Movies
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Clueless (30th Anniversary Screening)
“Rollin’ with the homies….” December 16 marks literary icon Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, and we’re teaming up with The Jane Austen Society of Vancouver to celebrate her enduring legacy with a double bill featuring two beloved (and very different!) cinematic adaptations of her classic romantic novel, “Emma”
Clue (40th Anniversary Restoration)
It was Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a candlestick… Based on the popular board game CLUE, this live-action adaptation received mixed reviews upon release, but in the years since it has taken on a life of its own and become a total cult movie – perfect
Clown in a Cornfield
The adaptation of author Adam Cesare’s CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD recreates what makes the young adult novel and its subsequent sequels so special: it speaks to a younger generation about the frustrating generational divide while never sacrificing the horror. This slasher movie knows the best way
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (4K Restoration)
In Steven Spielberg‘s classic sci-fi adventure film, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (beautifully remastered for its 40th Anniversary in 2017), Richard Dreyfuss stars as cable worker Roy Neary, who along with several other stunned bystanders experience a close encounter of the first kind – witnessing UFOs soaring across the
Climax
From visionary writer-director Gaspar Noé (IRREVERSIBLE, ENTER THE VOID, LOVE) comes a hypnotic, hallucinatory, and ultimately hair-raising depiction of a party that descends into delirium over the course of one wintry night, when a troupe of young dancers gathers in a remote and empty school building to rehearse. Following an
Clerks III: The Convenience Tour
Come see the new movie WITH Kevin Smith and let him use his mouth on you at the post-show Q&A! It’s Clerks III: The Convenience Tour! You ARE supposed to be here today! Monday, September 19 Doors 6:00 pm | Event 7:00 pm *Please arrive
Clerks
“This job would be great if it wasn’t for the f***ing customers.” In 1994, a young writer-director (and Vancouver Film School dropout) named Kevin Smith made a huge splash on the cinematic landscape with his feature debut CLERKS; an oddball, brazen, occasionally filthy (snowball!) yet thoroughly independent effort that centered
Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin Performing the Live Score to ‘Suspiria’
Join us at the Rio Theatre as Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin performs a live score to Dario Argento‘s iconic, “giallo,” the phantasmagoric nightmare of a horror icon SUSPIRIA (“the most terrifying movie ever made!”) alongside a screening of the film. Following the screening there will be a 45 minute
Civil War
From filmmaker Alex Garland (EX MACHINA, ANNIHILATION) comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. With Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Nick Offerman, Jesse Plemons. “In a
Citizen Kane
Iconic filmmaker Orson Welles hit it “out of the park” with his first feature, which he produced, co-wrote, directed, and starred in: CITIZEN KANE. This labyrinthine study of the life of a newspaper tycoon examines the scandalous and complicated legacy of Charles Foster Kane (Welles), and is loosely based on