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 9 Feb 1.00

AN EDUCATION (12A)

(UK 2009) dir. Lone Scherfig 95m.
Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Cara Seymour, Emma Thompson.

Nick Hornby's adaptation of journalist Lynn Barber's memoir of teenage seduction wittily captures the time and the place. In 1960s London suburbia, bright, pretty and hard-working 16-year old Jenny Mellor is focused on achieving her father's goal: a place at Oxford. But Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin, and with the arrival of the urbane, witty and twice her age David Goldman, it does. The perfectly pitched performances include a star-making one from Carey Mulligan as Jenny.

• THUR 11 Feb 12.45

PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH’ BY SAPPHIRE (15)

(US 2009) dir. Lee Daniels 110m. Digital.
Gabourey 'Gabby' Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz.

Adapted from the work of one-time Harlem teacher and poet Sapphire, this is the story of Claireece "Precious" Jones, played by Gabby Sidibe in a heartbreaking, award-winning debut performance. An overweight teenager from Harlem, Precious daydreams of escaping her never-ending circle of abuse, suffering her mother Mary's (a frighteningly convincing Mo'Nique) daily routine of oppression and cruelty. Pregnant for the second time, she finds support in the form of teacher Ms Rain (Paula Patton) and social worker Mrs Weiss (Mariah Carey). This element of hope from these two women who want better for her underpins Precious's heartrending journey. A courageous and uncompromising film that looks set to sweep the board throughout the 2010 awards season.

• TUE 16 Feb 11.00am

SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL (15)

(UK 2010) dir. Mat Whitecross 115m. Digital.
Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Olivia Williams, Ray Winstone, Mackenzie Crook.

The story of Ian Dury, stricken with polio as a child and battler with alcoholism and troubled relationships as an adult but who, defying all expectations, became one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s. Andy Serkis's superb central performance is just part of an energetic, funny, fast-moving and occasionally poignant tribute to an unforgettable music legend.

• THUR 18 Feb 11.00am

BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (PG)

(US 1961) dir.Blake Edwards 114m. Digital.
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney.

Almost 50 years after its original release, Audrey Hepburn still sparkles as Holly Golightly – a charming, wild and amoral 'free spirit' with an underlying romantic streak – who finds herself the object of dashing aspiring writer Paul Varjak's desire. A near perfect blend of comedy, romance, and minor tragedy, BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S remains a must-see classic.

• TUE 23 Feb 12.45

A SINGLE MAN (12A)

(US 2009) dir. Tom Ford 101m. Digital.
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ryan Simpkins, Ginnifer Goodwin.

A striking directorial debut from controversial fashion designer Tom Ford with the performance of a lifetime from Colin Firth. Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, it's the story of George Falconer (Firth), a college professor who is struggling to find meaning to his life after the death of his long time partner, Jim. A series of events and encounters over just one day ends with a life-changing decision. Charley (Julianne Moore) is his closest friend, but she too is wrestling with her own doubts about the future. Kenny (Nicholas Hoult), a young student coming to terms with his sexuality, sees George, his teacher, as a kindred spirit. A SINGLE MAN is a haunting and romantic tale of love interrupted that captures the isolation that is so much a part of the human condition and ultimately brings home the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life.

• THUR 25 Feb 12.45

A SINGLE MAN (12A)

(US 2009) dir. Tom Ford 101m. Digital.
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Nicholas Hoult, Matthew Goode, Jon Kortajarena, Paulette Lamori, Ryan Simpkins, Ginnifer Goodwin.

• TUE 2 Mar 12.45

MICMACS (12A)

(France 2009) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet 104m. Subtitles. Digital.
Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Yolande Moreau, Omar Sy, Dominique Pinon.

Classic film noir and silent comedy are the starting points for a flight of visual imagination that knows no bounds as AMELIE director Jean Pierre-Jeunet brings his inimitable brand of magical realism to a comic tale of revenge. Orphaned at a tender age when his father is killed by a landmine, video store clerk Bazil (Dany Boon) himself becomes the accidental victim of a shooting. Unexpectedly surviving the incident, Bazil is determined to bring down the multinational arms manufacturers who have caused him so much misery. With some help from his friends, a band of misfits with some very strange, but useful, talents, he embarks on an over-the top series of escapades each of which is more elaborate and entertaining than the last. It's all very satirical, very topical and very, very funny.

