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The Hangover

We’re swoooooning over Bradley Cooper lately, thanks to everything having to do with his phenomenal job as director and star in A STAR IS BORN, and felt the time was right to revisit the first time he got on our swooooony radar with a Friday Late Night Movie screening of

The Handmaid’s Tale

To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, the Rio Theatre will be screening director Volker Schlöndorff’s (THE TIN DRUM) adaptation of Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood‘s chilling of dystopian thriller THE HANDMAID’S TALE. In a futuristic, theocratic and dystopian United States, Offred (Natasha Richardson) is forced to become a handmaid

The Grizzlies

Miranda de Pencier won the Directors Guild of Canada’s award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for this inspiring, true Canadian sports story. Set in a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students’ lives are transformed when they are introduced to the

The Green Knight

An epic fantasy adventure based on the timeless Arthurian legend, THE GREEN KNIGHT tells the story of Sir Gawain (Dev Patel), King Arthur’s reckless and headstrong nephew, who embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight, a gigantic emerald-skinned stranger and tester of men. Gawain contends with

The Greasy Strangler

“Hootie tootie, disco cutie.” It goes without saying that Jim Hoskin‘s debut feature The Greasy Strangler takes the award for Most WTF Movie of 2016. This is, unquestionably, a film that needs to be experienced (preferably on the big screen, and with a very open-minded, late night kind of movie

The Gray Man

Ryan Gosling is “The Gray Man” and Chris Evans is his psychopathic adversary in the new action spy thriller directed by Marvel maestros Anthony and Joe Russo. Based on Mark Greaney‘s bestselling 2006 debut novel The Gray Man, the Russo Brothers’ high-octane adaptation casts Gosling as CIA operative Sierra Six.  Plucked

The Grapes of Wrath

Though he is perhaps best known for his slew of genre-defining Westerns, John Ford‘s timely adaptation of John Steinbeck‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning, iconic 1939 novel THE GRAPES OF WRATH did earn him a Best Director Oscar. The film runs closely to its source material, honestly and realistically telling a story against

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Considered by many to be his “magnum opus,” Wes Anderson‘s glorious THE GRAND BUDAPEST perfectly places the filmmaker’s signature style against a compelling narrative brought to life thanks to stellar performances from an ensemble of A-listers. Adapted from the works of Austrian author Stefan Zweig, the film absolutely revels in

The Graduate

“Are you here for an affair?” Newly remastered in 4K, Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols‘ landmark hit THE GRADUATE is a cultural phenomenon that captured the youthful essence of the late 60s in everything from its standout performances (including Dustin Hoffman’s remarkable breakthrough) and its brilliant soundtrack (from Simon & Garfunkel)

The Goonies (40th Anniversary Screening)

“Hey you guu-uuys!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a 40th Anniversary family-friendly screening of what is – hands down – one of the all time most-requested titles we get, director Richard Donner‘s THE GOONIES. Written by Chris Columbus from a story by the film’s producer Steven Spielberg,

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

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Email: info@riotheatre.ca

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