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 £275 (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.

SAT 3 Oct • Late Show repeat due to popular demand!

ANTICHRIST (18) 11.30pm

(Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland 2009) dir. Lars Von Trier 104m. Digital.
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Grieving from the death of their child, a young couple retreat to their country cabin nestled deep in the woods to confront fears and sorrows head-on, no matter how painful. But nature only creates a catastrophic evil that ends in brutal horror. Charlotte Gainsbourg took the best actress prize at Cannes, but this is absolutely von Trier's show. Teeming with ideas, moments both scary and shocking and featuring a satanically prophetic talking fox this is Cinema at the outer limits.

£6.50

FRI 9 Oct • Late Show repeat due to popular demand!

ANTICHRIST (18) 11.15pm

(Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland 2009) dir. Lars Von Trier 104m. Digital.
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Grieving from the death of their child, a young couple retreat to their country cabin nestled deep in the woods to confront fears and sorrows head-on, no matter how painful. But nature only creates a catastrophic evil that ends in brutal horror. Charlotte Gainsbourg took the best actress prize at Cannes, but this is absolutely von Trier's show. Teeming with ideas, moments both scary and shocking and featuring a satanically prophetic talking fox this is Cinema at the outer limits.

£6.50

SAT 10 Oct • Late Show

DISTRICT 9 (15) 11.15pm

(South Africa/New Zealand 2009) dir. Neill Blomkamp 112m.
Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, David James, Vanessa Haywood, Mandla Gaduka, Kenneth Nkosi.

When an extraterrestrial race arrive on Earth they are given an area of land to occupy, but as human fear and hatred grows, they are forced to relocate to slum-like conditions. Events take a surprising turn when a senior office is infected by an alien virus and forced to take refuge within the alien camp. The underlying theme of alienation in all its manifestations takes the movie beyond standard sci-fi conventions.

£6.50

FRI 16 Oct • Late Show repeat due to popular demand!

ANTICHRIST (18) 11.30pm

(Denmark/Germany/France/Sweden/Italy/Poland 2009) dir. Lars Von Trier 104m. Digital.
Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Grieving from the death of their child, a young couple retreat to their country cabin nestled deep in the woods to confront fears and sorrows head-on, no matter how painful. But nature only creates a catastrophic evil that ends in brutal horror. Charlotte Gainsbourg took the best actress prize at Cannes, but this is absolutely von Trier's show. Teeming with ideas, moments both scary and shocking and featuring a satanically prophetic talking fox this is Cinema at the outer limits.

£6.50

SAT 17 Oct • Late Show

THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS (12A) 11.30pm

(France/Canada/UK 2009) dir. Terry Gilliam 123m. Digital.
Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole.

£8/£6 Concs

SAT 24 Oct • Black History Month Late Show

MADE IN JAMAICA (15) 11.30pm

(France/US 2006) dir. Jérôme Laperrousaz 109m. Digital.
A music documentary that doesn’t attempt to chart the entire history of

Jamaican reggae and dancehall culture, but instead deals with what it means to the performers, the audience and to Jamaican society as a whole. Shooting on Kingston streets and Jamaican beaches, using interviews with the stars – from Gregory Isaacs to Lady Saw, Bunny Wailer to Elephant Man, Capleton to Bounty Killer – and featuring some astonishing live performances, this valuable document is a riot of sights, sounds, sensations and provocative social commentary.

£6.50

FRI 30 & SAT 31 Oct • Halloween Late Shows

AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (15) 11.30pm

(UK/US 1981) dir. John Landis 97m. Digital.
David Naughton, Jenny Agutter, Griffin Dunne, John Woodvine, Brian Glover, Frank Oz.

A macabre mix of horror and humour that tells the beastly tale of two young American travellers whose European adventure turns to terror after they are attacked by a werewolf. This funny and gory lycanthropic lampoon is also a sharp satire on everything British, whilst the special effects and Oscar-winning make-up are still a landmark in monster metamorphoses.
£6.50

SAT 7 Nov • Late Show

15th London Turkish Film Festival

Film to be announced

SAT 14 Nov • Late Show

PONTYPOOL (15)11.30pm

(Canada 2008) dir. Bruce McDonald 93m. Digital.
Stephen McHattie, Lisa Houle, Georgina Reilly.

The Apocalypse may well have arrived in a small Canadian town in this witty and restrained independent movie. Trapped in the church basement, a washed-up shock jock becomes the world's principal source of information on the mysterious virus that is turning the inhabitants of snowbound Pontypool into predatory cannibals. But as it becomes apparent that the virus is spread through language, could the captive DJ be responsible for its growth? Clearly more than just another zombie movie, with comparisons being made to Orson Welles' landmark 'War of the Worlds' radio adaptation.

£6.50

SAT 21 Nov • Darwin, Evolution & the Movies

DARWIN, EVOLUTION & THE MOVIES

Darwin influenced fiction as well as fact and the classic literary works of HG Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs and Charles Kingsley were all directly inspired by Darwin's theory of evolution and they paved the way for later generations of writers whose work has moved from page to screen. Certainly, the threat (or promise) of future evolution, metamorphosis or mans' descent into savagery have been familiar themes since the movies began. On 24 November 2009 it will be 150 years since On the Origin of Species was published. Time then for a selection of classic movies curated by Carole Jahme, filmmaker and Darwinist, who will introduce both screenings and perform extracts from her 5 star award winning comedy show Carole Jahme is Sexually Selected! enabling the audience to learn about their evolutionary sex appeal by discovering some basic instincts! This season will also include screenings and events at the Lexi Cinema (www.thelexicinema.co.uk).

ALIEN (18) 11.30pm

(UK/US 1979) dir. Ridley Scott 117m.
Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Ian Holm.

In space, nobody can hear you scream! The terror begins when the crew of the spaceship Nostromo investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and makes a horrifying discovery, a life form that breeds within a human host. ALIEN is a landmark triumph of art direction and special effects with a monster designed by surrealist painter H.R. Giger that is a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man and machine. Darwin would have been fascinated.

+ artist’s short film commissioned by the Wellcome Trust

+ introduction/performance from film-maker and Darwinist Carole Jahme

£6.50

SAT 28 Nov • Darwin, Evolution & the Movies

ALIENS (18) 11.30pm

(US/UK 1986) dir. James Cameron 137m.
Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Jenette Goldstein.

Often considered to be the best of the series, ALIENS is a fast-paced, high-intensity thrill ride. After 57 years drifting in space, lone survivor Ripley must face her worst nightmare and take the opportunity to destroy her fears forever by returning to the now colonised planet LV-426. Weaver received an Academy Award nomination and became a feminist hero for her strong, sensitive performance as Ripley.

+ artist’s short film commissioned by the Wellcome Trust

+ introduction/performance from film-maker and Darwinist Carole Jahme

£6.50