The Sandlot (25th Anniversary Screening!)

“You’re killing me, Smalls!” Play ball! Unleash your inner-90s, coming-of-age self with a family-friendly, 25th Anniversary screening of one of our all-time favourite baseball movies – THE SANDLOT. It’s the early 1960’s and fifth-grader Scotty Smalls has just moved into town with his folks. Kids call him a dork — he can’t even throw a … Read more

The Salt of the Earth

Join us at the Rio  to view this breathtaking documentary. “Wim Wenders confirms his mastery of the documentary form with this stunning ode to Sebastiao Salgado.” Tuesday June 2nd Doors 6:10pm/ Movie 6:40 Tickets $10 in advance/ $12 at the door riotheatretickets.ca +19 with 2 pieces of ID for bar service All Ages welcome on the … Read more

The Running Man (1987)

Join us at the Rio Theatre for our Friday Late Night Movie THE RUNNING MAN. Friday, August 7 Doors 11:30 | Movie 11:59 Tickets $6 in advance or $8 at the door Advance tickets at www.riotheatretickets.ca *Groupons and passes OK. Please redeem at the door. *All tickets 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service. THE … Read more

The Rules of Attraction

Based on the novel by acclaimed author Bret Easton Ellis (“Less Than Zero”) “Rules” centers around “American Psycho” protagonist Patrick Bateman’s younger brother Sean, and his college friends’ bizarre mating rituals at a posh liberal college that mix sex, drugs, music and mayhem in a kaleidoscopic story about three students entangled in a curiously surreal … Read more

The Rule of Jenny Pen

New Zealand writer-director James Ashcroft‘s deliciously creepy THE RULE OF JENNY PEN is a psychological horror with dashes of demented satire that feeds off our collective fear of aging, in this very capable two-hander that offers pitch-perfect turns from John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush. Rush stars as arrogant Judge Stefan Mortensen, who suffers a near-fatal … Read more

The Royal Tenenbaums

Writer-director Wes Anderson‘s unique, signature narrative and visual style are front and center in his offbeat 2001 comedy, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, an extraordinary story of one family’s sudden, unexpected reunion. Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children–Chas, Richie, and Margot–they were a family of geniuses and then they separated. Chas started buying real … Read more

The Royal Hotel

Americans Hanna and Liv are best friends backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, Liv, looking for an adventure, convinces Hanna to take a temporary live-in job behind the bar of a pub called ‘The Royal Hotel’ in a remote Outback mining town. Bar owner Billy and a host of locals give the … Read more

The Room Next Door

Winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, iconic Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s first English-language film, THE ROOM NEXT DOOR, firmly retains the director’s signature narrative complexities buoyed by irreverence, dark humour, and capable performances. The film follows lngrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton, in a Golden-Globe nominated … Read more

THE ROOM Experience: A Masterclass with Greg Sestero

“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. “What makes this so special,” you ask? Well, this screening will be hosted by best-selling author, actor, and filmmaker Greg Sestero, … Read more

The Room

“Oh, hi Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special screening of one of the best experiences you can have in a darkened theatre: Tommy Wiseau‘s epic, pop-culture masterpiece THE ROOM. What a story! A marvel of modern cinema, Tommy Wiseau‘s THE ROOM is so powerful that it will, literally, “tear you … Read more