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Genre: Mystery

Donnie Darko

“Sometimes, I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.” Before STRANGER THINGS combined science fiction, Spielbergian touches and ‘80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the high-water mark with his debut feature, DONNIE DARKO. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge

Decision to Leave

What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to

Day of the Dead (40th Anniversary Screening)

George A. Romero’s DAY OF THE DEAD, the apocalyptic final chapter of the ultimate zombie trilogy, returns for its 40th Anniversary!   Whole generations of horror lovers had never seen any of Romero’s zombie classics at a theatre or drive-in, but in November 2021 Red Band Releasing started helping book the

David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive featuring Rebekah Del Rio LIVE!

“Hey, pretty girl, time to wake up.” The Rio Theatre is pleased to present a very special, 20th Anniversary screening of David Lynch‘s sexy, dreamlike and twisty neo-noir MULHOLLAND DRIVE – with singer Rebekah Del Rio performing live and participating in a Q&A on Wednesday,

Dario Argento’s Deep Red (4K Restoration!)

From Dario Argento, the man behind some the greatest excursions in Italian horror (SUSPIRIA, THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE, THE CAT O’ NINE TAILS), comes DEEP RED: Arguably the ultimate “giallo.” Aided by a throbbing score from legendary proggers Goblin, this hallucinatory fever dream is punctuated by some of

Cuckoo (Final Screening)

Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister

Cruising

Al Pacino stars in William Friedkin‘s (THE EXORCIST, THE FRENCH CONNECTION) notorious neon-lit time capsule, CRUISING, a polarizing crime thriller that stirred controversy when it was released in 1980 due to both its depiction of the gay community and its thematic exploration of identity and sexuality. The film follows Detective

Contact

She’s known it since she was a young girl, when she would magically connect with distant voices on her father’s shortwave radio. She’s known it since college, when she chose the search for intelligent extraterrestrial messages as her discipline. She’s known it since she bargained for just hours a week

Clue (40th Anniversary Restoration)

It was Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a candlestick… Based on the popular board game CLUE, this live-action adaptation received mixed reviews upon release, but in the years since it has taken on a life of its own and become a total cult movie – perfect

Clown in a Cornfield

The adaptation of author Adam Cesare’s CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD recreates what makes the young adult novel and its subsequent sequels so special: it speaks to a younger generation about the frustrating generational divide while never sacrificing the horror. This slasher movie knows the best way

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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