• THUR 4 Mar 12.45

MICMACS (12A)

(France 2009) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet 104m. Subtitles. Digital.
Dany Boon, Andre Dussollier, Yolande Moreau, Omar Sy, Dominique Pinon.

• TUE 9 Mar 12.30

NINE (12A)

(US/Italy 2009) dir. Rob Marshall 119m. Digital.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson.

More Fellini inspired fantasy in a star-studded musical extravaganza from the director of CHICAGO and co-written by Anthony Minghella. A gracefully moving Daniel Day Lewis gives a fine, thoughtful performance as famous film director Guido Contini, who is struggling to find harmony in his professional and personal life by reflecting on the women who have shaped it. Some of cinema's leading ladies take on the roles of his wife, mistress, muse and mother; everybody gets to sing and the staging is spectacular.

• THUR 11 Mar 12.30

NINE (12A)

(US/Italy 2009) dir. Rob Marshall 119m. Digital.
Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren, Stacy Ferguson.

• TUE 16 Mar 12.00

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18)

(Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009) dir. Niels Arden Opley 153m. Subtitles. Digital.
Michel Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz.

A gripping Swedish thriller based on the first book in Stieg Larsson's worldwide bestselling Millennium trilogy. Happily, a sweeping and complex novel has made an equally fascinating and fast-moving page-turner of a movie. Disgraced investigative journalist Mikael is hired by a wealthy tycoon to investigate the forty-year old disappearance, and probable murder, of his young niece. At the same time Mikael is himself being pursued by investigative hacker Lisbeth, the wild child of the film's title and a woman full of contradictions who operates solely according to her own logic. Noomi Rapace's mesmerising performance turns her into a uncontrollable animal with her own sense of justice. Some classic noir twists and turns raise more unanswered questions until a whole Pandora's box of past fascist and religious atrocities is opened to reveal an even more shocking and disturbing crime.

• THUR 18 Mar 1.15

THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18)

(Sweden/Denmark/Germany 2009) dir. Niels Arden Opley 153m. Subtitles. Digital.
Michel Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Peter Haber, Sven-Bertil Taube, Peter Andersson, Ingvar Hirdwall, Marika Lagercrantz.

• TUE 23 Mar 12.30

IT'S COMPLICATED (15)

(US 2009) dir. Nancy Meyers 120m. Digital.
Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Emjay Anthony.

Screwball comedy revisited for a more explicit age. Jane gets more than she bargained for when she attends her son's college graduation: a romantic entanglement with ex-husband Jake – now married to a much younger woman. Their sudden Indian summer of sex is believable thanks to the on-screen chemistry of co-stars Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin. The complications arise with the appearance of smitten architect Adam (Steve Martin), but that only adds to the delights of this slickly entertaining confection.

• THUR 25 Mar 11.00am

UP IN THE AIR (15)

(US 2009) dir. Jason Reitman 109m. Digital.
George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Amy Morton.

George Clooney plays Ryan Bingham, a travelling 'terminator facilitator' or 'corporate downsizing expert' (he fires people). With no desire for a home or family, Ryan loves his life and his work but all that changes when his company grounds him just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and also just after he's met the frequent-traveller woman of his dreams. Alongside Clooney's finest performance yet, JUNO director Reitman has created a sophisticated adult comedy that is a film for our times.

• TUE 30 Mar 12.45

LOURDES (U)

(Austria/France/Germany 2009) dir. Jessica Hausner 99m. Subtitles. Digital.
Sylvie Testud, Lea Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Elina Lowensohn, Gerhard Liebmann, Linde Prelong.

LOURDES moves in as mysterious a way as events at the iconic shrine visited by millions of cure-seeking pilgrims annually. Is Austrian director Jessica Hausner's luminous multi-award winner a subtly subversive black comedy or a deeply spiritual portrait of physical rebirth? And is what happens to wheelchair bound Christine (visiting Lourdes because it's one of the few excursions available for the handicapped) an actual miracle? With a gallery of believable characters, and beautifully filmed in Lourdes itself, this tale of change and healing is brilliantly scripted, is shot in a delightfully deadpan style and features some captivating, slyly comic performances. Just like its central character, it can be reverent, irreverent, factual or ironic – the choice is yours.

• THUR 1 Apr 12.45

LOURDES (U)

(Austria/France/Germany 2009) dir. Jessica Hausner 99m. Subtitles. Digital.
Sylvie Testud, Lea Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini, Elina Lowensohn, Gerhard Liebmann, Linde Prelong.