Movies
Genre: Science Fiction
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
“You know, hope is a mistake. If you can’t fix what’s broken, you’ll, uh… you’ll go insane.” Iconic Aussie filmmaker George Miller adds another chapter to his legendary franchise with FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA, a fitting prequel to the triumphant 2015 series reboot, FURY ROAD. This is
Friday the 13th: Jason X
It’s Friday, (May) the 13th… And Jason Voorhees lives! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 13 with the final film in the iconic FRIDAY THE 13th movie franchise, the 2001 installment JASON X. (We’ve been plugging in other films from the series, in
Freaks (Advance Screening!)
Directors Zach Lipovsky and Adam Stein‘s FREAKS portrays the story of 7-year-old Chloe, (Lexy Kolker), who lives in both fear under her father’s (Emile Hirsch) protective and paranoid control, and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals” create a constant threat – or so she believes. When a mysterious stranger (Bruce
Frankenstein (1931)
“It’s alive….!” The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween favourites continues this month as we venture ever deeper and darker into classic “creature features” of yore with a screening of James Whale‘s stylish, bold, and nuanced FRANKENSTEIN on Saturday, October 25. This iconic horror film follows
Frankenhooker
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 9 with a screening of Frank Henenlotter’s (BASKET CASE, BRAIN DAMAGE) totally absurd (yet totally smart) 90s horror comedy FRANKENHOOKER. Given the recent success of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ not entirely dissimilar transmutation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” POOR THINGS,
Flash Gordon
“Pathetic earthlings… Who can save you now?” Remember that time your favourite band Queen laid down a killer soundtrack for one of the 80s most gloriously insane, over-the-top, inter-galactic superhero movies of ever (or maybe just the 80s)? Of course you do! Because that movie is FLASH GORDON, it’s
Fantastic Planet
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, August 9 as we take “a sublime trip to a fine new world,” with one of the all-time great midnight movie cult-classics, director René Laloux‘s 1973 animated marvel FANTASTIC PLANET. Nothing else has ever looked or felt like this film, a politically
Face/Off
Prepare yourselves accordingly, Vancouver. On Saturday, September 4, the Rio Theatre will be offering up a special long-weekend screening of John Woo‘s endlessly stylish, elegantly violent, trash fantasy cult-classic cat-and-mouse two-hander FACE/OFF. Not only does it feature a legendarily scene-stealing (and chewing) performance from staff favourite Nicolas Cage, it’s a movie
Ex Machina
One of the biggest surprise sleeper hits of 2015 is EX MACHINA, Alex Garland’s “uncommonly engaging” directorial debut, hailed as a “a smart, sleek movie about men and the machines they make” by The New York Times critic Manohla Dargis. Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander and Oscar Isaac. Sunday, July
Everything Everywhere All at Once (Final Screenings!)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE has dominated the hearts and minds of movie-loving audiences, critics, and every major awards, from the Golden Globes to the Screen Actors Guild, and now… the Oscars! On March 12, the film took home major awards and swept up in a historic night for the