Movies

Genre: Drama

Don’t Look Now (Hosted by Osgood Perkins)

Nicolas Roeg‘s acclaimed supernatural thriller DON’T LOOK NOW is as much a surrealistic ghost story as it is a meditative exploration on grief, told through the experiences of a married couple. Noted for its innovative use of imagery and colour (and a legendary love scene featuring the late, great Canadian

Dolemite Is My Name

Stung by a string of showbiz failures, floundering comedian Rudy Ray Moore (Academy Award nominee Eddie Murphy) has an epiphany that turns him into a word-of-mouth sensation: step onstage as someone else. Borrowing from the street mythology of 1970s Los Angeles, Moore assumes the persona of Dolemite, a pimp with

Dogtooth (15th Anniversary Restoration)

Graceful, enigmatic, and often frightening, DOGTOOTH is an ingenious dark comedy that won the Un Certain Regard Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, propelling Oscar-winner Yorgos Lanthimos (POOR THINGS, THE FAVOURITE, THE LOBSTER) to the forefront of contemporary cinema’s most ambitious

Dogman

In a seaside village on the outskirts of an Italian city, where the only law seems to be survival of the fittest, Marcello is a slight, mild-mannered man who divides his days between working at his modest dog grooming salon, caring for his daughter Alida, and being coerced into the

DogMan

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,

Dog Day Afternoon

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

Doctor Sleep (Featuring Director Mike Flanagan!)

“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.

Do the Right Thing

“Waaaaaaake up!” The Rio Theatre is waking up – by returning to its darkened state – with a film that speaks to our current social and political zeitgeist as no other: Spike Lee‘s DO THE RIGHT THING. Is it possible that Lee‘s triumphant 1989 masterpiece – a prescient

Disobedience

Sebastián Lelio (who took home Oscar gold earlier this year for A FANTASTIC WOMAN) does double duty as director and co-writer of DISOBEDIENCE, based on Naomi Alderman’s tragic romantic novel of the same name. The film follows New York photographer Ronit Krushka (Rachel Weisz) who flies to London after learning

Disappearnce

Two young lovers who go from hospital to hospital in search of help at a cold night in Tehran. Soon they will have to face the tragic consequences of their youthful inexperience.

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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