Movies
Film Rating: 14A
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.
Werner Herzog’s ‘Aguirre, The Wrath of God’
In the mid-16th century, after annihilating the Incan empire, Pizarro leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes into the heart of the most savage environment on earth in search of the fabled City of Gold, El Dorado. As the soldiers battle starvation, Indians, the forces of nature, and each
Triangle of Sadness
In acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund‘s (FORCE MAJEURE, THE SQUARE) wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (now nominated Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Director), social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson)
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
The Worst Person in the World
Director Joachim Trier (THELMA, LOUDER THAN BOMBS) returns with another modern twist on a classically constructed character portrait of contemporary life in Oslo. Chronicling four years in the life of Julie, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD examines one woman’s quest for love and meaning in the modern world.
The Whale
From filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) comes THE WHALE, the story of a reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser, in an Oscar-winning performance) living with severe obesity who attempts
The Shroom Boom (With Panel and Q&A)
It’s Mushroom Monday at the Rio! In collaboration with the Rio Theatre, Stephanie Dacre presents to you a premiere screening of two episodes from The Shroom Boom docuseries. The Shroom Boom series dives into fungi’s impact in British Columbia, showcasing the local people driving the growth. The evening
THE SHiNiNG
“Wendy, I’m home!” Join us at the Rio Theatre dim the lights and get scared with some classic winter terror, courtesy of Stanley Kubrick‘s cinematic masterpiece, THE SHiNiNG. Based on Stephen King‘s 1977 novel “The Shining,” Stanley Kubrick‘s film is widely regarded as a work of
The Royal Tenenbaums
Writer-director Wes Anderson‘s unique, signature narrative and visual style are front and center in his offbeat 2001 comedy, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, an extraordinary story of one family’s sudden, unexpected reunion. Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children–Chas, Richie, and Margot–they were a family of geniuses and then they
The Royal Hotel
Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a