Movies
Genre: Crime
Cocaine Bear
Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount
Cobra
The Rio’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 31 with Sylvester Stallone in the ultra-violent (yet deliciously cheesey) 1986 crime thriller COBRA. “It is such an exercise in pure unchecked and misplaced testosterone run amuck… that it exerts strange but undeniable fascination.” (The Spool) Bonus Points:
Clue (40th Anniversary Restoration)
It was Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a candlestick… Based on the popular board game CLUE, this live-action adaptation received mixed reviews upon release, but in the years since it has taken on a life of its own and become a total cult movie – perfect
Cloud
A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (CURE, PULSE), concerning Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, Yoshii gradually attempts to
City of God
Fernando Meirelles‘ CITY OF GOD is a sweeping tale of how crime affects the poor population of Rio de Janeiro. Though the narrative skips around in time, the main focus is on Cabeleira who formed a gang called the Tender Trio. He and his best friend, Bené (Phelipe Haagensen), become
Cinderella the Cat
As part of Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver and in celebration of Italian Day on the Drive (Sunday, June 10), the Rio Theatre is highlighting select Italian titles in June The cinderella here, Mia, has been mute since the death of her inventor and shipping-magnate
Chopper: Aussie Day!
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi! Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, January 26 as we raise our glass and toast the land down under (where women glow and men plunder) on Australia Day with the hilarious cult-classic comedy THE CASTLE followed by the controversial CHOPPER, starring Eric
Chinatown (50th Anniversary Screening!)
Five decades after its release, Roman Polanski‘s epic landmark CHINATOWN still manages to exemplify the film noir tradition, standing as a true Hollywood screen classic. In one of his most memorable performances, Jack Nicholson stars as private eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern
Chinatown
On Saturday, May 13 we’re celebrating the one and only Jack Nicholson with a Jack Off! Double Feature highlighting two memorable – not to mention very different – turns from one of cinema’s most celebrated actors. Join us at 7:00 pm for CHINATOWN, then stick around and dance with the
Charlie’s Angels
In the Rio Theatre ongoing SUMMER MOVIE BATTLE, Team 80’s brought us the ‘Brat Pack’ while Team Y2K kicked, chopped and stunted it’s way into the new millennium with girl power, fun flicks like CHARLIE’S ANGELS. Natalie Cook (Cameron Diaz), Dylan Sanders (Drew Barrymore), and Alex Munday (Lucy Liu) are