rio cinema - Hackney Citizen (Page 2)

Charity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio

Filmmaker Laura Stratford follows the story of musician Stephanie Feeney, who nearly died at the age of 11 after being hit by a car

Author: Hackney Citizen

Charity documentary about a lute-playing brain injury survivor to premiere at the Rio

Spring loaded: East End Film Festival announces line-up for next month’s cinematic harvest – our preview

The 17th annual festival of features, documentary and all sorts in between comes to venues around Hackney and beyond from 11-29 April

Author: Andrew Barnes

Dalston Tesco Express to become a 120-room hotel despite fears of Shoreditch-level anti-social behaviour

Speaker of Hackney among opponents of hotel on Kingsland High Street

Author: Hackney Citizen

Dalston Tesco Express to become a 120-room hotel despite fears of Shoreditch-level anti-social behaviour

Love is in the area: Hackney Valentine’s Day listings

Our guide to some of the more offbeat V Day events – plus, we ask local politicians: what’s the most romantic spot in Hackney?

Author: Hackney Citizen

Yas queens: Drag Queen Bingo comes to Number 90, Hackney Wick, for some canalside carnage this Valentine’s

Learning French by rote? Très ennuyeux! Dalston kids get into new habit with bilingual Sister Act performance

Rio Cinema performance of the musical version of the 1992 Whoopi Goldberg film, taking place this Friday, will be the culmination of a two-week scheme run by Hackney’s Mind Your Language

Author: Hackney Citizen

Caught in the Act: rehearsals have been taking place for two weeks. Photograph: Mind Your Language International CIC

London Feminist Film Festival returns tomorrow

LFFF is based, as in previous years, at the Rio Cinema in Dalston, but the full programme includes many other talks, workshops, and is capped by a screening of Iranian film The Sealed Soil

Author: Hackney Citizen

London Feminist Film Festival returns tomorrow

A cinema lover’s double-bill: council approve licence for new Hoxton cinema as Rio launches crowdfunder

Mayor Glanville lends support to the all-new Curzon planned for Pitfield Street and Sadiq Khan is among backers of the long-promised ‘RIOgeneration’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Facade: a mock-up of the new Curzon frontage. Image: Hackney Council

Dalston’s Hackney Pirates put on a show at the Rio

Literacy charity premieres film made by children at red carpet bash

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Pirates on stage at the Rio Cinema

Rio could get second screen by summer 2017 and a third by 2021

Executive director Oliver Meek reveals growth plans as he admits financial situation for iconic Dalston cinema is currently precarious

Author: Hackney Citizen

Discovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney

A former programmer at the Rio and now Head of Cinema at the Barbican looks back at the surprisingly rich history of Hackney’s cinemas

Author: Hackney Citizen

Discovering the long lost cinemas of Hackney

Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced

East London’s cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest: this year’s programme announced

East London cinemas, galleries, pop-up venues and basement clubs to host film screenings as well as experimental art, workshops, interactive walks and parties

Author: Hackney Citizen