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Demons with Live Score by Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN

The Invisible Orange Presents Claudio Simonetti’s GOBLIN Performs the live score to Dario Argento’s DEMONS A Film by Lamberto Brava Followed by a Classic Goblin Set Monday, October 23 Doors 7:00 pm | Event 8:00 pm *Please arrive on time. Advance

Defile

Join us at the Rio Theatre for a celebratory screening of the new short film DEFILE, by Brian Sepanzyk. This is the latest project from Olive Room Pictures. Cast and Crew in attendance! A couple’s secluded getaway is suddenly interrupted by a strange family who exposes them to the

Decision to Leave

What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to

Dead Man

With DEAD MAN, his first period piece, American auteur Jim Jarmusch (STRANGER THAN PARADISE, DOWN BY LAW, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE) imagined the nineteenth-century American West as an existential wasteland, delivering a surreal reckoning with the ravages of industrialization, the country’s legacy of violence and prejudice, and the natural cycle of life

Day of the Dead (40th Anniversary Screening)

George A. Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD, the apocalyptic final chapter of the ultimate zombie trilogy, returns for its 40th Anniversary!   Whole generations of horror lovers had never seen any of Romero’s zombie classics at a theatre or drive-in, but in November 2021 Red Band Releasing started helping book the

Dario Argento’s Phenomena (40th Anniversary Screening)

“Is she insane?” “Well, she’s not normal.” And who is these days?! So why not be amongst other like minded abnormalities when coming #FridayLateNight to the Rio Theatre on June 6, we present horror icon and master suspense filmmaker, Dario Argento‘s PHENOMENA (which was later

Coolie

Indian wrier-director Lokesh Kanagaraj (LEO, VIKRAM) is teaming with superstar Rajinikanth on the highly anticipated Tamil-language film COOLIE, which Delves into a man’s relentless quest for vengeance. Since his youth, he’s been driven by righting the past wrongs, which have shaped his his very existence. The story is told in such a

Conceiving Clara (With Filmmaker Q&A)

Clara, a 42-year-old midwife, has dedicated her life to helping women give birth, yet she yearns deeply for a child of her own. Despite her fear of medical intervention due to her age, she gives in to the pressure from her mother-in-law, Shirin, and undergoes IVF treatment. Her greatest fears

Come and See (40th Anniversary Screening)

COME AND SEE – the widely acclaimed film from Soviet director Elem Klimov – is a stunning, senses-shattering plunge into the dehumanizing horrors of war. As Nazi forces encroach on his small village in present-day Belarus, teenage Flyora (Aleksei Kravchenko, in one of the screen’s most searing depictions of anguish

Climax

From visionary writer-director Gaspar Noé (IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID, LOVE) comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one wintry night, when a troupe of young dancers gathers in a remote and empty school building to rehearse. Following an

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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