01/13/2025
Rialto Square Theatre is excited to announce our year-round movie series called “Reels at the Rialto.” This movie series is a nod to our Vaudeville movie palace past. “It’s important for us to offer a wide variety of entertainment options for the residents of Joliet and surrounding areas,” says Wade Welsh, Rialto Square Theatre Executive Director. “We are thrilled to partner with incredible sponsors to make these movies affordable for everyone.” The sponsors of the Reels at the Rialto movie series are Old National Bank, D’Arcy Buick GMC, Rendel’s, Rod Baker Ford, and Castle Law.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library of Will County will be hosting a fundraising event at the Rialto Square Theatre on Thursday, January 30th before the Reel: 9 to 5. All proceeds from the event will support the Imagination Library of Will County. Doors open and a reception will begin at 5:30 p.m. on January 30th with the movie starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for this Reel are $20. All proceeds from the event will support bringing the Imagination Library to Will County, which mails free, age-appropriate books to children from ages 0 through 5. For more information, visit: willcountyillinois.org/imagination-celebration.
Tickets for all other reels are $5 each and will be available in advance or on the day of the reel at the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office. Tickets are unavailable online and are now on sale at the box office. Doors will open 30 minutes before showtime (doors open at 5:30 PM on January 30th); a free organ concert will begin when doors open (6:30 PM on Jan 30th), and all movies start at 7 PM*. All seating will be general admission—first come, first served. Bar and concessions (including freshly popped popcorn) will be available for purchase.
The 2025 Reels at the Rialto Movies Series at the Rialto Square Theatre will include the following mix of popular movies, old favorites, and some family-friendly titles.
9 to 5
Thursday, January 30, 2025 | 7 PM
**Tickets for this reel are $20 each, all proceeds benefit Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Will County**
*Doors for this reel open at 5:30 PM for reception and the organ concert will start at 6:30 PM*
PG | 1 hour and 50 minutes
Office satire about three female secretaries who decide to get revenge on their tyrannical, sexist boss by abducting him and running the business themselves.
Hidden Figures
Thursday, February 20, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 2 hours and 7 minutes
Three female African-American mathematicians play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit. Meanwhile, they also have to deal with racial and gender discrimination at work.
The Quiet Man
(Sponsored by: State Farm Insurance, Agent John Wright)
Thursday, March 20, 2025 | 7 PM
Not Rated | 2 hours and 9 minutes
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in 1920s Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead whose brother is contemptuous of their union.
Napoleon Dynamite
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 36 minutes
A listless and alienated teenager helps his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while dealing with his bizarre family life back home.
The Sound of Music
Thursday, May 22, 2025 | 7 PM
G | 2 hours 52 minutes
A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.
Breaking Away
Thursday, June 12, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 41 minutes
A working-class Indiana teen obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl while searching for life goals with his friends.
The Greatest Showman
Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 7 PM
PG | 1 hour and 45 minutes
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Young Frankenstein
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 7 PM
PG| 1 hour 46 minutes
An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.
Movies for December will be announced as part of Home for the Holidays 2025.
All seats are $5, and seating is general admission. For more information, please visit www.RialtoSquare.com/movies, or call the Rialto Square Theatre Box Office at 815.726.6600.
The box office is located at 102 N. Chicago Street in downtown Joliet.
