Movies
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Sugarcane
A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered
Friday the 13th Part 2
Join us at the Rio Theatre on FRIDAY, (September) THE 13th for not one, but TWO titles from the iconic slasher franchise: FRIDAY THE 13th: Parts 2 & 3. Best of all Campers, we’re showing FRIDAY THE 13th: Part III in 3D!
Grey Gardens (50th Anniversary Screening)
Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother (Edith Bouvier Beale) and daughter (Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale), high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of the Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo
Pretty in Pink
“BLANE?! That’s a major appliance! That’s not a name.” Team 80’s is up to bat and the Rio Theatre is bringing in heavy hitter, PRETTY IN PINK, starring 80’s Brat Pack icons Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, and Jon Cryer. (The jury’s still out on whether James Spader makes
Kneecap
What better way to mark St. Patrick’s Day at the Rio Theatre than with an Irish movie night? We’re teaming up with our friends at CelticFest Vancouver to present an evening of live, traditional Celtic music and a double bill featuring both the breakout 2024 hit musical
Kinds of Kindness
Hot off the heels of last year’s triumphant POOR THINGS, Oscar-winning filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos offers up another take on skewed surrealism, as only he knows how. This latest effort finds him re-teaming with Emma Stone (who appeared in both THE FAVOURITE and POOR THINGS, for which she took home her
The 4:30 Movie (With Kevin Smith LIVE Q&A)
The Rio Theatre is excited to welcome back our old friend / “Patron Saint,” filmmaker Kevin Smith, for the Canadian Premiere of his 16th feature film, THE 4:30 MOVIE. Following the screening, Kevin will be joining us on stage to talk about the film for a conversation and Q&A session.
Repo! The Genetic Opera
In the year 2056 – the not so distant future – an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants, for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous
MaXXXine
Filmmaker Ti West‘s 2022 slasher hit X and its surprise origin story prequel PEARL, released that same year, amassed a major following among dedicated horror movie fans (including some guy named Martin Scorsese, who has been particular effusive in his support). The franchise concludes with the highly anticipated release of
Oddity
In this new supernatural spectacle from CAVEAT’s Damian McCarthy, a blind medium uncovers the truth behind her sister’s death with the help of a frightening wooden mannequin. When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from