Movies
Genre: Romance
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
The Virgin Suicides
In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, s
La Piscine
Jean-Paul (the late, great Alain Delon in one of his most memorable performances) and Marianne (Romy Schneider) indulge in their passion for each other while borrowing a friend’s luxurious villa in the south of France. When the friend (Maurice Ronet) and his daughter (Jane Birkin) arrive unexpectedly, rivalries and insecurities
Footloose (40th Anniversary Screening)
“You won’t get any dancing here, it’s illegal.” Cut loose (and kick off your Monday shoes) with a 40th Anniversary screening of the 1980s pop-culture classic FOOTLOOSE. In this iconic 80s romantic drama, Bacon stars as a kid from the big city who finds
Pretty in Pink
“BLANE?! That’s a major appliance! That’s not a name.” Team 80’s is up to bat and the Rio Theatre is bringing in heavy hitter, PRETTY IN PINK, starring 80’s Brat Pack icons Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer. (The jury’s still out on whether James Spader makes