Our marquee is going full-tilt merry-merry with beloved Christmas classics this season, including one of the most requested holiday favourites we get this time of year, WHITE CHRISTMAS. In beloved musical WHITE CHRISTMAS, icons Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye star as veteran singers Bob Wallace and Phil Davis, who join up with the sister act of … Read more
“The music made him do it!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, October 28 for a Brian De Palma double bill featuring a 50th Anniversary screening of the 1974 rock opera THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE followed by the new 4K restoration of CARRIE. De Palma’s cult-classic is a fan-favourite rock opera that … Read more
Filmmaker Catherine Bainbridge‘s award-winning music documentary RUMBLE: THE INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD is about the role of Native Americans in popular music history, a little-known story built around the incredible lives and careers of the some of the greatest music legends. RUMBLE shows how these talented Native musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our … Read more
“CAUTION: The Surgeon General warns that viewing this band is equal to 29 orgasms.” In this musical comedy-adventure starring self-proclaimed “greatest band in the world” Tenacious D, a pair of aspiring rock superstars attempt to convince the world of their true talents as they embark on a daring quest to acquire the supernaturally powered guitar … Read more
“God of Rock, thank you for this chance to kick ass. We are your humble servants. Please give us the power to blow people’s minds with our high voltage rock. In your name we pray, Amen.” In director Richard Linklater‘s hilarious SCHOOL OF ROCK, a pitch-perfect Jack Black takes centre stage as an overly enthusiastic … Read more
Spice up your motherfudging life! This screening is the movie only with no live drag show! Get your platform shoes, British accents, and Union Jack dresses ready because SPICE WORLD, starring everybody’s favorite 90’s girl group (everyone else was such a wannabe, right?), is getting the big screen treatment at the Rio Theatre. The film … Read more
“I carried a watermelon.” Celebrate ANDREA WARNER‘s new book, The Time of My Life, on Wednesday, August 7 with a special DIRTY DANCING screening and costume contest! Keep it Crayze for Swayze and stick around for a double bill screening with DONNIE DARKO. Have the time of your life and feel free to sing-along, we know you … Read more
“Earth women who experience sexual ecstasy with mechanical assistance always tend to feel guilty!” We’re celebrating Canada Day with a prime time screening of one of the ultimate, hands-down best hoser animated cult-classic of ever, HEAVY METAL. This cinematic slice of 80s-era superhero sci-fi Canadiana (we’re talking John Candy, Al Waxman, Eugene Levy, Joe Flaherty et … Read more
Spice up your motherfudging life! Get your platform shoes, British accents, and Union Jack dresses ready because on Tuesday, July 30 we’re toasting #VanPride with not one, but two screenings of SPICE WORLD – with a live drag shadowcast featuring Vancouver’s own amazing Spice Gurlz! Everybody’s favorite 90’s girl-powered group (everyone else was such a … Read more
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 Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were … Read more
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