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Genre: Documentary

Monterey Pop – 50th Anniversary Remaster!

On a beautiful June weekend in 1967, at the height of the Summer of Love, the first and only Monterey International Pop Festival roared forward, capturing a decade’s spirit and ushering in a new era of rock and roll. Monterey would launch the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis

Moby Doc

MOBY DOC is a surrealist biographical documentary narrated by Moby as he reflects on his turbulent personal life and iconic music from underground punk bands to chart-topping solo artist, and from struggling addict to vegan activist. Featuring interviews with David Lynch and David Bowie, along with extraordinary concert

Mister Organ (With Director David Farrier Q&A)

Kiwi journalist and filmmaker David Farrier (TICKLED, DARK TOURIST) unwittingly stumbles into a game of cat and mouse with a mystery man creating havoc in his neighborhood, wheel-clamping cars at a local antique store. That clamper was Michael Organ. When the owner of the shop this wheel clamper patrols denies

Missing From Fire Trail Road (Director in Attendance for Q&A)

A riveting documentary detailing the case of Mary Ellen Johnson-Davis, a Native American woman who disappeared in 2020. Her story exposes how hundreds of indigenous women continue to go missing in the USA, perpetuating trans-generational trauma on Indian reservations. Director Sabrina Van Tassel and Executive Producer Deborah Parker (activist, and

Minding the Gap

Winner of a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking at last year’s Sundance Film Festival and now shortlisted in the Best Documentary category at this year’s Oscars, MINDING THE GAP is a vital and heartrending story about young men growing up in Rockford, Illinois. Compiling over 12 years of footage shot

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator.  Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live

Metric: Dreams So Real

In DREAMS SO REAL, the new feature-length 4K concert documentary, Canadian rock group Metric’s last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour is captured, to glorious effect. In 2016 the group traversed the globe on the most significant tour of their career. The show in Vancouver,

Meru

“The best climbing movie of the year.” – Outside MagazineWinner of the prestigious Audience Award (Documentary) at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, MERU perfectly balances its tense, nailbiting narrative with some of most impressive climbing footage ever captured; all set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Himalayan Mount Meru.  

Mermaids (2017)

A feature documentary about the powerful allure of a universal myth. MERMAIDS immerses audiences in a world where fantasies come to life. Following the stories of five extraordinary tail-donning women who are part of a growing “mermaiding” subculture. Audiences voyage between mermaid theme parks, conventions, tail-making studios, and deep into

Memory: The Origins of Alien

A contemplation on the symbiotic collaborative process of movie-making, the power of myth, and the collective unconscious, MEMORY: THE ORIGINS OF ALIEN unearths the largely untold origin story behind Ridley Scott’s cinematic masterpiece, and reveals a treasure trove of never-before-seen materials from the archives of Dan O’Bannon and H.R. Giger

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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