their 1920s mansion. One day she meets gamekeeper Parkin in the woods, and their attraction is mutual. From tentative beginnings an intimate relationship develops, opening Constance up physically and emotionally in ways she never imagined possible. Based on DH Lawrence's second version of this story (he wrote three), this film takes a much more intimate, sensual and natural approach to the familiar story. Beautifully filmed, with strikingly raw performances, this hypnotic gem is not to be missed.

• Tue 4 Sep 12.30

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.

• Thur 6 Sep 11.45am

LADY CHATTERLEY (18)

(France 2006) dir. Pascale Ferran 168m. Subtitles. Digital.
Marina Hands, Jean-Louis Coullo'ch, Hippolyte Girardot, Hélène Alexandridis.

Sensual and intelligent multi-award winning French adaptation of DH Lawrence’s story.
Constance Chatterley is married to a war-wounded rich English gentleman and feels lonely and trapped in their 1920s mansion. One day she meets gamekeeper Parkin in the woods, and their attraction is mutual. From tentative beginnings an intimate relationship develops, opening Constance up physically and emotionally in ways she never imagined possible. Based on DH Lawrence's second version of this story (he wrote three), this film takes a much more intimate, sensual and natural approach to the familiar story. Beautifully filmed, with strikingly raw performances, this hypnotic gem is not to be missed.

• Tue 11 Sep 12.30

ATONEMENT (15)

(UK 2007) dir. Joe Wright 123m.
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave.

Dazzling adaptation of Ian McEwan’s award winning novel.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination, the consequences following them through World War II. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life. With committed performances and a wonderful screenplay by Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT is a dazzlingly impressive decade-spanning tour-de-force.

• Thur 13 Sep 12.30

ATONEMENT (15)

(UK 2007) dir. Joe Wright 123m.
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave.

Dazzling adaptation of Ian McEwan’s award winning novel.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination, the consequences following them through World War II. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life. With committed performances and a wonderful screenplay by Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT is a dazzlingly impressive decade-spanning tour-de-force.

• Tue 18 Sep 1.00

TEN CANOES (15)

(Australia 2006) dir. Rolf de Heer & Peter Djigirr 92m. Digital.
Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Djigirr.

An engaging story about storytelling, this Cannes Jury Prize winning picture is also the first all-aboriginal Australian film. Our narrator David Gulpilil tells a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of coveting another man’s wife, spinning a myth nearly a thousand years old with sharp comedy and astute observations. Shot beautifully, the luminous colours of the swamp combining with stylish black and white sequences, this film gives us a fascinating encounter with a culture whose inner workings many of us will not have seen before. An unmissable one of a kind.

• Thur 20 Sep 12.30

ATONEMENT (15)

(UK 2007) dir. Joe Wright 123m.
Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai, Brenda Blethyn, Vanessa Redgrave.

Dazzling adaptation of Ian McEwan’s award winning novel.
On a hot summer day in 1935, thirteen-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between her older sister, Cecilia, and Robbie Turner, the son of a servant and Cecilia’s childhood friend. By the end of that day the lives of all three will have been changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will have become victims of the younger girl's scheming imagination, the consequences following them through World War II. And Briony will have committed a dreadful crime, the guilt for which will colour her entire life. With committed performances and a wonderful screenplay by Christopher Hampton, ATONEMENT is a dazzlingly impressive decade-spanning tour-de-force.

• Tue 25 Sep 12.45

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-stuntman 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.

• Thur 27 Sep 12.45

DEATH PROOF (18)

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

• Tue 2 Oct 1.00

NOT HERE TO BE LOVED (15)

(France 2005) dir. Stéphane Brizé 94m. Subtitles.
Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, Georges Wilson, Lionel Abelanski.

51 year old divorcee Jean-Claude seems destined to spend the rest of his life alone and loveless. Yet when his doctor suggests he take some exercise, Jean-Claude starts taking tango lessons, where he meets thirty-something Françoise. With little in common besides resigned disappointment, the unlikely pair dance up a restrained sort of romance together – but Françoise is engaged. The small scale of this melancholic romantic comedy is offset by its big themes. Bleak, well observed and dryly funny.

• Thur 4 Oct 12.30

PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (12A)

(France 2006) dir. Alain Resnais 126m. Subtitles.
Sabine Azéma, Lambert Wilson, André Dussollier, Pierre Arditi, Laura Morant, Isabelle Carré.

Based on the Alan Ayckbourn play, this lively relationship comedy twists its characters up in knots as they try desperately to escape the loneliness of modern urban life. Dan and Nicole are looking for a new flat with the help of estate agent Thierry, but their relationship is in trouble. Meanwhile, Thierry is attracted to his deeply religious colleague Charlotte, and she has a couple of surprises in store for him. These intertwined stories are warm and wry, funny and sad, cute and complicated.