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The Phoenician Scheme

Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists and determined assassins. With Benicio del Toro, Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Willem Dafoe,

Endless Cookie (National Indigenous Peoples Day)

Through a series of vignettes – some tragic, some funny, all a little bizarre – the unique animated feature documentary ENDLESS COOKIE explores the complex bond between two half brothers, one Indigenous, one white, spanning bustling 1980s Toronto to the present day isolated First Nations community of Shamattawa. The

李安Ang Lee’s 飲食男女 Eat Drink Man Woman (30th Anniversary Restoration)

Chu is a master chef who has lost his sense of taste. He has three daughters with very different personalities: the eldest daughter, Jia-Jen, is a Christian, and since her mother’s death, she has taken up her mothe’s duties as the eldest daughter and dedicated herself to her family; the

Wolf Children (2025 Restoration)

College student Hana falls in love with a “wolf man” and together they have two half-human, half-wolf children, Ame and Yuki. The young family’s happy but humble life comes to an abrupt end when the father is tragically killed during a hunt. After struggling to raise her children in the

The Legend of Ochi

From writer-director Isaiah Saxon, making his feature-film-making debut, comes a story of love, longing, and acceptance centering on a teenage girl who befriends a mysterious forest creature she encounters in the woods.

The Friend

Based on author Sigrid Nunez‘s beloved 2018 novel, THE FRIEND finds writer and teacher Iris finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor dies suddenly and bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane. The regal yet intractable beast, named Apollo, immediately creates

The Life of Chuck

From the hearts and minds of Stephen King and Mike Flanagan comes THE LIFE OF CHUCK, the extraordinary story of an ordinary man. This unforgettable, genre-bending tale celebrates the life of Charles ‘Chuck’ Krantz as he experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of

Mommie Dearest

Outrageous and controversial, this is the story of legendary movie star Joan Crawford (Faye Dunaway, in one of her most iconic performances) as she struggles for her career and battles the inner demons of her private life. This torment was manifested in her relationships with her adopted children, Christina and

Picnic at Hanging Rock (50th Anniversary Restoration)

All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream. Beautifully restored for is 50th Anniversary, PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK is a sensual and striking chronicle of a disappearance and its aftermath that put director Peter Weir on the map, and helped usher in a

Top Secret!

We’re paying tribute to the late, great Val Kilmer by dimming the lights and firing up the projector with a Friday Late Night Movie tribute screening of one of his most memorable roles (and one of the Rio Theatre’s most requested cult-classic films),  in the TOP SECRET! Popular

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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