Movies
Genre: Animation
Heavy Metal
“Earth women who experience sexual ecstasy with mechanical assistance always tend to feel guilty!” We’re celebrating Canada Day with a prime time screening of one of the ultimate, hands-down best hoser animated cult-classic of ever, HEAVY METAL. This cinematic slice of 80s-era superhero sci-fi Canadiana (we’re talking
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award-winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love. A father’s wish magically
Grave of the Fireflies (2025 Restoration)
Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata‘s poignant animated drama GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES is a devastating meditation on the human cost of war, a tale of survival as heartbreaking as it is true to life. Based on the re-tellings of survivor Nosaka Akiyuki, the film has been universally hailed as an
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (20th Anniversary Restoration)
Join us on July 1 for an Anime Monday double bill screening featuring Mamoru Oshii’s original landmark GHOST IN THE SHELL, followed by a screening of its 2004 sequelGHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE,now lustrously restored in 4K for its 20th anniversary. See one, or
Ghost in the Shell (30th Anniversary Screening)
Mamoru Oshii’s landmark 1995 anime film GHOST IN THE SHELL is a title that has evolved into something of a cultural phenomenon, spawning sequels, remakes, and even a live action feature. The story follows a cyborg policewoman named Motoko Kusanagi, who is herself a “ghost in a shell” (meaning
Fritz the Cat
“He’s X-rated and animated!” Based on Robert Crumb’s comic strip of the same name, director Ralph Bakshi’s FRITZ THE CAT (1972) follows the adventures of a hypocritical swinging college student cat who raises hell in a satiric vision of various elements in a swingin’ (and highly sexual) animated version of
Flow (VOKRA Fundraiser)
To mark International Cat Rescue Day, the Rio Theatre presents a special screening of FLOW, in partnership with the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (VOKRA). A visually striking, wordless animated film, FLOW follows a solitary cat navigating a world reshaped by rising waters. Told entirely through movement,
Flee
FLEE tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his soon to be husband. Recounted mostly through animation to director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, he tells
Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?
Producer Genki Kawamura follows up his mega-hit YOUR NAME with another tale of star-crossed teenage lovers with a sci-fi fantasy twist. Shy Norimichi and fast-talking Yusuke, are goo-goo-eyed over the same elusive classmate, Nazuna. But Nazuna, unhappy over her mother’s decision to remarry and leave their countryside town, plans to
Fantastic Planet
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, August 9 as we take “a sublime trip to a fine new world,” with one of the all-time great midnight movie cult-classics, director René Laloux‘s 1973 animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET. Nothing else has ever looked or felt like this film, a politically