Join us at the Rio Theatre – and toast National Canadian Film Day (April 18) – with the Vancouver Premiere of director David Strasser’s, DELINQUENT, the first feature-length film to be shot on British Columbia’s Salt Spring Island. DELINQUENT tells the inspirational story of a rebellious teenager on a downward spiral. Jakob Levin is sentenced … Read more
In addition to THE SHAPE OF WATER winning the highly-coveted Oscar for Best Picture, master Mexican story-teller and director Guillermo del Toro took home a lot of hardware – including the Best Director Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Golden Lion from the Venice Film Fest – for this other-worldly fairy tale, a sci-fi love letter … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s ongoing Friday Late Night Movie series continues on September 19 with master anime creator Satoshi Kon‘s 2006 work of psychological science-fiction, PAPRIKA. The storyfollows Dr. Atsuko Chiba, who works as a scientist by day and, under the code name “Paprika,” who moonlights as a so-called “dream detective at night.” Atsuko and her colleagues … Read more
Writer-director Cory Finley‘s tight (and tart) debut feature is a deliciously wicked tale of female friendship gone thrillingly awry – think HEATHERS meets AMERICAN PSYCHO, by way of Whit Stillman. THOROUGHBREDS benefits greatly from strong performances by its stellar young cast – including Anya Taylor-Joy (THE WITCH, SPLIT), Olivia Cooke (READY PLAYER ONE, ME AND … Read more
Gary Oldman took home a well-deserved Oscar for his career-high performance in the role of a lifetime, as Winston Churchill, in director Joe Wright‘s (ATONEMENT, PRIDE & PREJUDICE) DARKEST HOUR (which was nominated for a total of six Academy Awards, including Best picture). This thrilling and inspiring true story begins on the eve of World … Read more
In 1991, talented figure skater Tonya Harding becomes the first American woman to complete a triple axel during a competition. In 1994, her world comes crashing down when her ex-husband conspires to injure Nancy Kerrigan, a fellow Olympic hopeful, in a poorly conceived attack that forces the young woman to withdraw from the national championship. … Read more
Writer-director and all-around indie darling Greta Gerwig cemented her status as one of Hollywood’s brightest with her somewhat self-inspired coming-of-age comedy-drama about a 90’s-era California high school student who plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York, which went on to garner Golden Globe awards (Best Picture … Read more
Come see folks who wrote jokes for Netflix’s latest season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for one of the most gloriously ripe slices of mid-80’s fromage you will ever encounter – Andy Sidaris‘ Hard Ticket to Hawaii. Let The Gentlemen Hecklers provide you with their unique brand of live, hilarious commentary … Read more
In light of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER being one of the defining titles of 2025 (it is currently nominated for a whopping 9 Golden Globes!), we thought the time was right to turn our collective lens back on another one of our favourite films of his, the seasonally appropriate romantic drama PHANTOM THREAD. … 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
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