Billed as the “spiritual successor” of director Todd Solondz’ (Happiness) much-loved coming-of-age satire Welcome to the Dollhouse, Wiener-Dog is in keeping with darkly comic yet deeply vulnerable tone for which he is best known. This latest film is an anthology featuring people who find their lives inspired or changed by one particularly cute dachshund who … Read more
This Movie is part of The Vancouver Queer Film Festival All information and tickets can also be found at http://queerfilmfestival.ca/ Celebrating the best in independent queer cinema, the Vancouver Queer Film Festival is Vancouver’s second largest film festival and the largest queer arts event in Western Canada. The Festival hosts a variety of performances, workshops, panels, parties and … Read more
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the … Read more
“It’s all in the reflexes…” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with John Carpenter‘s insanely fun and totally 80s martial arts-filled action fantasy BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Don’t forget to come wearing your tank top tucked into your jeans with no belt. Carpenter’s “muse” (they’ve made more than a few films … Read more
“You’re so money and you don’t even know it!” Listen up, beautiful babies: Back in the mid-90s, the dating scene was different, you dig? There was no internet, there were no cellphones (*unless you were Gordon Gecko, maybe?), and there was definitely no swiping left or right if you wanted to hook up. What there … Read more
“Hey you guu-uuys!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a 40th Anniversary family-friendly screening of what is – hands down – one of the all time most-requested titles we get, director Richard Donner‘s THE GOONIES. Written by Chris Columbus from a story by the film’s producer Steven Spielberg, this beloved 80s childhood classic follows a … Read more
Join us on Saturday, July 16 at the Rio Theatre for a very special 20th Anniversary screening of Bordello of Blood. Featured guests for this event include director Gil Adler, special effects creator Todd Masters, and John Kassir (aka, the voice of the Crypt Keeper!) via Skype. Shot in Vancouver, Bordello of Blood is a … Read more
When two of the horror world’s greatest masters get together, you’re gonna get a masterpiece! Directed by George Romero from a script by Stephen King, Creepshow is a total 80s cult classic compendium inspired by the EC and DC horror comics of the 1950s. Ostensibly an anthology film of five short (but terrifying… and funny) … Read more
From the writing-directing team of Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS) and Taika Waititi (JOJO RABBIT, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, THOR: Ragnarok) comes a bloody high-larious tale in which an endearingly un-hip quartet of kiwi vampire friends reveal to us or, rather, to the documentary crew that’s filming them, the details of their daily-make that … Read more
Raised on hip-hop and foster care, defiant city kid Ricky gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside. He quickly finds himself at home with his new foster family: the loving Aunt Bella, the cantankerous Uncle Hec, and dog Tupac. When a tragedy strikes that threatens to ship Ricky to another home, both he … Read more
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