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We at Rialto Cinemas stand against violence, oppression and racism. We join all those who mourn the senseless loss of life and who work to build a more just world. We see you. We hear you. We share in the collective call to action against systemic racism.
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Opens in our Virtual Cinema Fri, June 26!
$12
"An exhilarating and superbly filmed rags to riches tale of the supreme voice of jazz." - Daily Express
"A study of a much loved but little understood musical icon that is touching but also very funny. "- The Guardian
Tracing the story of Ella Fitzgerald's life, this documentary explores how her music became a soundtrack for a tumultuous century. From a 1934 talent contest at
Starring
Smokey Robinson, Johnny Mathis, Itzhak Perlman, Tony Bennett, Andre Previn, Jamie Callum, Norma Miller
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Opens in our Virtual Cinema Fri, June 26!
$9.99
"An impassioned record of incremental change in an age of uncertainty." - LA Times
"Finds deeper relevance in the face of the current protests surrounding George Floyd's murder." - RogerEbert.com
Directed by two-time EMMY award-winning filmmaker Cheryl Horner McDonough, Parkland Rising is an inspiring look at the students of Parkland who have started an international movement to call attention to the need for better gun safety laws....
Starring
Jaclyn Corin, Matt & Ryan Deitsch, Emma Gonzalez, Fred Guttenberg (Father of Jaime Guttenberg), Lauren and David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Jammal Lemy, Patricia and Manuel Oliver (Parents of Joaquin Oliver), Ronit Reoven (MSD Teacher), Aly Sheehy, Sam Zeif
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Purchase Film HERE $6.99
Purchase Film Bundle HERE (I am not Your Negro, Toni Morrison, Whose Streets?) $15
Magnolia Pictures is offering this film to buy (link will never expire) for $6.99 or all three films (Toni Morrison & Whose Streets) opening this Friday for $15 starting Friday. These films are great tools for engaging and educating!
A New York Times Critics' Pick!
"A life altering work!" - New York Times
Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material...
Starring
Samuel L. Jackson
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Purchase Film HERE $6.99
Purchase Film Bundle HERE (I am not Your Negro, Toni Morrison, Whose Streets?) $15
Magnolia Pictures is offering this film to buy (link will never expire) for $6.99 or all three films (Toni Morrison & I Am Not Your Negro) opening this Friday for $15 starting Friday. These films are great tools for engaging and educating!
"Excellent. If you think you've heard too much about Ferguson, think again." - Chicago Tribune
Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising. When unarmed teenager Michael Brown is killed by police and left lying in the street for hours, it marks a breaking point...
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Join us for virtual first run moviegoing and support Rialto Cinemas!
A portion of each rental goes towards our operation costs until we can reopen!
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Purchase Film HERE $6.99
Purchase Film Bundle HERE (I am not Your Negro, Toni Morrison, Whose Streets?) $15
Magnolia Pictures is offering this film to buy (link will never expire) for $6.99 or all three films (Toni Morrison & I Am Not Your Negro) opening this Friday for $15 starting Friday. These films are great tools for engaging and educating!
"She spoke from a black woman's voice that heretofore had been silenced and shamed; she was able to magnify and give voice to our stories about common folk whose stories would have otherwise stayed buried!" - Oprah Winfrey on Toni MOrrison for the New York Times
An artful and intimate meditation on the life and works of the legendary storyteller and Nobel prize-winner. From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio, to '70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis...
Starring
Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Sanchez
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$12, 3-Day Rental
"Triumphant!" - Rolling Stone
"Demands to be seen!" - Los Angeles Times
ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND is a confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band...
Starring
Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Martin Scorsese, Taj Mahal, Ronnie Hawkins, Bob Dylan, George Harrison
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Enjoy our delicious movie theatre popcorn and support Rialto Cinemas!
10 Week Pass $49
20 Week Pass $99
Celebrate Rialto Cinemas 20th Anniversary with 10 or 20 weeks of our delicious popcorn! For a limited time, Rialto Cinemas Elmwood and Rialto Cinemas Cerrito are offering an advance-purchase "Popcorn Pass"...
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Stream at home today
and support Rialto Cinemas!
