Movies
Country: Canada
David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ: FREE National Canadian Film Day Screening
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17 as we mark Reel Canada‘s National Canadian Film Day with a FREE (!) 25th Anniversary screening of iconic filmmaker David Cronenberg‘s quietly prescient work of dystopian fantasy sci-fi, EXISTENZ. Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason
David Cronenberg’s Crash (2020 Restoration)
Based on the polarizing 1973 novel CRASH by English author J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg‘s equally polarizing adaptation caused an uproar when it was released in 1996. Praised by (some) critics and widely admonished by others, the film has gained something of a cult audience in the nearly 25 years years
Dark Match (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for an exclusive screening of writer-director Lowell Dean‘s (WOLFCOP) wrestling horror comedy, DARK MATCH. Set in the 1980’s the follows a small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a
Dangerous Animals
The Rio Theatre’s patented Friday Late Night Movie series continues on July 11 with Australian filmmaker Sean Byrne‘s (THE DEVIL’S CANDY) latest, the cold blooded survival thriller DANGEROUS ANIMALS. Zephyr, a solitary surfer with a troubled past has come to Australia’s Gold Coast to find an
Cyrano
Award-winning British director Joe Wright (PRIDE & PREJUDICE, ATONEMENT, DARKEST HOUR) envelops moviegoers in a symphony of emotions with music, romance, and beauty in CYRANO, re-imagining the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle. A man ahead of his time, Cyrano de Bergerac (Peter Dinklage, HBO’s “Game of Thrones”) dazzles
Cutting Through Rocks
An Iranian motorcycle-loving trailblazer becomes a remote village’s first female councilwoman. Sara Shahverdi challenges patriarchal norms, teaches girls to ride, and fights against child marriage. CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS won the Grand Jury Prize in the World Documentary Competition at the Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Academy Awards.
Crimes of the Future
Visionary filmmaker David Cronenberg is renowned for fare that gets “under the skin.” His latest work, the polarizing CRIMES OF THE FUTURE, sees the iconic Canadian auteur turning his lens back towards familiar territory, re-framing his focus inside a hyper-modern context that extorts the depths of truly contemporary body horror.
Come to Daddy
Join us for an encore screening of Ant Timpson‘s (TURBO KID, THE GREASY STRANGLER) feature directing debut, the BC-lensed horror thriller COME TO DADDY, starring Elijah Wood, on Monday, February 17. Norval’s (Wood) life has been, to put it lightly, difficult. Currently living at home with his mother, the troubled
Colossal
Soon to be cult-hit COLOSSAL is Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo at his visionary best in a genre defying mash-up that’s equal parts sci-fi “kaiju” monster movie and metaphor-laden revenge-fueled romantic(?) drama. Anne Hathaway stars as Gloria, a woman whose life falls apart when her alcoholism and party-girl tendencies get her
Cold Road (World Premiere!)
On a frozen highway in the remote Canadian North, an Indigenous woman and her dog are hunted by a stranger in a semi truck. Tracy (Roseanne Supernault) is on a 12 hour road trip with her dog Pretzel, trying to get home before her mom passes into the spirit world.