Movies
Country: Canada
Brokeback Mountain (20th Anniversary Screening)
June is Pride month across North America and the Rio Theatre is joining in the celebration with the groundbreaking, and first of its kind in contemporary Hollywood mainstream films, Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The film is set in a fictitious yet picturesque location, Brokeback Mountain, and chronicles the lives of
Door Mouse (With Director Q&A)
Canadian creator Avan Jogia does triple duty as writer, director, and actor in the gritty and super-stylish thriller DOOR MOUSE, a neo-noir fable following Mouse (Hayley Law), an irreverent dancer at a dead-end burlesque club run by Mama, a tough, shady club owner. When Mouse’s only friends and fellow club
Clown in a Cornfield
The adaptation of author Adam Cesare’s CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD recreates what makes the young adult novel and its subsequent sequels so special: it speaks to a younger generation about the frustrating generational divide while never sacrificing the horror. This slasher movie knows the best way
Bonjour Tristesse
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome
Fairy Creek (Filmmaker in Attendance for Q&A)
The Fairy Creek (Ada’itsx) valley sprawls across Pacheedaht First Nation territory on southwestern Vancouver Island and its old growth forest ecosystem thrives with lush foliage, ancient tree trunks, and a variety of wildlife. However, the decimating chainsaws and tractor machinery of the Teal Jones lumber corporation disrupt this equilibrium as
Lucky Star (With Filmmaker Q&A)
It doesn’t get more #MadeInCanada than a film shot right here in Hollywood North with a Vancouver-based crew. Gambling addict Lucky (Terry Chen) tries to cover up his losses from his family after being scammed. Like him, Lucky’s family also experiences personal struggles that may equally easily swing their future toward stability or
Mongrels (With Director Q&A)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for Korean-born, B.C.-raised filmmaker James Yoo‘s Maple Ridge-shot first feature, MONGRELS, a film that explores both grief and the immigrant experience through a visionary approach to surreal imagery. Director, James Yoo will be live on stage for an audience Q&A! In rural Canada in
Seven Veils
Visionary Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan‘s latest work casts Amanda Seyfriend as earnest theatre director Jeanine, who has been given the task of remounting her former
Withnail and I (2025 Restoration)
London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and lighter fluid. When Withnail’s flamboyantly gay Uncle Monty (Richard Griffiths) offers his cottage, they escape the squalor of their flat for a week in the country.
The Shrouds
The story revolves around a technological entrepreneur, Karsh, who is still grieving the loss of his wife, Becca. When several graves, including Becca’s, are desecrated, Karsh embarks on a quest to find the perpetrator, which leads him down a nightmarish path of paranoia and grief when he engineers