The Parents and Babies Club gives parents with babies a chance to visit the cinema, without having to find a baby sitter or worry about their babies causing a disturbance. The auditorium is lighter than usual, and there is a secure space for pushchairs. The Club is exclusively for parents with babies under one year old. Membership is free but you do need to sign up and receive a membership card to come to these screenings. You may join on the day, or email us: jemma@riocinema.org.uk with your name, address, contact telephone number, your baby's name and date of birth. Tickets are at the normal matinee price of £6 and £5 Concessions.

• Tue 11 Dec 12.45

THE DARJEELING LIMITED (15)

(US 2007) dir. Wes Anderson. 104m.
Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wally Wolodarsky, Angelica Huston.

A year after their father's funeral, three estranged American brothers set off across India on the train of the title with a plan to find themselves, re-connect with each other, and perhaps find reconciliation with their mother, now living in a remote convent. The trio's road to enlightenment veers rapidly off course and eventually they find themselves stranded alone in the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. That's the start of a new and unexpected journey as director Wes Anderson quirkily offers more astute observations on the complications of family ties begun with THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS. There's some fine ensemble playing by Brody, Schwartzman and Wilson as the brothers and Angelica Huston as their mother. A teasing cameo appearance by the great Bill Murray is a bonus highlight of this captivating comedy. All aboard The Darjeeling Limited!

THE DARJEELING LIMITED (15)

(US 2007) dir. Wes Anderson. 104m.
Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Amara Karan, Wally Wolodarsky, Angelica Huston.

• Tue 18 Dec 1.00

ONCE (15)

(Ireland 2006) dir. John Carney 87m.
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irglova, Alaistair Foley.

Described by director Carney as an 'art house musical', this charming film took Sundance by storm. Hansard plays a guitarist/singer-songwriter who makes a living by working in his Dad's shop by day, and singing on the Dublin streets by night. Irglova is a Czech girl who plays piano when she gets a chance, does odd jobs by day and takes care of her family by night. The film captures the period just after they meet, a week where trying to put together a demo tape forces them to work through their respective pasts, and reveal their feelings for one another.

• Thur 20 Dec 12.30

BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUT (15)

(US, 2007/1982) dir. Ridley Scott 117m. Digital.
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah.

Ridley Scott’s masterpiece is revitalised here in the long awaited final cut commemorating the 25th anniversary of the iconic sci-fi thriller. Set in Los Angeles 2019, Deckard (Ford) is a Blade Runner who specialises in terminating replicants – artificially created humans – who is forced out of retirement when four of these creatures escape from an off-world colony and make their return to Earth. Enhanced stunning visual effects make this the definitive version of the winner of Hackney’s Favourite Film.

• Tue 8 Jan 12.00

LUST, CAUTION (18)

(US/China/Taiwan/Hong Kong 2007) dir. Ang Lee 158m. Subtitles. Digital.
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen.

After the triumphant BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN director Ang Lee returns with a more exotic tale of pent-up emotions and dangerous liaisons that have far-reaching consequences. Set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai during the Second World War, LUST, CAUTION is the story of Chinese actress Wang Chia-chih (Tang Wei) enlisted to kill the head of the secret police Yee (Tony Leung), who is collaborating with the Japanese. Several years later Wang once more ingratiates herself into the Yee household, where she begins a torrid, often violent affair that triggers a dangerous game of emotional intrigue and infatuation. This is film making at its most intense, beautiful, complex and graceful. The final shot, with no actors or dialogue, says it all.

• Thur 10 Jan 12.00

LUST, CAUTION (18)

(US/China/Taiwan/Hong Kong 2007) dir. Ang Lee 158m. Subtitles. Digital.
Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Wei Tang, Joan Chen.

• Tue 15 Jan 1.00

BLAME IT ON FIDEL (12A)

(Italy/France 2006) dir. Julie Gavras 99m. Subtitles.
Nina Kervel-Bey, Julie Depardieu, Stefano Accorsi.

An engagingly comic look at life in early 1970's Paris seen through the eyes of 9 year old Anna (an astonishing performance from Nina Kerval-Bay), whose life is thrown into chaos when her parents become radical political activists. She finds that life is a mixture of contradictory information and beliefs, but she is shrewd enough to question everything. So could it be that it‚s only the dogma that changes but the dogmatism that stays the same? A little gem of a first film from director Julie Gavras.

• Tue 22 Jan 1.00

THE BAND'S VISIT (12A)

(Israel/France 2006) dir. Elan Kolirin 89m. Subtitles.
Sasson Gabai, Saleh Bakri, Ronit Elkabetz.

A real charmer of a movie that has delighted audiences world-wide. In the early 1990s an Egyptian police band booked to perform at a new Arab Cultural Centre arrives in a remote Israeli desert town. When no one turns up to meet them and they find themselves stranded. Dina, the local café owner, takes them under her wing and there follows a very strange night during which both visitors and hosts learn something about each other and about themselves. Striking performances hit just the right note in this affectionate and entertaining debut feature from writer-director Eran Kolirin.

• Thur 24 Jan 12.30

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (15)

(US 2007) dirs. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen 122m. Digital.
Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald.

An explosive and magnificent meeting of talents: Cormac McCarthy's brilliant novel and the writing and directing of the Coen Brothers come together to produce an unbeatable rich mix of dark humour and homespun philosophy. When a drug deal near the Rio Grande goes wrong, $2 million in cash is left up for grabs between poor trailer-park dweller Llewyn Moss (Brolin), the town sheriff Tom Bell (Jones), and psychopath Anton Chigurh (Bardem) – whose ruthless murder trail the Sheriff is trying to stop. It's a study of incomprehensible evil with unbeatable performances from the increasingly iconic Tommy Lee Jones and an unrecognisable Javier Bardem. The impeccable camerawork of Roger Deakins tops off the celebrations that mark the Coens' triumphant homecoming.

• Tue 29 Jan 12.30

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (15)

(US 2007) dirs. Joel Coen & Ethan Coen 122m. Digital.
Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, Kelly Macdonald.

• Thur 31 Jan 12.00

INTO THE WILD (15)

(US 2007) dir. Sean Penn 148m.
Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt.

An intriguing and thought-provoking true story, adapted from Jon Krakauer's best-selling book. After graduating from university, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons possessions and money and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Adventures and encounters along the way gradually shape his life. Sean Penn‚s meditative  movie poses many questions, but he portrays McCandless' journey as neither pointless nor poignant. It‚s a journey well worth taking.