Movies

Genre: Fantasy

It’s a Wonderful Life

“What is it you want, Mary? You want the moon? Just say the word and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.” Hot Dog! At this time of year, we get inundated with audience requests for the “holiday classic to define all holiday

It (Chapter I) #MonsterMonday

Based on Stephen King‘s hugely popular novel IT – which has been terrifying readers for decades – director Andy Muschietti‘s adaptation became one of 2017’s breakout hits, to ultimately emerge as the highest-grossing horror film of all time. We thought the time was right to revisit this modern classic as

Interview with the Vampire

Director Neil Jordan assembled a cast of serious A-list talent for the long-awaited adaptation of author Anne Rice‘s lush, goth pop-culture juggernaut INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE, released in 1994. Set against the backdrop of modern, gloomy San Francisco, 18th-century-born Spanish Lord Louis de Pointe du Lac (Brad Pitt), a bicentennial

Inland Empire (2022 Remaster)

A woman in trouble. David Lynch‘s sorely under-seen, surreal psychological thriller INLAND EMPIRE is pretty impossible to describe… It’s Lynch. It’s Laura Dern. (For fans of the auteur, that may be all they need to know!) Initially released in 2006, this was Lynch’s first digitally shot film, and

In Fabric

From acclaimed cult British filmmaker Peter Strickland (THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO) comes IN FABRIC, a highly stylized, gauzy giallo that might best be described as, “a surreal sartorial horror yarn.” In this darkly comic tale about a possessed dressed, Oscar-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (SECRETS & LIES) plays Sheila, a

Howl’s Moving Castle

There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! Movie-lovers of all ages adore animated classics from Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, and Hayao Miyazaki‘s HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE (2004) is one of the famed director’s most beloved, a spectacularly visual and highly imaginative

House (“Hausu”)

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on  with a screening of one of our favourite and most frequently requested titles – the bizarro 70’s Japanese cult-classic oddity that is HOUSE (“Hausu”). Some movies can’t be explained; they need to be experienced. HOUSE is one of

Hocus Pocus

Calling all 90s kids! Join us at the Rio Theatre this October for one of the hands-down, most requested Halloween titles we get, the original 1993 classic HOCUS POCUS. After moving to Salem, Mass., teenager Max Dennison (Omri Katz) explores an abandoned house with his sister Dani (Thora Birch) and

Hellraiser (Remastered)

“Demon to some. Angel to others.” Go back to where it all started. Stephen King was once famously quoted as saying, “I have seen the future of horror… his name is Clive Barker.” That future was realized in 1987 with the release of Barker’s directorial

Hellboy

Oscar-winning Mexican director Guillermo del Toro – one of the most visionary directors working in so-called “genre film”, or any genre for that matter – scored a massive hit with critics and fans of Mike Mignola‘s fantasy-fueled comic book superhero HELLBOY with his cinematic adaptation in 2004. Featuring a phenomenal

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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