Movies
Country: United States of America
The Sound of Music Sing-a-Long
Calling all Nuns, Goat herders, Baronesses, Captains, and governesses! Wave your Edelweiss this December as the hills of Commercial Drive are set to come alive with the Mother Superior of movie musicals – so get ready to yodel, people. This is your chance to sing-a-long to the most iconic films of
Altered States
In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind’s true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic drugs, Jessup hopes to explore different
Earth Girls Are Easy
“Cuz I’m a blonde, B-L-O-N-D. Cuz I’m a blonde, Don’t you wish you were me?” In this out-of-this-world 80’s musical comedy adventure that revels in its own 80’s-era So-Cal chic, Geena Davis plays Valerie, a manicurist living in the valley with her cold fiancé, Dr. Ted Gallagher.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 20, when the crew of everyone’s favourite bounty hunting spaceship hits our screen in Shinichirō Watanabe‘s complex, genre-blending and aesthetically rich COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE. Set in the late 21st century, it jumps into the
Freaks and Tetsuo: Iron Man Double Feature
FREAKS is screening as part of a Friday Late Night Movie double feature alongside TETSUO: THE IRON MAN! See one or both for one sweet price! FREAKS (1932) “One of us, one of us.” Real sideshow performers star in Tod Browning‘s infamous cult classic,
Paddington 2
PADDINGTON 2 finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
“Not one of us!” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on July 19 with a tip of our hat to the late, great Canadian action legend Donald Sutherland and his compelling, textured, and fittingly nuanced performance in Philip Kaufman’s sci-fi classic, INVASION OF
Moonrise Kingdom
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, MOONRISE KINGDOM tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is
Isle of Dogs
In this stop-motion-animated film from writer/director Wes Anderson, an outbreak of canine flu in Japan leads all dogs to be quarantined on an island. A boy (voice of Koyu Rankin) journeys there to rescue his dog Spots (Liev Schreiber), and gets help from a pack of misfit canines who have
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Street Fighter (94)
Come see folks who wrote jokes for Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad movies! On Wednesday, July 11, Vancouver’s favourite movie riffers The Gentlemen Hecklers (comedians Eric Fell, Patrick Maliha – and special guest riffer Gina Harms) are set to