Movies
Genre: Comedy
The Favourite
Early 18th century. England is at war with the French. Nevertheless, duck racing and pineapple eating are thriving. A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) governs the country in her stead while tending to Anne’s ill health and mercurial
The Farewell
Writer-director Lulu Wang mined her own life experience for the premise behind the family drama THE FAREWELL, which has emerged as one of this summer’s breakout indie critical and commercial hits. Rapper-turned-actress Awkwafina – who proved her comedic chops in both Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean’s 8 –, and has now
The Family Star
THE FAMILY STAR, starring the charismatic Vijay Devarakonda and the talented Mrunal Thakur in the lead roles, the movie is poised to weave a compelling love story that will undoubtedly resonate with viewers. It is a much-anticipated project under the banner of Sri Venkateswara Creations, with the combined production prowess of Dil
The Editor
Following its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2014, THE EDITOR has gained a massive cult following among horror afficoonados. Astron-6 (the kickass Canadian film crew behind MANBORG and FATHER’S DAY) up their game to a whole new level with a film that works as both a
The Doom Generation (4K Restoration)
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on June 21 with Gregg Araki‘s fifth feature, the 1995 dark satire THE DOOM GENERATION. Billed as, “A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki,” the film is the second installment in the director’s trilogy known as the Teenage Apocalypse film
The Disaster Artist (#Save the Rio Fundraiser)
Oh hai, Doggy. In November of 2013, while filming THE INTERVIEW in Vancouver, James Franco saw THE ROOM for the very first time at the Rio Theatre. That screening was hosted by actor Greg Sestero (aka as “Mark” in Tommy Wiseau‘s pop-culture phenomenon), who was discussing his recently
The Death of Stalin
The one-liners fly as fast as political fortunes fall in this uproarious, wickedly irreverent satire from writer-director Armando Iannucci (VEEP, IN THE LOOP). Moscow, 1953: when tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin drops dead, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to be the next Soviet leader. Among the
The Dead Don’t Die
Returning as part of our Friday Late Night Series American writer-director Jim Jarmusch – best known for reliable arthouse fare like DOWN BY LAW, ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE and DEAD MAN – steps away from his safe zone and into the world of the zombie comedy, assembling the most startlingly A-List
The Dark Divide (With Filmmaker Q&A!)
THE DARK DIVIDE is based on the true story of renowned butterfly expert Dr. Robert Pyle’s (David Cross) perilous 1995 journey across one of America’s largest undeveloped wildlands. At the urging of his dying wife Thea (Debra Messing), the shy author finds himself in over his head on an epic,
The Darjeeling Limited
We’re toasting one of our faaaaavourite contemporary writer-directors, Wes Anderson, with a double bill night featuring two of our favourites of his – his first feature, BOTTLE ROCKET (1996) followed by THE DARJEELING LIMITED (2007). See one, or see them both for one sweet price! Tuesday, July 11