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All That Jazz

It’s showtime folks! Slick your hair and wear your buckle shoes to the Rio Theatre on June 23, as we celebrate the birthday of the life and legend in the entertainment industry, and a man who changed the art of dance forever, Mr. BOB FOSSE. A, 5, 6, 7, 8!

Once Upon A Time In The West

“How can you trust a man who wears both a belt and suspenders, a man who can’t even trust his pants?” Sergio Leone‘s iconic saga ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST is one of the defining films of the so-called “spaghetti Western” genre. Released in 1968, it

Rock ‘n Roll High School + The Ramores LIVE!

Hey, ho… Let’s go! Well, maybe you don’t care about history (cause that’s not where you want to be), but you really should care about catching one of the greatest high school musical comedies ever made – Roger Corman’s ROCK ‘N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. Even better? The night

Monkey Man (Final Screening)

Acclaimed British actor Dev Patel (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, LION, THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL) makes his feature directing debut with the action-fueled revenge thriller MONKEY MAN, which he also stars in and co-wrote. Inspired by the ancient Hindu legend of Hanuman (an icon embodying strength and courage), Patel takes the lead

Greg Sestero Presents: The Room & Big Shark

“Oh, hai Shark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, August 21 with host Greg Sestero – star of the pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM, and author of the best-selling memoir, THE DISASTER ARTIST – for a double billing of Tommy Wiseau‘s aforementioned debut feature followed by his sophomore follow-up, BIG

The Doom Generation (4K Restoration)

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on June 21 with Gregg Araki‘s fifth feature, the 1995 dark satire THE DOOM GENERATION. Billed as, “A Heterosexual Movie by Gregg Araki,” the film is the second installment in the director’s trilogy known as the Teenage Apocalypse film

Much Ado About Nothing: The Legend of Spectral Theatre

Told through interviews with its fans, founders, and former cast and crew, the documentary MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: THE LEGEND OF SPECTRAL THEATRE from local actor, writer, and director Simon C. Hussey, aims to pull back the curtain on how one group of maverick theatre artists found a family of

Repo Man

After losing his job and his girl, LA punk Otto is employed to repossess cars. Not only does he have to tangle with their irate owners, but he finds himself in the midst of a strange and crazy world. A very weird and wonderful debut feature from Alex Cox with

I Saw the TV Glow

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack. With Justice

Chestnut

After graduating college, Annie is the only one of her friends who stayed behind in her small college city of Philadelphia for the summer. She has a good job lined up in LA come fall and is seemingly ready to make the leap, but things still feel unfinished. During this

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

Phone: 604.879.3456

Info Line: 604.878.3456

Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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