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Don’t miss the 2011 Oscar® Party!

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Looking forward to the Oscars®? Dying to know who won, if your favorite nominee for Best Picture will win? Will there be another sweep of the awards this year? Join us Sunday, February 27th to watch the Oscars® on the big screen!

Rialto Cinemas Cerrito is rolling out the red carpet and inviting you to enjoy watching the 83rd Annual Academy Awards® Ceremony with us! Don a costume representing one of 2010’s movies or be your absolutely glamorous self and come on down to watch the awards! The evening will be one to remember! We have contests, prizes, the red carpet, prizes and toasts and prizes. Hosts for the evening are James Franco and Anne Hathaway – and our very own Melissa Hatheway at the theatre to help them out, ask the hard questions and get the audience involved.

Tickets are on sale now online and at our box office! Send your tux to the dry cleaners, find those fabulous, gorgeous yet possibly uncomfortable shoes and join us! Doors open at 3:15pm, the red carpet walk is at 3:30, the ceremony starts at 5:00 and the party continues until we find out who takes home Oscars® for Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Picture and which audience member(s) predicted all of the winners! Seating is general admission and tickets are $20. Rialto Cinemas Cerrito – Watch and Dine with Beer and Wine at El Cerrito’s Hometown Movie Theatre!

To Purchase Tickets Online Click HERE or Visit Their Box Office!

Source: Rialto Cinemas

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The Band Wagon, Feb 10 7:15pm, Feb 12 & 13 AM

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Updated: All seats are now $8.

One of the most subtle and sophisticated of the musical comedies that came out of MGM’s Arthur Freed Unit in the ’40s and ’50s, The Band Wagon stars Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter, a movie star whose career is in a downturn. Looking for a boost, Tony decides to try starring in a Broadway musical. His friends Lester and Lily Marton (Oscar Levant and Nanette Fabray) have written a show they feel would be just right for Tony, and the three team up with Jeffrey Cordova (Jack Buchanan), a self-styled “genius” director, who gets the idea to turn the play into a revised version of Faust. Cordova’s more pretentious ideas don’t always sit well with the Martons, and Tony isn’t too happy with his leggy co-star, Gaby Gerard (Cyd Charisse), whom he’s convinced is too tall (then again, she thinks he’s too old). But when the show proves a disaster in out-of-town tryouts, everyone realizes they have to put aside their differences if they want a show that will be on Broadway for longer than four hours. The Band Wagon featured a rare American appearance for British musical star Jack Buchanan, who does a fine soft-shoe with Fred Astaire on “I Guess I’ll Have to Change My Plan.” Astaire also shines in the numbers “Shine on Your Shoes” and “The Girl Hunt,” a witty Mickey Spillane parody.  Source: Rialto Cinemas™

Film starts at 7:15 pm Thursday, February 10. Check Rialto Cinema for showtimes on Saturday and Sunday, February 12 & 13.  All seats are $8.

Get to the Classics early as they are popular — or buy tickets in advance (see right column on the Rialto website). The Thursday evening Classics are very popular, so you may want to buy your ticket in advance at the box office or online. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order food and drinks.

Heat of the Night – Jan 13, 6:30 PM & Weekend AM

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Please join Friends of the Cerrito Theater, which cosponsors the Classics:

“In the Heat of the Night.” Rod Steiger, one of Hollywood’s greatest tough guys, won an Oscar for his performance in this taut, gripping drama about murder, racial prejudice, and tensions bubbling to the surface in a small Southern town. Sidney Poitier, as a Philadelphia detective, tangles with Steiger in “one of the most fascinating duels of wits the screen has offered,” critic Steven H. Scheuer wrote, calling it “a first-rate film in all respects.” The movie won the 1967 Oscar for best picture.

Thursday, January 13 at 6:30 p.m.  Also showing at 11 a.m. on Saturday, January 15 and Sunday, January 16. Only $8!

Get to the Classics early as they are popular — or buy tickets in advance (see right column on the Rialto website). The Thursday evening Classics are very popular, so you may want to buy your ticket in advance at the box office or online. Getting to the theater early is always a good idea–for a choice of seating and to order food and drinks.

Our upcoming February Classic: Watch for our “The Band Wagon,” with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, February 10, 12 and 13.