Movies
Genre: Mystery
Zodiac
The American Genre Film Archive‘s new remaster of director Tom Hanson‘s exploitative cinematic oddity THE ZODIAC KILLER, is getting some big screen time at the Rio Theatre as part of a double bill with David Fincher‘s cult-classic ZODIAC (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) on Sunday, August
Wicked Little Letters
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbors: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett stars in director Richard Linklater‘s latest, based on Maria Semple‘s runaway best-seller, WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE. Former architect Bernadette Fox (Blanchett) seems to have it all — a beautiful home in Seattle, a successful and loving husband, and a brilliant teenage daughter who’s about to attend boarding
Weapons
Following up the indie appeal of 2022’s BARBARIAN, writer-director Zach Cregger‘s WEAPONS was one of the breakout titles that excited genre fans the most in 2025, thanks to its utterly compelling blend of inventive non-linear storytelling that mixed humor and genuine scares supported by a stellar cast that drove a
Watcher
As a serial killer stalks the city, a young actress (Maika Monroe, who made waves as an indie arthouse horror “It Girl” in movies like IT FOLLOWS and THE GUEST) who just moved to town with her boyfriend notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street in this
Virupaksha (Final Screening!)
Mysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person’s occult practice. The whole town is scared of these killings. Will they find the person who causes the deaths? ,problems faced during the process is the rest of the story. Saturday, May 6 Final Screening! Doors
VIFF: Nightsiren
Canadian Premiere Tereza Nvotová follows up her critically acclaimed feature debut, Filthy, with this lush, atmospheric genre piece that masterfully mines regional superstitions and witch lore as she continues to interrogate female trauma and toxic patriarchal structures at the heart of destructive social dynamics. The film centers on Šarlota, a young
VIFF: Huesera
A riveting, genre-bending feature debut following a soon-to-be mother, Valeria, as she starts experiencing odd visions and sensations that alert her to a supernatural presence lurking around the corner. As her paranoia grows, she encounters increasing resistance from her partner and immediate family, with old wounds slowly resurfacing and further
VIFF: Brother
Clement Virgo (The Book of Negroes) makes a brilliant return to feature filmmaking with this propulsive adaptation of David Chariandy’s celebrated novel. Set against the backdrop of suburban Scarborough, Brother follows siblings Michael (Lamar Johnson) and Francis (Aaron Pierre) as they strive to justify the sacrifices of their devoting mother (Marsha Stephanie
VIFF 2023: Raging Grace
When a position opens up caring for a terminally ill British aristocrat in his secluded mansion, Joy (Maxine Eigenman) jumps at the opportunity. To an undocumented Filipino woman with a mischievous, equally undocumented daughter, Grace, it sounds like the perfect gig. Gradually, though, Joy begins to realize she’s swapped the