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 £6.50 and £5 Concessions.

• TUE 10 Aug 10.45am

PLEASE GIVE (15)

(US 2010) dir. Nicole Holofcener 90m. Digital.
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Sarah Steele.

Beginning with a montage of breasts and ending with a shopping trip to buy a very pricey pair of jeans, writer/director.Nicole Holofcener's observational comedy is a witty and perceptive look at cosmopolitan angst. Kate and Alex are a happily married couple who run a New York furniture shop selling vintage items that they've bought from families of the recently deceased. What's more, they've already bought their elderly next door neighbour's apartment but then things begin to go awry. A beautifully acted delight just waiting to be discovered.

• THUR 12 Aug 10.45am

WHATEVER WORKS (12A)

(US/France 2009) dir. Woody Allen 92m.
Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley Jr.

It's the standard Woody Allen world of the nervy, narcissistic neurotic with a smart line in throwaway quips but this time with a pitch-perfect performance from Larry David as Boris Yellnikoff – a lifelong New Yorker and nuclear scientist who was once almost nominated for a Nobel Prize. Now retired and divorced, he will rant to anyone who will listen – including the audience. Winning the heart of Melody, a fresh-faced innocent from the south keeps him happy. That is until her parents show up – and the free-spirited New Yorkers and Southern Republicans clash with hilarious consequences.

• TUE 17 Aug 10.00am

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (18)

(Argentina/Spain 2009) dir. Juan Jose Campanella 129m. Subtitles. Digital.
Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Jose Luis Gioia.

With THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES, Argentinean writer/director Juan Jose Campanella has created a multi-layered and poignant thriller that interweaves personal lives with a manhunt spanning twenty-five years. Recently retired criminal court investigator Benjamin (Ricardo Darin), decides to write a novel based on an old unresolved rape and murder case, which still haunts him. He shares his plans with Irene (Soledad Villamil), the former colleague he has secretly been in love with for years. But Benjamin's search for the truth will put him at the centre of a nightmare, as the mystery continues to unfold in the present and tests the limits of a man seeking justice and personal fulfillment to breaking point. Splendidly acted and magnificently constructed as a Hitchcockian chess game, with the guilty, the dead and the lovesick as the pieces, its unpredictable twists and turns provide a rich and entertaining journey of discovery. 2010 Oscar Winner: Best Foreign Film.

• THUR 19 Aug 10.00am

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES (18)

(Argentina/Spain 2009) dir. Juan Jose Campanella 129m. Subtitles. Digital.
Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil, Guillermo Francella, Pablo Rago, Javier Godino, Jose Luis Gioia.

• TUE 24 Aug 11.15am

BRINGING UP BABY (U)

(US 1938) dir. Howard Hawks 102m.
Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, Barry Fitzgerald, May Robson.

All bumbling paleontologist Cary Grant wants is an intercostal clavicle to complete his brontosaurus skeleton but what he gets is a crazy helter-skelter ride with madcap heiress Katharine Hepburn, who is nuts about him (or maybe just nuts), a dog named George and a leopard named Baby. Screwball comedy at its funniest and most frenetic.

• THUR 26 Aug 10.45am

MOTHER (15)

(South Korea 2009) dir. Joon-ho Bong 129m. Subtitles. Digital.
Kim Hye-ja, Weon Bin, Jin Gu.

A dazzlingly original and spellbinding nail-biter of a murder-mystery with an unforgettable character at its heart. Mother (Kim Hye-ja) keeps a close watch on her mentally challenged son Do-jun but when a local girl winds up gruesomely murdered the police arrest Do-jun and goad him into a confession. With her son in prison, Mother (a tour de force performance by Kim Hye-ja ) sets out to find the real murderer. It's a high-wire act from acclaimed director Joon-ho Bong that walks a fine line between wry comedy and edge-of-the-seat suspense whilst revealing an unsettling portrait of life in a small town in which there are many hidden secrets that are best left unturned. It all adds up to a genuinely unique perspective on the nature of truth and commitment from one of international cinema's most intriguing filmmakers.

• TUE 31 Aug 11.30am

SEPARADO! (12A)

(UK 2009) dir. Dylan Goch 84m.

Gruff Rhys, lead singer of the Super Furry Animals, sets out to explore his family history and his musical roots. Following in the footsteps of his distant relatives, who left their homeland for the growing Welsh community of Patagonia after a controversial horse race and an unsolved death, Rhys' journey takes in the theatres, nightclubs and desert teahouses of Wales, Brazil and the Argentine Andes.

• THUR 2 Sep 11.45am

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (15)

(Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2010) dir. Daniel Alfredson 129m. Subtitles. Digital.
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Georgi Staykov.

