As a child, Douglas was abused by a violent father who then threw him to the dogs. Instead of attacking him, the dogs protected him. Traumatised and leading a life on the margins of society with his dogs, Douglas descends into a murderous madness. With Caleb Landry Jones,
The robbery should have taken ten minutes. Eight hours later, it was the hottest thing on live TV. And it’s all true. Based on the true story of a 1972 Brooklyn bank robbery that went awry, Sidney Lumet‘s Oscar-winning drama chronicles a truly unique New York City
“You’ve got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky?” Clint Eastwood stars as Dirty Harry Callahan, a no-holds-barred San Francisco cop in this action thriller that began an action franchise–Dirty Harry. Harry doesn’t break murder cases – he smashes them. When he is assigned to pay
It’s the 4K restoration of a film we’ve been desperately waiting 40 years for, Susan Seidelman’s DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN. Starring Rosanna Arquette and the original material girl in her first ever on-screen role, Madonna. A bored New Jersey suburban housewife’s fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in
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
What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to
Al Pacino stars in William Friedkin‘s (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) notorious neon-lit time capsule, CRUISING, a polarizing crime thriller that stirred controversy when it was released in 1980 due to both its depiction of the gay community and its thematic exploration of identity and sexuality. The film follows Detective
Indian wrier-director Lokesh Kanagaraj (LEO, VIKRAM) is teaming with superstar Rajinikanth on the highly anticipated Tamil-language film COOLIE, which Delves into a man’s relentless quest for vengeance. Since his youth, he’s been driven by righting the past wrongs, which have shaped his his very existence. The story is told in such a
“What we’ve got here is… failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach.” The Rio Theatre’s summer series of classics continues with Cool Hand Luke, featuring a career-high performance from one of our all-time, hands-down, always-and-forever movie favourites – Paul Newman. When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to
“Sorry boss, but there’s only two men I trust. One of them’s me. The other’s not you.” Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed “Jailbird” with some of the worst