Set in 1967, THE MIRACLE CLUB follows the story of three generations of close friends, Lily (Maggie Smith), Eileen (Kathy Bates), and Dolly (Agnes O’Casey) of Ballygar, outside Dublin, who win a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, that place of miracles that draws millions of visitors each year. Just before their trip, … Read more
Jean-Luc Godard‘s CONTEMPT, the director’s color and CinemaScope ravishingly visual New Wave masterpiece starring Brigitte Bardot, Michel Piccoli, Fritz Lang and Jack Palance, has been beautifully restored in glorious 4K for its 60th Anniversary! Contempt… That’s what ex-typist Bardot has for screenwriter/husband Piccoli — but why? Does she think he used her to get a … Read more
“Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are!” Join us on Thursday, August 17 for a double feature that celebrates actor Robert De Niro (on his birthday!) and includes two of our favourite performances from his many collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese – TAXI DRIVER and CAPE FEAR. With 1991’s CAPE FEAR, master filmmaker Martin … Read more
We’re getting in the mood for Vancouver Pride Weekend with a special screening of Tamil filmmaker V.T. Nayani‘s sapphic love story, THIS PLACE, on Monday, July 31. Set in urban Toronto, THIS PLACE is a coming-of-adulthood story about two women falling in love for the first time. As they grow closer, each is forced to … Read more
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York for one fateful week as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life, in this heartrending modern romance. With Greta Lee, Teo … Read more
When it’s after midnight in New York City, you don’t have to look for love, laughter and trouble. They’ll all find you! Join us at the Rio Theatre as we dim the lights and fire up the projector in tribute to the late, great Catherine O’Hara with a 40th Anniversary Friday Late Night Movie screening … Read more
Start your engines… The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 11 with the high-octane camp classic DEATH RACE 2000. In the year 2000, America is a totalitarian regime on the brink of collapse. The most popular sport in this dystopia is the Transcontinental Road Race, where teams earn points for logging … Read more
The story of YouTube is both inspirational and cautionary; the video-sharing website appeared in 2005 and quickly grew to become one of the most ubiquitous and powerful media platforms in the world. It is impossible to overstate its impact on global culture by providing easy and immediate access to news, entertainment media and other vital … Read more
BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a special division … Read more
Freddy’s back…and he wants revenge! Vancouver’s Pride weekend 2023 has gone next-level as the Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with one for all the 80’s kids out there with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE on August 4. When Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) moves with his family to Elm Street, … Read more
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