Movies
Genre: Crime
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
One of the most talked about films from this year’s Academy Awards (who could ever forget Frances McDormand‘s Best Actress acceptance speech?!) is finally coming to the Rio Theatre, starting April 23. THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI is a darkly comic drama from Oscar-winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES). After months
Lowlife
What happens when you throw together a fallen Mexican wrestler with serious rage issues, a just-out-of-prison ex-con with a regrettable face tattoo, and a recovering junkie motel owner in search of a kidney? That’s the premise of the berserk, blood-spattered, and wickedly entertaining feature debut from Ryan Prows. Set amidst
Delinquent (Vancouver Premiere!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre – and toast National Canadian Film Day (April 18) – with the Vancouver Premiere of director David Strasser’s, DELINQUENT, the first feature-length film to be shot on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island. DELINQUENT tells the inspirational story of a rebellious teenager on a
Ichi the Killer – 4K Restoration!
Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER has endured as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the last two decades, and now it returns in a stunning all-new 4k restoration – approved by Miike himself. This visceral, bloody, and often hilarious film follows Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a notoriously
Cagefest 2020: Raising Arizona
“Edwina’s insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.” Cagefest – our (unofficial) Nicolas Cage Film Fest (aka, NIFF), a solid 5 days’ worth of our fave performances from one of our all-time favourite contemporary actors – continues on Friday, October 9, with
Thelma & Louise
“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake…” Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar.
American Psycho
“Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on November 29 with AMERICAN PSYCHO, a biting black comedy that examines the elements that make a man a misogynist monster – perhaps buckling under the pressure of
My Friend Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story. Jeff Dahmer (Ross Lynch, in a breakout performance) is an awkward teenager
Baby Driver
In writer-director Edgar Wright‘s (SHAUN OF THE DEAD, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD) pulsating thrill-ride BABY DRIVER, Ansel Elgort stars as a very young, very talented and somewhat hearing impaired getaway driver named Baby who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best in the game.
Good Time
The Safdie Brothers‘ (Ben and Joshua) much-deserved rapturous reception for their dazzling crime heist thriller GOOD TIME at this year’s Cannes Film Festival (where it was in competition for the coveted Palme d’Or) makes it must-see viewing – in addition to being one of this summer’s most stylish sleepers, it