We're toasting Canadian writer-director Panos Cosmatos (MANDY) with screening his feature debut, 2012's hyper-stylish midnighter BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW on Saturday, July 1. Even better? We're double-billing it with a 40th Anniversary screening of Canadian auteur David Cronenberg's sci-fi body horror classic VIDEODROME. See one, or see 'em both for one sweet price!

Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983, BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW is the outlandish feature film debut of writer and director Panos Cosmatos, a Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Featuring a hypnotic analog synthesizer score by Jeremy Schmidt of "Sinoia Caves" and "Black Mountain," RAINBOW is a film experience for the senses.

"'Beyond The Black Rainbow' is more surface than substance, but those surfaces are gleamingly polished enough to make for a hypnotic experiment that goes beyond genre pastiche or art-school wankery to seem formally daring." (AV Club)

"Panos Cosmatos has created a nightmarish world that's aggravating, hypnotic, and original." (IONCinema.com)

"A welcome attempt to bring back the days of El Topo and Eraserhead, when night owls embraced directors who wanted to screw with viewers' heads, not just the ones who screwed up their chances for auteristic posterity." (Time Out Magazine)

Saturday, July 1
Movie 10:30 pm *As this is screening as part of a double feature, the start time is approximate. Please arrive on time.
Advance tickets HERE

Why not make it high sci-fi Canada Day Double Feature alongside a 40th Anniversary screening of David Cronenberg's VIDEODROME at 8:30 pm?

BEYOND THE BLACK RAINBOW (Panos Cosmatos, 2010 / 110 mins) / 18A) Deep within the mysterious Arboria Institute, a disturbed and beautiful girl is held captive by a doctor in search of inner peace. Her mind controlled by a sinister technology. Silently, she waits for her next session with deranged therapist Dr. Barry Nyle. If she hopes to escape, she must journey through the darkest reaches of The Institute, but Nyle wonʼt easily part with his most gifted and dangerous creation.

*Minors OK. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
*Rio Theatre Groupons and Rio Theatre passes are OK for any single film screening only. Please redeem at the box office.
*Online sales end an hour before showtime; unless otherwise noted, tickets are always available for purchase at the box office prior to showtime. All Rio Theatre tickets are final sale. Our box office is typically open 30 minutes before showtime. All seating is General Admission; please arrive 20-30 minutes prior to showtime to ensure great seats and time for treats.
*If you are looking to redeem either a Rio Theatre gift certificate or Groupon to any regular Rio Theatre screening: You can either email us in advance and give us a “heads up,” or do it at the box office prior to showtime. (We seat 400+ people and our regular screenings are very rarely at capacity – you should not have issues being admitted.)