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Black Swan (15th Anniversary Restoration)

I just want to be perfect. A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman (who took home a much deserved Best Actress Oscar) as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie

Each has a power. Each has a purpose. And together, they will face their fiercest enemy. “Centuries ago, a legendary inter-dimensional being known as Zordon came to the city of Angel Grove to establish a command center for his never-ending struggle against evil. With the aid of his trusted assistant,

Little Shop of Horrors

“Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long.” Based on Alan Menken and Howard Ashman‘s 1982 off-Broadway musical, director Frank Oz‘s Little Shop of Horrors takes its own fleshy bite out of Roger Corman‘s original B-movie (1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors, which featured a very young Jack

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Independence Day

“Nuke ’em. Let’s nuke the bastards. “ On Wednesday, November 9, The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre with the ultimate post-US election night sci-fi-action thriller: INDEPENDENCE DAY. Yes, the Gentlemen are going all out (Big Willie Style!) with one of the 90s’ biggest and baddest (in

Operation Avalanche

“If you believe, they put a man on the moon… “ In 1967, during the height of the Cold War, two young CIA agents (including writer-director Matt Johnson and Owen Williams) go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and

Tower

For so many, August 1st 1966 was the day American innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival footage

The Greasy Strangler

“Hootie tootie, disco cutie.” It goes without saying that Jim Hoskin‘s debut feature The Greasy Strangler takes the award for Most WTF Movie of 2016. This is, unquestionably, a film that needs to be experienced (preferably on the big screen, and with a very open-minded, late night kind of movie

Election

“Some people say I’m an overachiever, but I think they’re just jealous.” Alexander Payne‘s darkly satirical 1999 coming-of-age comedy about an ambitious, over-achieving young woman who wants nothing more but to be her high school’s President (in spite of some, um, scandals) and the teacher who will stop

Idiocracy

“I like money.” Given the current political climate with our neighbours to the South, it’s no wonder that people have been absolutely inundating us with requests for Mike Judge‘s politically prophetic, weirdly prescient cult-classic comedy IDIOCRACY. We’re giving it some much deserved big screen as a

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (50th Anniversary!)

Let’s do the Time Warp… Again! There is no better way to experience the pop-culture juggernaut that is  THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW than the the way it is meant to be seen – on the big screen, in the dark, and with a raucous Rio Theatre audience

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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