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 Big Lottery's Reaching Communities Programme we are able to offer free admission. We are delighted that thanks to funding from the Big Lottery's Reaching Communities Programme we are able to offer free admission for the Over 60's! 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 10 Aug 2.30

Sorry, no screening this month!

• WED 14 Sep 2.30

GILDA (PG)

(US 1946) dir. Charles Vidor 110m. Digital.
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia.

Rita Hayworth shimmers in this film noir classic as Gilda, devil-may-care femme fatale but also the vulnerable wife of crooked Argentinian casino owner George Macready. Glenn Ford is her husband's new employee and someone who shares Gilda's secret past. Deceit, betrayal and classic hard as diamonds dialogue are all as expected but Hayworth's slinky striptease to 'Put the Blame on Mame' is in a class of its own.