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Rialto Family Matinees
The Triplets of Belleville
June 7 & 8 10am
Rated PG-13
80 mins
FREE
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Kidnapped by mysterious, square-shouldered henchmen, a Tour de France cyclist named Champion is spirited across the ocean to the teeming metropolis of Belleville. His grandmother and faithful dog follow his trail and are taken in by a trio of eccentric jazz-era divas. The motley sleuths follow the clues to an Underground betting parlor and now the chase is on!
Tickets available at theatre box office June 6
Rialto Big Screen Classics
Do The Right Thing
Thursday, June 12 1pm
Rated R
120 mins
FREE
Comedy, Drama
This powerful visual feast combines humor and drama with memorable characters while tracing the course of a single day on a block in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn. It’s the hottest day of the year, a scorching 24-hour period that will change the lives of its residents forever. Danny Aiello co-stars in this absorbing tale of inner-city life that heats up with vivid images and unforgettable performances.
Free Tickets available at theatre box office June 6
How To Train Your Dragon
Starts Friday, June 13
Rated PG
125 mins
Action, Adventure
CC DV
For more than a decade, DreamWorks Animation’s epic animated film trilogy about the friendship between a young man and his dragon has moved, inspired and delighted audiences worldwide. Now, a new live-action adaptation of the blockbuster HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON franchise will transport audiences for the first time into a new cinematic experience and a bold, thrilling new chapter in the beloved story of Viking Hiccup and his Night Fury dragon, Toothless…MORE INFO
East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
Skin of Glass
Thursday, June 19 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Denise Zmekhol
When a celebrated modernist glass skyscraper in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families, the architect’s daughter and filmmaker is brought face to face with the intimate, human consequences of an exploding population and global housing crisis…MORE INFO
Elio
Starts Friday, June 20
Not Yet Rated
TBD mins
Adventure, Animated
CC DV
For centuries, people have called out to the universe looking for answers—in Disney and Pixar’s all-new feature film “Elio,” the universe calls back! The cosmic misadventure introduces Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination and a huge alien obsession. So, when he’s beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide, Elio’s all in for the epic undertaking…MORE INFO
F1
Starts Friday, June 27
Not Yet Rated
TBD mins
Action, Drama
CC DV
Dubbed “the greatest that never was,” Sonny Hayes was FORMULA 1’s most promising phenom of the 1990s until an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he’s a nomadic racer-for-hire when he’s approached by his former teammate Ruben Cervantes, owner of a struggling FORMULA 1 team that is on the verge of collapse. Ruben convinces Sonny to come back to FORMULA 1 for one last shot at saving the team and being the best in the world…MORE INFO
Rialto Family Matinees
Shrek
July 5 & 6 10am
Rated PG
90 mins
FREE
Animation, Adventure
Shrek sparked a motion picture phenomenon and captured the world’s imagination with…the Greatest Fairy Tale Never Told! Shrek (Mike Myers) goes on a quest to rescue the feisty Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) with the help of his loveable Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and win back the deed to his swamp from scheming Lord Farquaad.
Tickets available at theatre box office July 4
Rialto Big Screen Classics
Arsenic and Old Lace
Thursday, July 10 1pm
Not Rated
118 mins
FREE
Comedy, Crime, Thriller
When Mortimer Brewster (Grant) brings his new bride to meet his two kindly aunts, he discovers that, among many other acts of charity, the two genteel ladies help lonely old men die happy…by feeding them a wonderful meal before poisoning them. Now, Mortimer desperately wants to protect the two serial murderers he loves, stop them from killing anyone else and keep his bride from discovering how deranged his family really is.
Free Tickets available at theatre box office July 4
East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
Democracy Noir
Thursday, July 17 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Connie Field
As Viktor Orbán dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women—a journalist, a politician, and a nurse—work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul, facing a well-financed and sophisticated opposition as they try and win back democracy and precious freedoms…MORE INFO
Rialto Family Matinees
Babe
August 2 & 3 10am
Rated G
91 mins
FREE
Comedy, Drama, Family
Babe is the inspirational story of a shy Yorkshire piglet who doesn’t quite know his place in the world. But when Farmer Hoggett (James Cromwell) wins him at the county fair, Babe discovers that he can be anything he wants to be – even an award-winning sheepdog! With the help of a delightful assortment of barnyard friends, the heroic little pig is headed for the challenge of his life in this endearing and fun-filled tale the whole family will love.
Tickets available at theatre box office August 1
Rialto Big Screen Classics
The Untouchables
Thursday, August 7 1pm
Rated R
119 mins
FREE
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago… and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first.
Free Tickets available at theatre box office August 1
East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Thursday, August 14 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Maureen Gosling
The underground history of a singer-agitator whose unbending principles guide her through notoriety, obscurity, and finally, music legend. Dane emanated the people-powered connectivity of folk, the defiance of blues and the elemental cool of jazz, propelling major historic events with boldness and subversion that cut through commercial artifice…MORE INFO
Rialto Big Screen Classics
Amadeus
Thursday, September 11 1pm
Rated PG
160 mins
FREE
Drama, Music, Biography
Amadeus is not only a gripping human drama and sumptuous period epic that celebrated the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, but it is also a box-office hit that managed to garner eight Academy Awards (out of an astounding 11 nominations). This marvelous film portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (F.Murray Abraham in his Oscar-winning role) who may have ruined Mozart’s career and shortened his life.
Free Tickets available at theatre box office September 5
East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
Between the Sun and the Sidewalk
Thursday, September 18 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Helen DeMichiel
Two fiercely dedicated young Latino political organizers lead a team of new recruits to mobilize their community to support a sugary drink tax. When the state government passes a stealth law to ban all local soda taxes until 2030, these young activists fearlessly battle the corporate lobbying efforts to block them…MORE INFO
Rialto Family Matinees
Ghostbusters
October 4 & 5 10am
Rated PG
105 mins
FREE
Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) take a chance on going freelance, de-haunting houses in a new ghost removal service. As soon as they open their doors, their first order of business becomes saving beautiful cellist Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver) and nerdy Louis Tully (Rick Moranis), who’ve inadvertently opened the gates of hell…right in their own apartment building!
Tickets available at theatre box office October 3
Rialto Big Screen Classics
North By Northwest
Thursday, October 9 1pm
Not Rated
136 mins
FREE
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Cary Grant stars as an innocent man mistaken for a spy in one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest thrillers. While leaving New York’s Plaza Hotel, advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Grant) has the misfortune of standing just as the name “George Kaplan” is paged–starting a lethal case of mistaken identity and a nonstop game of cat and mouse as he is pursued across North America by espionage agents trying to kill him–and by police who suspect him of murder.
Free Tickets available at theatre box office October 3
East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on The Brink
Thursday, October 16 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Rick Goldsmith
The story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back. Backed by the NewsGuild union, they go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America…MORE INFO
Rialto Family Matinees
Hugo
November 1 & 2 10am
Rated PG
126 mins
FREE
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Hugo tells the story of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. With the help of an eccentric girl, he searches for the answer to a mystery linking the father he recently lost, the ill-tempered toy shop owner living below him and a heart shaped lock, seemingly without a key.
Tickets available at theatre box office October 31