GKIDS proudly presents the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit YOUR NAME. The story is set during the summer of Hodaka’s high school freshman year, when he runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed … Read more
From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har’el brings to life a young actor’s stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. Fictionalizing his childhood’s ascent to stardom, and subsequent adult crash-landing into rehab and recovery, Har’el casts … Read more
In an Oscar-nominated performance, Tom Hanks portrays Mister Rogers in director Marielle Heller‘s (CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME) A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, a timely story of kindness triumphing over cynicism, based on the true story of the real-life friendship between legendary TV icon Fred Rogers, and investigative journalist Tom Junod. Emmy winner Matthew … Read more
Set against the vibrant landscape of South Florida, and featuring an astonishing ensemble of award-winning actors and breakouts alike, WAVES traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family–led by a well-intentioned but domineering father–as they navigate love, forgiveness and coming together in the aftermath of a loss. From acclaimed director Trey Edward Shults, … Read more
In Gotham City, mentally troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: the Joker. With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy. Tuesday, January 14 Doors 8:45 pm | Movie 9:15 … Read more
When Áila encounters a young Indigenous woman, barefoot and crying in the rain on the side of a busy street in East Vancouver, she soon discovers that this young woman, Rosie, has just escaped a violent assault at the hands of her boyfriend. Áila decides to bring Rosie home with her and over the course … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on January 10 with a winter-y classic from directors Joel and Ethan Cohen, FARGO. Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt… but he’s got a plan. He’s going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to … Read more
Inspired by author Jessica Pressler‘s 2015 cover story “The Hustlers at Scores,” a modern-day Robin Hood story that exposed the true tale of a crew of New York City strippers who, “stole from (mostly) rich, (usually) disgusting men and gave to, well, themselves,” writer-director Lorene Scafaria‘s HUSTLERS has emerged as one of 2019’s sleeper hits. … Read more
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, December 17 for a unique night of Stephen King-inspired horror: A back-to-back double-feature including Stanley Kubrick‘s iconic 1980 horror masterpiece THE SHiNiNG, followed by Mike Flanagan‘s 2019 follow-up, DOCTOR SLEEP. Even better? Writer-director Mike Flanagan – who … Read more
Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s PAIN AND GLORY tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo (a career-best performance from Golden Globe-nominee Antonio Banderas), a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with his parents to a village … Read more
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