Start your engines! In 2008, The Wachowskis brought the classic anime TV series to the big screen with their highly stylized and spirited take on of SPEED RACER. Critically maligned upon its initial release, the film has emerged as a cult-classic, with the shiny, brand-new 4K restoration making a pit stop on the big screen … Read more
From writer-director Kristoffer Borgli (SICK OF MYSELF, DREAM SCENARIO) and starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, comes a quirky dark comedy about a happily engaged couple that is put to the test when an unexpected turn sends their wedding week off the rails. With Alana Haim, Anna Baryshnikov. Monday, June 1 Door 8:15 pm | Film … Read more
Vancouver Sex Work Community Alliance presents: Join us on June 2, International Sex Workers Day, for a special screening of HOOKERS ON DAVIE at the Rio Theatre at 7:30 PM. This landmark documentary explores the history, resilience, and activism of Vancouver’s sex work community, an important part of our city’s story. All proceeds from the event will … Read more
This remarkable documentary offers rich insight into gender and sexuality in Japan via a candid portrait of Kazuki, Tatsu, and Gaish, three trans masc hosts working at the New Marilyn Club in Tokyo’s bustling Shinjuku district. As the film follows them at home and on the job, all three talk frankly about their lives, revealing … Read more
“Don’t call me Babe!” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues of May 8 with a 30th Anniversary screening of one of the campiest films to ever come out of the 90’s, BARB WIRE. Canadian Pamela Anderson stars in this retro-glam, weirdly prescient dystopian odyssey (set in 2017) loaded with fights, gun battles … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for the premiere of award winning documentarian, Saturnin’s, 4th feature film, American Troll. Stay in your seats for a live (sure to be controversial) comedy show from four funny fellas, Brett Forte, Sergei Putinski, Uncle Hack & Uncle Lazer. One night only!!! American Troll is the bold new film … Read more
Nerdy college student Columbus has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. ZOMBIELAND is a double-hitting, head-smashing comedy – perfect for a Friday Late … Read more
This story is the tale of two brothers: one a successful counterfeiter and the younger a fledgling graduate of the HK police academy. The plot revolves around the split when the younger brother learns the other is a criminal and the efforts of the criminal brother to reform. Along the way are plenty of heists, … Read more
The viral internet sensation THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS comes to its long-awaited conclusion in a feature-length theatrical release!Discover the fates of Pomni and the gang as they unravel the true secret & history of the Digital Circus as this show finally arrives at its last act. This “Last Act” combines episode 8 with the all … Read more
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way. “”Undertone” is the scariest movie you will ever hear, viscerally overloading your eardrums with haunts that are sure to keep you up at night and evoke a physical reaction when you hear it again.” (Nerdbot) “Ian Tuason’s ‘undertone’ is … Read more
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