Movies
Genre: Animation
My Life as a Zucchini
After his mother’s sudden death, Zucchini is befriended by a police officer, Raymond, who accompanies him to his new foster home, filled with other orphans his age. At first he struggles to find his place in this at times strange and hostile environment. But with Raymond’s help and his newfound
My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea
The Rio Theatre is very pleased to partner with JFL Northwest for a very special, one night only engagement of graphic novelist Dash Shaw’s upcoming animated feature MY ENTIRE HIGH SCHOOL SINKING INTO THE SEA. From acclaimed graphic novelist Dash Shaw (New School) comes an audacious debut that is equal
Monkey King: Hero Is Back
Join us at The Rio Sunday April 10th for this special presentation as part of the Reel2Reel Film Festival | April 8-15, 2016 Sunday, April 10, 2016 – 12:00pm. Doors open at 11:30am. – TICKETS: $9 adult; $6 child, youth, senior; $5 each for groups of 10
Miss Hokusai
The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan, and tirelessly works in the garbage-loaded chaos of his house-atelier. He spends his days creating astounding pieces of art, from
Mirai
The latest entry from master storyteller Mamoru Hosoda (WOLF CHILDREN, SUMMER WARS) and Japan’s Studio Chizu is the sweet, unusually introspective coming-of age animé MIRAI, a daringly original story of love passed down through generations. When four-year-old Kun meets his new baby sister, his world is turned upside down. Named Mirai
Mind Game
Buckle in and prepare to surrender yourself to an exhilarating and wildly entertaining ride. Cult classic MIND GAME is an explosion of unconstrained expression – gloriously colorful mages ricochet in rapid fire associations, like Masaaki Yuasa’s brain splattered onto the screen in all its goopy glory. Audiences will begin to
MFKZ
Genre-mashup MFKZ is the collaboration of French comic artist Guillaume “Run” Renard and ultra-hip Japanese animation house Studio 4°C, creators of TEKKONKINKREET, GENIUS PARTY and MIND GAME. The TEKKONKINKREET dream team of Shojiro Nishimi and art director Shinji Kimura reunite to bring to life a dark but stunningly animated sci-fi
Metropolis
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, July 29 for an encore screening of director Rintaro‘s 2001 futurist cyberpunk drama METROPOLIS. This visually stunning anime interpretation of Fritz Lang‘s classic film is loosely based Osamu Tezuka‘s celebrated 1949 manga of the same name. A future society, where humans and
Memoir of a Snail
Grace Pudel (voiced by Sarah Snook) is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her twin brother Gilbert (Kodi Smit-McPhee), she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued
Mavka: The Forest Song
Ukraine Harmony Foundation cordially invites you to the the long-awaited beautiful Ukrainian animated film MAVKA: THE FOREST SONG. Ukraine Harmony Foundation гостинно запрошує на довгоочікуваний прекрасний український анімаційний фільм «Мавка. Лісова пісня». Mavka – a soul of the Forest – faces an impossible choice between love and