We had the pleasure of hosting director Akinola Davies Jr at The Rio for a special watch along + Q&A to a sold our screen 1! 386 seats filled for this incredible debut feature. Another reminder how important it is to support independent stories, filmmakers and venues #myfathersshadow ❤️
02.03.2026 16:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Get Ready for OSCARS season at The Rio, we’re screening nominations from March 6th, all leading up to our Oscars watch party hosted by TEGAN!
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OUR OSCARS PARTY RETURNS on SUNDAY 15TH MARCH hosted by the one and only TEGAN riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
24.02.2026 12:32 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It was an honour to have director Kleber Mendonça Fiho alongside producer Emilie Lesclaux and lead actor Wagner Moura at the Rio for a special @dazed X @mubi of THE SECRET AGENT, now screening at The Rio ☎️
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The Joy of VHS after an afternoon’s screening of LITTLE AMELIE !📼
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On Feb 26th join director AKINOLA DAVIES JR at the Rio for a watch along screening of his feature debut MY FATHER’s SHADOW. available to book ahead: riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
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SOUL TO SOUL (1971), landmark concert film returns in a stunning restoration. Capturing a once-in-a-lifetime homecoming in Ghana. The event marked the 14th anniversary of Ghana’s independence with 14-hour celebrations of soul, gospel & Afro-Latin sound. Selling fast🎟️ riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
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Limited screenings of SOUL TO SOUL hits our screens on March 8th & 9th, available to book now!
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WEDS 25th Feb 18:30PM, our FINAL screening in the Films For Workers series with Sarah Maldoror's 1981 film UN DESSERT POUR CONSTANCE.
We are thrilled to be welcoming Phoebe Beckett Chingono of @junegivannifilmarchive for an extended introduction to the film.
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Last night saw the return of our DJ nights for Friday Happy hour! £5 cocktails and music from Catarina Moura ❤️
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A group of people sitting in front of a large screen.
A thrill to watch Ken Loach's BREAD & ROSES at the Rio Cinema's 'Films for Workers' series. Passionate, crushing, desperate yet victorious. This one will stay with me. Check the rest of the programme & celebrate workers solidarity on screen at @riocinema.bsky.social ✊🏽
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Honouring Peter throughout the building and beyond❤️Thank you for your contributions to London’s cinema scene and the Rio ❤️
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PETER HOWDEN 27TH MARCH 1945-18TH JANUARY 2026
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Peter Howden, our film programmer, after a short illness. Peter dedicated 25 years of his career to the Rio, first as Projectionist and then as Programmer, his unparalleled instinct for what the Rio audience wanted, kept our unique cinema going through thick and thin. Peter programmed the legendary Electric Cinema Notting Hill, in the heady days of the late 60s and the 70s, where he established a much-imitated style of repertory programming. He later managed and programmed the original Hampstead Everyman, as well as establishing The Roxie, London's first gay arthouse. We have been honoured to call him a colleague and a friend, and will miss his wry sense of humour and kindness. We know there will be many who wish to send condolences. Please email rosie@riocinema.org.uk and we will collect them all and send to his partner and family. Details of a memorial to celebrate Peter's incredible contribution to London's film culture will follow soon. With love from the Rio team x
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of
Peter Howden, our film programmer, after a short illness.
Peter dedicated 25 years of his career to the Rio, first as Projectionist and then as Programmer, his unparalleled instinct for what the Rio audience(cont in image)
So my NYE movie for 2025 was WHEN HARRY MET SALLY @riocinema.bsky.social w/ marvellous and heartfelt (I learned a few things) intro from @tomhuddleston.bsky.social
01.01.2026 09:52 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0… perfect really: @tomhuddleston.bsky.social is also introducing a screening of WHEN HARRY MET SALLY @riocinema.bsky.social tonight 6.45pm ‘Too often dismissed as the bland cutesy cakey-bakey face of modern romcom' Get along for more … !
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The perfect film on the perfect day in the perfect cinema... I'll be introducing WHEN HARRY MET SALLY at the @riocinema.bsky.social on New Year's Eve, 18.45 and believe me, Baby Fish Mouth will be sweeping the nation.
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The @riocinema.bsky.social's beloved & historic Saturday Morning Picture Club is back for a special screening!
Enjoy a festive favourite The Muppet Christmas Carol🎄
Before the screening, there will be arts & crafts activities for kids🎨
📆10.15am, 20 Dec
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I'll be signing and selling copies of DAVID LYNCH: HIS WORK, HIS WORLD, THE WORLDS OF DUNE and others at the @riocinema.bsky.social Xmas fayre this Sunday, Dec 14.
Come along and buy some lovely stuff, and support London's finest independent cinema!
What a great Iron Ladies screening at the @riocinema.bsky.social!
Thanks to all who came✊
Huge thanks to Kate Flannery of @orgreavejustice.bsky.social & Mike Jackson for a brilliant Q&A too
Next stop: Showroom Cinema in Sheffield on 15th Dec: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/iron-la...
FEMALE PERVERSIONS heads to the UK, kicking off at @riocinema.bsky.social Dec. 13.
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christmas season is defrosting!! getting ready for season in the rio … 🎄
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If you get a chance to see “How To Get On With Everybody” starring Rabbi Herschel Gluck, go! Laughed, cried, felt proud to be part of Hackney. Thanks Elin Moe and Winstan Whitte for this uplifting film. Great Q&A @riocinema.bsky.social led by Mayor @carolinewoodley.bsky.social
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"How to Get on With Everybody" - the documentary about Hackney's amazing Rabbi Herschel Gluck, is being screened at The @riocinema.bsky.social at 2.15pm on Sunday, 23 November.
Tickets at this link: riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/What...
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Join director Charlie Shackleton for a special Q&A screening of ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT at the Rio on Friday 28th November, 18:30PM
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Join Japanese Film Club at The Rio for the UK Premiere of a 4K Restoration of Masayuki Suo's 1996 smash hit, SHALL WE DANCE? SATURDAY 6th DEC 17:45PM
18.11.2025 15:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Powerhouse performances from Jesse Plemons, Emma Stone, and newcomer Aidan Delbis, along with a devilishly sharp script from Will Tracy. Yorgos Lanthimos’ BUGONIA plays all week at the Rio 🎟️
11.11.2025 13:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Lynne Ramsay’s psychosexual thriller is a bold, brave, blistering, and unflinching, but also darkly comic, portrait of a woman on the edge fired by two powerhouse performances from Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. Playing at the Rio all week 🎟️
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THE VARDA FILM CLUB presents: THE GLEANERS&I, Sunday 16th November. Join Agnès Varda as she explores the rural-urban reclamation of disposed food and objects in her 2000 documentary, voted by Sight and Sound critics as one of the best documentaries of all time.
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NEVER WATCHING MOVIES & SCARY CLAIRE PRESENT THE WIZ (1978). Adapted from 1974 Broadway musical, THE WIZ features an all star, all African-American cast- Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor.
11.11.2025 09:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Live from Mas + Movies carnival storytelling with Shari Petti & Tropical Isles !🌴
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