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Rialto Cinemas Cerrito is Very Open

Rialto Cinemas Cerrito is back and kicking off with a Cerrito Classics Festival

Beyonce Knowles as Deena Jones; Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell Robinson; Jennifer Hudson as Effie Melody W3hite
Beyonce Knowles as Deena Jones; Anika Noni Rose as Lorrell Robinson; Jennifer Hudson as Effie Melody W3hite (StarStills.com)

Rialto Cinemas Cerrito celebrates its reopening this Friday, May 21 with a weeklong festival of classic film! Throughout the week there will be multiple screenings of 16 different classic titles from 1979’s family friendly “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” to the chilling Hitchcock thriller “Shadow of a Doubt.” Now is a time like no other to get off the couch and remember the big screen experience.

The Cerrito Classics Festival starts this Friday, May 21 and runs through Thursday, May 27. Here is a list of all the titles:

Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Singin’ in the Rain (1952), Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Sting (1973), Jaws (1975), Grease (1978 original, not sing along), The Muppet Movie (1979), Stop Making Sense (1984), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Jurassic Park (1993), Babe (1995), The Big Lebowski (1998), Dreamgirls (2006).

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Enjoy the classics with traditional movie concessions or make an event of it and enjoy with a meal and one of our local beers or exceptional wines! Watch, Eat and Enjoy!

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