Movies
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VIFF 2021: The Beta Test
In the post-Weinstein era, the fragile Hollywood ecosystem of predatory talent agencies and investors is a house of cards teetering on collapse. Jordan Hines (Jim Cummings), an ambitious but struggling agent trying to preserve his way of life, receives an anonymous invitation to a no-strings sexual encounter. Obsessed with uncovering
The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling – Ireland 1965
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a big screen, big sound tribute to the man behind the Rolling Stones‘ drum kit, the late, great Charlie Watts. We’ll be presenting a very special double bill featuring the rarely-seen, meticulously restored and fully-realized version of the legendary (but never released film)
Another Round
Writer-director Thomas Vinterburg took home this year’s Best International Feature Oscar for his “coming-of-age in reverse” mid-life crisis comedy ANOTHER ROUND, which follows the exploits of a group of friends who launch a drinking experiment involving constant insobriety. (The film’s Danish title, “Druk,” translates to “drunk” in English.) There’s a
POSTPONED Stevie Nicks: 24 Karat Gold the Concert
Dearest Rio Friends & Movie-Lovers: As per the government’s latest directive on November 23, 2020, we will be suspending operations until December 8, 2020 (barring any further changes). Screenings will be re-scheduled, and ticket-holders will be contacted shortly. In the meantime, we thank-you for your endless generosity and
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, November 18, as we continue our look back at the masterful works of Alfred Hitchcock with a screening of the psychologically taut, sexually subversive pre-code thriller REBECCA – his first American
La Haine (30th Anniversary Screening)
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, June 4 for Matthieu Kassovitz‘ gritty and groundbreaking urban French drama LA HAINE (2020 restoration). Mathieu Kassovitz took the film world by storm with his 1996 feature LA HAINE, a bold, unsettling, and visually explosive look at the racial and cultural volatility in modern-day
Stanley Kubrick’s Paths of Glory
“It explodes in the no-man’s land no picture ever dared cross before!” Adapting Humphrey Cobb‘s novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty.
Frankenstein (1931)
“It’s alive….!” The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween favourites continues this month as we venture ever deeper and darker into classic “creature features” of yore with a screening of James Whale‘s stylish, bold, and nuanced FRANKENSTEIN on Saturday, October 25. This iconic horror film follows
Dracula (1931)
The Rio Theatre continues its dive into classic monster movies of the past with a screening of director Todd Browning’s pre-code work of “romantic horror”, DRACULA, based on the 1924 stage play “Dracula,” which in turn was adapted from the 1897 novel of the same name by Bram Stoker. The
Beau Travail (2020 Restoration)
With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s ‘Billy Budd, Sailor’, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets of our time. Amid the azure waters and sunbaked desert landscapes of Djibouti, a French Foreign Legion sergeant (Denis Lavant) sows the seeds of his own