The Rio’s monthly Classic Matinees take place on the first or second Wednesday of the month. There is an interval for every film, and extra seating is provided in the foyer. We are delighted that thanks to funding from the City Bridge Trust we are able to offer free admission. We are also able to offer free tea and cake! Please come along and enjoy a film and a chat!

These screenings are also open to everyone else at normal weekday matinee ticket prices.

• WED 11 Aug 2.30

We regret there is no Classic Matinee in August.

• WED 8 Sep 2.30

LONDON CAN TAKE IT (U)

(UK 1940) dir. Humphrey Jennings, Harry Watt. 9m. Digital.

American journalist Quentin Reynolds narrated this poetic tribute to the resiliency and courage of the people of London as they faced night after night of German bombing seventy years ago.

+ WENT THE DAY WELL? (U)

(UK 1942) dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 93m.
Leslie Banks, Basil Sydney, Frank Lawton.

Adapted from a story by Graham Greene, this Ealing Studios production imagines a wartime world in which disguised German paratroopers attempt an invasion during Whitsun weekend 1942. However, they have not taken into account the indomitable spirit of the inhabitants of the very British village of Bramley End. Still a fascinating and compelling piece of cinema today thanks to Cavalcanti's restrained realistic direction and the playing of a perfect cast.