A few years from now… Bacurau, a small village in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants (among them Sônia Braga) notice that their village has literally vanished from online maps and a UFO-shaped drone is seen flying overhead. There are forces that … Read more
One of the most well-crafted, impactful and infamous J-horror films ever is making a return to the big screen after far too long a break. Even better? It’s now been remastered for its 20th Anniversary, and it’s slated to scared up the Rio Theatre‘s big screen as a Friday Late Night Movie on March 1! … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for the highly anticipated ATTACK ON TITAN Parts 1 & 2, the upcoming live-action feature films from Studio Toho and acclaimed Japanese Director Shinji Higuchi. Written by Yusuke Watanabe, the movies will feature Japanese film stars Haruma Miura and Kiko Mizuhara. The result is a larger than life intense … Read more
A paraplegic computer engineer that moves in a wheelchair and works in his basement starts hearing noises and voices of bank-robbers.
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, July 24 for an evening dedicated to some great anime, including the Vancouver Premiere of acclaimed artist Robert Valley‘s latest short film Pear Cider and Cigarettes followed by Takeshi Koike‘s Redline. Robert Valley will be in attendance to both introduce Pear Cider and Cigarettes and for a … Read more
One of the most immersive and rarefied experiences in the history of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape. A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men … Read more
AMORES PERROS (“Love’s a Bitch”) is Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu‘s blisteringly bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives, AMORES PERROS explores the lives of disparate characters who are catapulted into unforeseen dramatic situations instigated by … Read more
“Do you like Huey Lewis and The News?” The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on November 29 with AMERICAN PSYCHO, a biting black comedy that examines the elements that make a man a misogynist monster – perhaps buckling under the pressure of the Holiday season – which makes it a perfectly fitting … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a special presentation of cult sci-fi classic Zardoz, presented in partnership with our friends at Storm Crow Tavern on Commercial Drive and the brand-new Storm Crow Alehouse on Broadway. (What does this mean? Here’s what this means: Show your online receipt/ticket/proof of purchase to Zardoz and get 10% … Read more
In this 1980 sci-fi horror film, William Hurt plays Eddie Jessup, a scientist obsessed with discovering mankind’s true role in the universe. To this end, he submits himself to a series of mind-expanding experiments. By enclosing himself in a sensory-deprivation chamber and taking hallucinogenic drugs, Jessup hopes to explore different levels of human consciousness, but … Read more
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