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Genre: History

Ed Wood

Known for his singular, stylish visual aesthetic, visionary director Tim Burton was the perfect choice to fete iconic “best worst filmmaker of all time” Ed Wood (PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE), with this masterful ode to movie-making and the horror genre. Johnny Depp stars as the ambitious but troubled cult

Dunkirk

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, November 11 for a Remembrance Day screening of acclaimed auteur Christopher Nolan‘s 2018 Oscar-winner, DUNKIRK. Told in three parts, this thrilling World War II drama takes a bold and innovative look at the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium,

Dumb Money

DUMB MONEY is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith

Dovbush

Presented by Ukraine Harmony Foundation Carpathians. Beginning of the 18th century. The brutal rule of the Polish nobility forces Hutsuls to flee to the mountains. Two brothers, Oleksa and Ivan Dovbush, find themselves to be outlaws and become opryshoks. In search of revenge on the lords for

Diagnosis: Dissent

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, November 10 for the Ukrainian film DIAGNOSIS: DISSENT. Presented by Ukraine Harmony Foundation. Sunday, November 10 Doors 1:30 pm | Movie 2:00 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Tickets HERE

David Lynch’s ‘The Elephant Man’ (45th Anniversary Restoration)

“I am not an animal! I am a human being! I.. am… a… man!” With this poignant second feature, David Lynch brought his atmospheric visual and sonic palette to a notorious true story set in Victorian England. When the London surgeon Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets the

Darkest Hour

Gary Oldman took home a well-deserved Oscar for his career-high performance in the role of a lifetime, as Winston Churchill, in director Joe Wright‘s (ATONEMENT, PRIDE & PREJUDICE) DARKEST HOUR (which was nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, including Best picture). This thrilling and inspiring true story begins

Christy: VIFF 2025

Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney) never imagined life beyond her small-town roots in West Virginia. But then she discovers a killer left hook and knack for knocking detractors out that just might be her tickets out of there. Fuelled by grit, raw determination, brash charisma, and an unshakable desire to win,

Chevalier

Inspired by the incredible true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr. in a tour de force performance) rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut

Shadowed by the torment of the murder of his entire family, the young, wary Caligula (Malcolm McDowell) eliminates his devious adoptive grandfather Tiberius (Peter O’Toole) and seizes control of the declining Roman Empire as it descends into a spiral of depravity, destruction and madness. A treatise on the corrupting

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

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