$9.99
"Cinematic comfort food of the first order!" – Variety
Featuring extensive interviews with Diana Kennedy and famed chefs José Andrés, Rick Bayless, Gabriela Camara and Alice Waters, Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine...
Starring
Diana Kennedy, Jose Andres, Alice Waters
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Stream at home today
and support Rialto Cinemas!
$12
Free Live Q&A Tue, May 26 6pm with Terence Blanchard and director Michael Murphy, joined by Ben Jaffe, Creative Director of Preservation Hall and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Ben's parents founded the Hall, and he has carried on their vision proudly and well. Click HERE for Q&A!
Tip your hat to jazz music and the recently cancelled annual Jazz Fest in New Orleans with Michael Murphy's omnibus celebration of the music that shaped the culture of New Orleans in UP FROM THE STREETS.
Starring
Allen Toussaint, Dr. John, Louis Armstrong, Bonnie Raitt, Sting, Fats Domino, Robert Plant
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$3.99, 3-Day Rental
"Fascinating to see such a staggering project come together." - Hollywood Reporter
Spaceship Earth is the true, stranger-than-fiction, adventure of eight visionaries who in 1991 spent two years quarantined inside of a self-engineered replica of Earth's ecosystem called BIOSPHERE 2...
Starring
Roy Walford, Linda Leigh, Tony Burgess, John Allen
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$10, 3-Day Rental
"Sydney Sweeney's performance, Andrew Karu's cinematography, Emily E.A. Baker's sets, and Katy Jarzebowski's Hitchcockian score are breathtakingly elegant!" - Playlist
A heartbroken woman becomes entangled with a younger girl after breaking into her ex's lake house in the Pacific Northwest...
Starring
Sydney Sweeney, Otmara Marrero, Sonya Walger
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We've had many patrons contact us asking how to help our theatre during this challenging time as we try and keep Rialto Cinemas afloat while the theatres are closed. Your support by purchasing GIFT CARDS for future use is the ticket! You can buy one for your family, friends or yourself to use! Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to seeing you at the movies in the future!!
Gift Cards are available in any amount ($20 minimum) and are good for both tickets and refreshments. Give the gift of movies and popcorn!
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$9.99
"The Booksellers is a documentary for anyone who can still look at a book and see a dream, a magic teleportation device, an object that contains the world." – Variety
Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle...
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$12, 2-Day Rental
"Academy-Award nominated director Dror Zahavi helms this gripping drama as a constantly growing "crescendo," raising the tension and conflicts until the last frame. A remarkable theatrical movie and contribution to the worldwide efforts toward understanding, humanity and peace." - Jewish Press
When a world famous conductor tries to create an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra, it takes all his skill and resources to overcome the discord and get them to play in harmony, rising to a tense and emotional finale....
in English and German with English subtitles
Starring
Peter Simonischek, Bibian Beglau, Daniel Donskoy, Sabrina Amali, Mehdi Meskar
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Stream at home today
and support Rialto Cinemas!
$12, 5-Day Rental
"CRITIC'S PICK. Bristles with the excitement of discovery and also with the impatience that recognition has taken so long. It refreshes the eyes and the mind"
— New York Times
Hilma af Klint was an abstract artist before the term existed, a visionary, trailblazing figure who, inspired by spiritualism, modern science, and the riches of the natural world around her, began in 1906 to reel out a series of huge, colorful, sensual, strange works without precedent...
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In accordance with the directives of the Alameda County Health Department, the City of Berkeley and the Contra Costa County Health Department, Rialto Cinemas will be suspending operations at its two East Bay theatres Rialto Cinemas Cerrito in El Cerrito and Rialto Cinemas Elmwood in Berkeley effective this evening, Monday, March 16, 2020. In accordance with government guidelines the theatres will be closed through Tuesday, April 7th per the order. Perishable food will be donated to local food banks. We look forward to re-opening once the health emergency has passed. We thank all of our customers and employees for their support during this challenging time. Should you need to reach us, please e-mail elmwood@rialtocinemas.com or cerrito@rialtocinemas.com or leave a message on our administrative line at 707-829-3456. We will be checking e-mails and phone messages periodically.
See you at the movies again soon!
Best regards,
Ky
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