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Barb Wire (30th Anniversary Screening)

“Don’t call me Babe!” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues of May 8 with a 30th Anniversary screening of one of the campiest films to ever come out of the 90’s,  BARB WIRE. Canadian Pamela Anderson stars in this retro-glam, weirdly prescient dystopian odyssey (set

John Woo’s ‘A Better Tomorrow’ (40th Anniversary Restoration)

This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (10th Anniversary Screening)

This May (the) Fourth, join us at the Rio Theatre as we toast the holiest holiday among STAR WARS fans, with a prime time viewing of  George Lucas‘ iconic 1977 film that started it all, A NEW HOPE. Stick around for a double bill, because we will be following it

Scarlet

From visionary Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda (MIRAI, SUMMER WARS, WOLF CHILDREN) comes a powerful, time-bending animated adventure about SCARLET, a medieval-era, sword-fighting princess on a dangerous quest to avenge the death of her father. After failing at her mission and finding herself gravely injured in the “Otherworld,” she encounters

Initial D (20th Anniversary Special Edition 4K)

It’s a story about the fastest street racer of Mt Akina.  Takumi, a delivery boy; Ryousuke, an engineer of speed; and Kyouichi, a professional racer: the three of them become duelists of drifts. For five years, 18-year-old Takumi has been delivering tofu in his father’s obsolescent Toyota AE86 every morning.

Lupin the IIIRD: The Movie – The Immortal Bloodline

After fending off a series of skilled assassins, gentleman thief Lupin III and his band of allies follow a strange invitation to an uncharted island. When their plane is shot down, the gang is stranded and soon hunted by the island’s inhabitants, past enemies, and a monstrous immortal being known

One Battle After Another

In one of the most lauded films of 2025, renowned filmmaker PT Anderson (THE MASTER, THERE WILL BE BLOOD) casts Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob, a washed-up revolutionary who lives in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces and

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Quentin Tarantino‘s KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR unites Volume 1 and Volume 2 into a single, unrated epic–presented exactly as he intended, complete with a new, never-before-seen anime sequence. Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding

Kantara: Chapter One

Long before the events of the 2022 sensation, a legend was born. Set in 300 CE during the reign of the Kadamba dynasty, KANTARA: Chapter One takes audiences into the mystical forests of Banavasi, where divine spirits awaken and the roots of the Daiva tradition are forged. Rishab Shetty transforms into a fierce

They Call Him OG

THEY CALL HIM OG marks the explosive comeback of Pawan Kalyan, unleashing him in his fiercest and most intense avatar yet. After a decade in hiding, Ojas Gambheera — the Original Gangster — returns, and the underworld will never be the same. Directed by Sujeeth and produced on a massive scale by DVV Entertainment (RRR fame), the film pits

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

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