Movies
Country: Japan
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro
Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki makes his feature film debut in this beloved chapter of the LUPIN THE 3rd saga, which has now been beatifully restored and remastered by GKIDS. In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin III’s latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should’ve been
Shogun Assassin
The legendary midnight movie sensation that firmly embedded samurai mythology within American pop culture consciousness, SHOGUN ASSASSIN is the English-dubbed reedit of the first two films in the classic Japanese chanbaraseries LONE WOLF AND CUB – a giddily entertaining, mesmerizingly gory classic of East-meets-West grindhouse mayhem. Following the murder of
Ju-on: The Grudge
Japanese director Takashi Shimizu‘s JU-ON: THE GRUDGE is the ultimate “haunted house” movie – and perfect for a Friday Late Night Movie screening at the Rio Theatre on July 30. Released in 2002, JU-ON has since become firmly enshrined as a true classic of the J-horror genre, spawning numerous sequels
Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
Unfolding in a series of eight mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa was inspired by the beloved director’s own nighttime visions, along with stories from Japanese folklore. In a visually sumptuous journey through the master’s imagination, tales of childlike wonder give way to apocalyptic apparitions: a young boy
Tampopo
Sluuuuuuuuuuurp. Juzo Itami’s rapturous (not to mention oh-so-sensual) “noodle western” returns to Canadian screens for the first time in decades, in a new 4K restoration. The tale of an enigmatic band of ramen ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe,
Godzilla 70th Anniversary Screening (4K Restoration)
“Godzilla is attacking the city!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, January 29 for a very special #MonsterMonday double bill featuring a 70th Anniversary screening of the 4K restoration of director Ishirō Honda‘s original 1954 Kaiju classic GODZILLA (a.k.a. “Gojira”) with the 2023 blockbuster GODZILLA MINUS
Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul
A continuation of the epic adventure of plucky Riko and Reg who are joined by their new friend Nanachi. Together they descend into the Abyss’ treacherous fifth layer, the Sea of Corpses, and encounter the mysterious Bondrewd, a legendary White Whistle whose shadow looms over Nanachi’s troubled past. Bondrewd is
Tokyo Godfathers
TOKYO GODFATHERS, the acclaimed holiday classic from master director Satoshi Kon (PAPRIKA, PERFECT BLUE), returns to theaters in a brand-new, 4K restoration. In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast
Ride Your Wave
From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, Devilman Crybaby) comes a deeply emotional new film that applies his trademark visual ingenuity to a tale of romance, grief and self-discovery. The film follows the story of Hinako, a surf-loving college student who has just moved to
Weathering With You
GKIDS proudly presents the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit YOUR NAME. The story is set during the summer of Hodaka’s high school freshman year, when he runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo,