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I agree with the previous reviewer of The Ryder Films. I absolutely love it when I can go watch a movie in the back room at Bear's Place, eat good pizza or strombolis, drink beer, and enjoy a really great movie ... without having to pay The Man (the big theater corporation who's taken over all the regular theaters in town). I mean, who can argue with this? It's great! I also like that Peter Lopilato, the Alpha and Omega as (his) Ryder magazine calls him, is also open to suggestion. If I read about a foreign film or somewhat obscure film and think it sounds interesting to a Bloomington audience, I'll pop him an e-mail with a link to the review, and he appreciates the input. Sometimes he's brought movies to town that I've suggested, which I think is fabulous -- the big corporate box theater isn't going to do that, right? So, yeah. The Ryder. Another great thing about living in Bloomington. I hope someday Peter figures out how to get a permanent theater of his own to run, because that would be cool, too, I'm sure. more

The Ryder film series is an awesome awesome thing! They play really good movies just a while after they have left the regular theater and usually right before they come out on dvd. The featured movies are usually arty type films. Occasionally they play some older classic films and sometimes a big budget blockbuster is played. It's always a cool show though, and how nice to be able to eat and drink with your friends while you are there. more