June is Pride month across North America and the Rio Theatre is joining in the celebration with the groundbreaking, and first of its kind in contemporary Hollywood mainstream films, Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The film is set in a fictitious yet picturesque location, Brokeback Mountain, and chronicles the lives of two cowboys Ennis Del Mar … Read more
Canadian creator Avan Jogia does triple duty as writer, director, and actor in the gritty and super-stylish thriller DOOR MOUSE, a neo-noir fable following Mouse (Hayley Law), an irreverent dancer at a dead-end burlesque club run by Mama, a tough, shady club owner. When Mouse’s only friends and fellow club dancers go missing under mysterious … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, June 12 for a very special night featuring filmmaking icon Lloyd Kaufman live and in-conversation alongside screenings of both THE TOXIC AVENGER and TROMEO AND JULIET.Kaufman is perhaps best known as the co-founder of legendary studio Troma Entertainment, a true champion of independent cinema, and is himself … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, June 12 for a very special night featuring filmmaking icon Lloyd Kaufman live and in-conversation alongside screenings of both THE TOXIC AVENGER and TROMEO AND JULIET.Kaufman is perhaps best known as the co-founder of legendary studio Troma Entertainment, a true champion of independent cinema, and is himself … Read more
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 to a budding horror fan’s heart is through gratuitous violence, cheer-worthy kills, … Read more
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome father, Raymond, and his girlfriend, Elsa, when the arrival of her late mother’s friend, Anne, changes everything. Amid the sun-drenched splendour of their surroundings, Cécile’s world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan … Read more
“Father of a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife, and I shall have my vengeance in this life or the next!” Iconic director Ridley Scott‘s sweeping historical action epic GLADIATOR is as enthralling now as it was upon its release in 2000. Winner of five Oscars (including Best Picture), including one for Australian actor … Read more
The beloved 1994 Disney animated feature THE LION KING follows the adventures of the young lion Simba, the heir of his father, Mufasa. Simba’s wicked uncle, Scar, plots to usurp Mufasa’s throne by luring father and son into a stampede of wildebeests. But Simba escapes, and only Mufasa is killed. Simba returns as an adult … Read more
The Fairy Creek (Ada’itsx) valley sprawls across Pacheedaht First Nation territory on southwestern Vancouver Island and its old growth forest ecosystem thrives with lush foliage, ancient tree trunks, and a variety of wildlife. However, the decimating chainsaws and tractor machinery of the Teal Jones lumber corporation disrupt this equilibrium as they demolish an environmental haven … Read more
From writer-director Isaiah Saxon, making his feature-film-making debut, comes a story of love, longing, and acceptance centering on a teenage girl who befriends a mysterious forest creature she encounters in the woods. THE LEGEND OF OCHI follows Yuri (Helena Zengel), a teenager from a remote island known as Carpathia. Raised by a loving and comically … Read more
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