Movies

Genre: Comedy

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Cool as Ice

All right STOP, collaborate and LISTEN. The Gentlemen Hecklers are back and presentin’ COOL AS ICE (ice, baybee!) at The Rio Theatre on Wednesday, April 13. To the extreme, the Hecklers are going to rock the mics like vandals while they light up our stage and wax chumps like

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

Shallow Grave

What’s a little murder among friends? Join us at the Rio Theatre for a double bill celebrating the work of one of Britatin’s most acclaimed filmmakers, Oscar-winner Danny Boyle (STEVE JOBS, SLUMDOG MILLIONNAIRE, 127 HOURS), with two of his best; SHALLOW GRAVE and TRAINSPOTTING. Set in Edinburgh, Boyle’s first feature

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

“If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to, do it; Want to change the world… there’s nothing to it.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on April 15 & 17, and enter a candy-coated “world of pure imagination.”

Being John Malkovich

“Have you ever had two people look at you, with complete lust and devotion, through the same pair of eyes?” Join us on the 7 1/2th floor of the Rio Theatre on April 5, as our Friday Late Night Movie series continues with Spike Jonze’s brilliantly insane and insanely brilliantly

Anomalisa

From the brilliant mind of Charlie Kaufman (BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, ADAPTATION) comes ANOMALISA, a very human, stop-motion masterpiece unlike any other you’ll see this year. This very human, introspective romantic drama about a lonely inspirational speaker (David Thewlis) who becomes reinvigorated after meeting a

The Commitments

Get your Irish on, Vancouver! We’re getting in the St. Patrick’s Day mood a day early at the Rio Theatre with one of the most beloved Irish films (with one of the best soundtracks) of all time… On our big screen, with our even bigger sound.

Leprechaun: In Hecklevision!

Remember that time that Willow was a super angry, 600 year-old leprechaun who terrorized Jennifer Aniston over a stolen pot of gold in a horror movie before she got famous? Of course you do! Because that movie is LEPRECHAUN, it is awesome, and we’re screening it for your viewing pleasure

Space Jam

Remember that time that Michael Jordan helped Bugs Bunny, Tweety Bird, and a bunch of your other favourite Loony Toons play a basketball game against aliens (and Danny DeVito) in the name of personal freedom? Of course you do! Because it’s SPACE JAM, it’s awesome, and it’s our Friday Late

Annie Hall

“Most of us… Need the eggs.” Widely regarded as one of – if not the – best romantic comedies of all time, Woody Allen’s ANNIE HALL broke rules and new ground when it was released in 1976, and has since become archetypical in its influence. Often replicated but never duplicated,

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

Phone: 604.879.3456

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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