The second part of Stieg Larsson's international best-selling trilogy finds journalist Mikael Blomkvist still intent on exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment figures. When a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex trafficking and those in high office guilty of child abuse, Blomkvist goes to work but his investigation soon becomes personal when his tattooed friend Lisbeth Salander is accused of multiple murders and links to Blomkvist's case become clear. As Salander goes on the run, Blomkvist searches her past for clues to prove her innocence, but what he unravels is more unexpected than he could ever have imagined. As equally fast-paced and gripping as the novel, Noomi Rapace again delivers a mesmerizing performance as one of literature and cinema's greatest modern heroines.

• TUE 7 Sep 12.30

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (15)

(Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2010) dir. Daniel Alfredson 129m. Subtitles. Digital.
Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Peter Andersson, Georgi Staykov.

• THUR 9 Sep 12.30

BREATHLESS (PG)

(France 1960) dir. Jean-Luc Godard 90m. Subtitles. Digital.
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville.

An homage to the pace and energy of the American gangster film of the 1940s, this landmark film was at the forefront of the French New Wave. After stealing a car and impulsively murdering the policeman who pursued him, small-time thief Michel goes on the run, taking American girlfriend Patricia along for the ride. Innovative jump cuts, overlapping dialogue and hand-held camerawork announced the arrival of Jean-Luc Godard and the start of a cinematic revolution.

• TUE 14 Sep 12.45

TAMARA DREWE (15)

(UK 2010) dir. Stephen Frears 111m. Digital.
Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans.

Based on Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (itself inspired by Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'), TAMARA DREWE is an hilarious, satirical swipe at middle-class mores and morals as encountered in rural Dorset. Journalist Gemma Arterton, transformed by a new nose-job and ready to write her first novel, returns to her childhood village but only succeeds in kicking up an emotional storm with former boyfriend Luke Evans, indie drummer Dominic Cooper and crime novelist and serial-shagger Roger Allam who runs an appalling "writers' retreat" farmstead with his long-suffering wife Tamsin Greig. Plus there's two teen wannabee WAGs who provide both commentary and complications. Told with bold comic brushstrokes with pitch-perfect performances from a magnificent cast, it's a delight from start to action-packed finish.

• THUR 16 Sep 12.45

TAMARA DREWE (15)

(UK 2010) dir. Stephen Frears 111m. Digital.
Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans.

• TUE 21 Sep 1.00

LEAVING (15)

(France 2009) dir. Catherine Corsini 85m. Subtitles. Digital.
Kristin Scott Thomas, Sergi Lopez, Yvan Attal, Bernard Blancan, Aladin Reibel, Alexandre Vidal, Daisy Broom, Berta Esquirol.

Another superb performance from Kristin Scott Thomas powers this intense, emotional French marital drama/suspense thriller. Suzanne lives a seemingly perfect middle-class existence in the south of France. But her ideal bourgeois lifestyle begins to lose its charm and she seeks passion and excitement in local handyman Ivan but has she underestimated her husband's capacity for revenge?

• THUR 23 Sep 12.30

TAMARA DREWE (15)

(UK 2010) dir. Stephen Frears 111m. Digital.
Gemma Arterton, Roger Allam, Bill Camp, Dominic Cooper, Luke Evans.

Based on Posy Simmonds's graphic novel (itself inspired by Thomas Hardy's 'Far From the Madding Crowd'), TAMARA DREWE is an hilarious, satirical swipe at middle-class mores and morals as encountered in rural Dorset. Journalist Gemma Arterton, transformed by a new nose-job and ready to write her first novel, returns to her childhood village but only succeeds in kicking up an emotional storm with former boyfriend Luke Evans, indie drummer Dominic Cooper and crime novelist and serial-shagger Roger Allam who runs an appalling "writers' retreat" farmstead with his long-suffering wife Tamsin Greig. Plus there's two teen wannabee WAGs who provide both commentary and complications. Told with bold comic brushstrokes with pitch-perfect performances from a magnificent cast, it's a delight from start to action-packed finish.

• TUE 28 Sep 12.15

ENTER THE VOID (18)

(France/Germany/Italy 2009) dir. Gaspar Noé 135m. Digital.
Nathaniel Brown, Paz de la Huerta, Cyril Roy, Emily Alyn Lind, Jesse Kuhn, Olly Alexander, Masato Tanno, Ed Spear, Sara Stockbridge, Sakiko Fukuhara, Nobu Imai, Emi Takeuchi, Janice Sicotte-Beliveau, Simon Chamberland.

One of contemporary cinema's most controversial directors returns to the swirling camerawork, hallucinatory sense of real time and narrative maelstrom of explicit sex, drugs and death that characterised his last movie, IRREVERSIBLE. The settings are the seedy neon-soaked backstreets of Tokyo and the transcendental worlds of the afterlife explored in The Tibetan Book of the Dead. Oscar, an American living in Tokyo with his sister Linda, is shot dead. His spirit leaves his body but he continues to watch over his sister whilst being haunted by childhood nightmares that invoke deeper, weirder issues. This is cinema at its most extreme: beautiful, experimental, bold, infuriating, sadistic, original, mindblowing, exhausting, unforgettable. It might be a work of pure genius but it is certainly like nothing you've ever seen.