Rialto Cinema is for cinephiles, art film nerds, hopeless romantics, comedy nuts, thrill seekers, and anyone else looking to find entertainment in a dark room surrounded by strangers as a movie is beamed onto the big screen.

Special thought is put into what plays at each of the theater group’s three locations, the Elmwood Theater in Berkeley, Cerrito Theater in El Cerrito and Rialto Cinemas Sebastopol.

It’s a large reason why the independently owned and operated theater group has been able to survive in an environment where competitors have fallen to skyrocketing rents and competitive streaming services, said Rialto Cinema Director Ky J. Boyd.

“You open your doors and hope people come and like what you have to show,” Boyd said. “The world has changed and there are new ways of viewing mo

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