“Oh, what a lovely day!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, January 25 for an all-day, all MAD MAX movie marathon to benefit Aussie Bushfire Relief. In celebration of Australia Day (January 26), we are ready to throw our support to our friends and loved ones in “the land down under” the best … Read more
“Just one man can make a difference.” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on April 25 (aka ANZAC Day) with a screening of one of the biggest action movies from one of the biggest action franchises ever, Australian filmmaker George Miller‘s 1981 blockbuster MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR. This wildly successful … Read more
As we all gear up for legendary filmmaker George Miller‘s hotly anticipated FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to drop, we thought the time was right to revisit the very first entry in his storied franchise, the original MAD MAX. Set in a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man’s most precious resource — oil — has been … Read more
Written and directed by Gaspar Noé (CLIMAX, ENTER THE VOID) LUX ÆTERNA takes place backstage of a French film production, often utilizing split-screens to follow two characters at once. Charlotte Gainsbourg, acting as herself, plays the film’s — and the film-within-a-film’s — leading role of an actress taking on the role of a witch burned … Read more
Following the massive international success of 2005’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN, acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee turned his lens to another period adaptation, this time to Eileen Chang’s 1979 novella “Lust Caution.” Inspired by a true story and set in Hong Kong and Shanghai during 1938-1942, the hyper-erotic romantic drama received the dreaded NC-17 rating in the … Read more
A screw-turning psychological thriller made for the moment, LURKER is the razor-sharp directorial debut from “The Bear” and “Beef” writer-producer Alex Russell. When twenty-something Los Angeles retail clerk and loner Matthew (Théodore Pellerin) encounters rising pop star Oliver (SALTBURN’s Archie Madekwe), he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But staying there … Read more
It’s finally happening! We’re toasting Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver with a double feature our audience has been asking for for months! Join us on Thursday, June 13 for back-to-back screenings of director Dario Argento‘s giallo-infused, “candy-coloured,” phantasmagoric nightmare of a horror classic SUSPIRIA (“the most terrifying movie ever made!”), followed by Luca Guadagnino‘s spectacular 2018 … Read more
What happens when you throw together a fallen Mexican wrestler with serious rage issues, a just-out-of-prison ex-con with a regrettable face tattoo, and a recovering junkie motel owner in search of a kidney? That’s the premise of the berserk, blood-spattered, and wickedly entertaining feature debut from Ryan Prows. Set amidst the seedy underbelly of Los … Read more
From British director Rose Glass (whose 2019 feature film debut, the psychological horror thriller SAINT MAUD, was criminally underseen) comes an electric new love story, LOVE LIES BLEEDING. The film follows reclusive gym manager Lou, who falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their … Read more
Small-time criminal Watty Watts (Gil Bellows) attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black (Rory Cochrane). The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy behind and goes on the run with his beloved girlfriend, Starlene (Renée Zellweger). Heading toward Mexico, the fugitive couple gets plenty of media … Read more
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