Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt continues her pretty incredible cinematic track record with frequent collaborator / muse, actress Michelle Williams, with their latest effort, SHOWING UP (the pair worked together on indie staples including FIRST COW, WENDY AND LUCY, and MEEK’S CUTOFF). In this vibrant and captivatingly funny portrait of art and craft, Williams stars as Lizzy, … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 20 with Harmony Korine‘s SPRING BREAKERS. Four frustrated college girlfriends (Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) plot to fund their best spring break ever by burglarizing a fast-food shack. But that’s only the beginning. During a night of partying, the girls … Read more
“Together again, huh?” Listen up, all you… Stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf-herders of East Vancouver! To mark one of cinema’s most high holy of holidays – May (the) 4 – the Rio Theatre will be screening George Lucas‘ Original Trilogy STAR WARS films…. Back. To. Back. YES! A NEW HOPE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and … Read more
“That’s no moon. It’s a space station.” This May (the) Fourth, join us at the Rio Theatre as we toast the holiest holiday among STAR WARS fans, with a prime time viewing of George Lucas‘ iconic 1977 film that started it all, A NEW HOPE. Stick around for a double bill, because we will be … Read more
Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on … Read more
Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime Book Signing and Q&A by Dr. Gabor Maté + Sound Healing by Theda Phoenix Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, May 10 for a very special screening of the documentary DOSED: The Trip of a Lifetime, which includes Dr. Gabor Maté in attendance for a book signing … Read more
A LIFE ON THE FARM celebrates the odd life of an eccentric farmer in rural England named Charles Carson whose bizarre home movie has become a cult phenomenon around the world. Carson’s life and work are remembered by those who knew him best, and a new generation of fans reflect on the inspiring legacy he … Read more
Shot on 16mm, ENYS MEN is a mind-bending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast. A wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is … Read more
Based on the best-selling novel by Miriam Toews, WOMEN TALKING follows a group of women in an isolated religious colony as they struggle to reconcile their faith with a series of sexual assaults committed by the colony’s men. Canadian writer-director Sarah Polley took home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for this film that features … Read more
“Throughout the ages, one hero has cowered above the rest…” ZOINKS! The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 28 with a screening of the 2002 cult-classic following the big-screen debut of a wacky exploits of a lovable, easily frightened Great Dane, Scooby-Doo, makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animated feature film. … Read more
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