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Genre: Romance

Last Night (With Don McKellar & Bruce McDonald Q&A)

Writer-director Don McKellar captured the collective, generational existential angst felt by everyone on the planet as it hurtled towards the potential apocalypse of Y2K doom with, naturally, a darkly comic romantic satire with his 1998 offering, LAST NIGHT. Perfectly capturing the sense of quiet dread and malaise that veiled the

Wicked (Sing Along!)

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, May 10 for the version of the blockbuster hit musical WICKED that you’ve been waiting for – the SING ALONG! Find all your most fun, popular pals and defy some gravity and support of the gang at the Terminal City Roller

Wings of Desire (New Restoration!)

WINGS OF DESIRE is one of cinema’s loveliest city symphonies. Bruno Ganz is Damiel, an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts—fears, hopes, dreams—of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give

Anora

Filmmaker Sean Baker‘s Palme d’Or winner ANORA is an audacious, thrilling, and comedic variation on a modern day Cinderella story. Mikey Madison (ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, FX’s “Better Things”) captivates in a star-making turn as Ani, a young sex worker from Brooklyn whose life takes an unexpected turn

2046

Wong Kar-Wai’s loose, “spiritual sequel” to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE combines that film’s languorous air of romantic longing with a dizzying time-hopping structure and avant-sci-fi twist. Tony Leung Chiu Wai reprises his role as writer Chow Mo-Wan, whose numerous failed relationships with women who drift in and out of

Ghost

“Molly, you in danger girl.” The Rio Theatre is getting into the Valentine’s Day mood with a screening of one of the most memorable, supernatural romantic fantasy fairy-tale films ever, Jerry Zucker’s GHOST. In one of his most defining performances, Patrick Swayze stars as banker Sam Molly Jensen

Queer

Daniel Craig has turned in one of 2024’s most celebrated performances in prolific Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, CHALLENGERS) languid period drama QUEER, adapted from William S. Burroughs‘ 1985 romantic novella of the same name. Set in the 1950’s, Craig (perhaps best-known as James Bond) stars

Little Women (30th Anniversary Screening)

“I find it poor logic to say that because women are good, women should vote. Men do not vote because they are good; they vote because they are male, and women should vote, not because we are angels and men are animals, but because we are human beings and citizens

‘The Room’ Holiday Party (Hosted by Greg Sestero!)

“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special Holiday screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. “What makes this so special,” you ask? Well, this holly-fueled screening

VIFF 2024: Timestalker

Seemingly pathologically incapable of remembering the past, Agnes is condemned to repeat it time and time and time and time again in this outlandish romantic comedy from writer-director-star Alice Lowe. Agnes’s downward spiral kicks off in 17th century Scotland when she falls for the disinterested Alex (Aneurin Barnard) at a

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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