The Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Saturday, November 27 with a 40th Anniversary screening of director Joe Dante‘s “biting’ satire on werewolf movies, THE HOWLING. Dee Wallace (E.T.) stars as Karen White, a LA news anchor with a serial killer for a stalker, leads the man into a trap where the police are able … Read more
The Rio Grind Film Festival‘s Rio Grind Film Festival presents an encore showing of prolific Oklahoma writer-director Mickey Reece’s latest, AGNES, which has also screened at the New York’s Tribeca Film Festival and Fantastic Fest in Austin. If you’re not familiar with the work of this emerging, “outsider” filmmaker, Reece has been compared to Steven … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s annual Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Saturday, November 27 with French filmmaker Bernard Mandico‘s AFTER BLUE (DIRTY PARADISE), following screenings at festivals around the world including in the fabled Midnight Madness lineup at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Locarno (winner, FIPRESCI Prize), Sitges Fantastic Film Fest, (winner, Best Film) and … Read more
KURT VONNEGUT: UNSTUCK IN TIME is a dazzling, worthy tribute to Vonnegut and a compelling introduction for the uninitiated. The feature documentary — the first of its kind on Vonnegut — is a deep, immersive dive into the author’s upbringing and his creative output. It spans his childhood in Indianapolis, his experience as a Prisoner … Read more
The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Friday, November 26 with the Canadian Premiere of best-selling author Greg Sestero‘s (THE DISASTER ARTIST) feature directorial debut, MIRACLE VALLEY. Sestero – who gained worldwide fame as “Mark” in Tommy Wiseau‘s so-bad-it’s-good, pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM – will be joining us live via the interwebs for … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, November 25 for the Vancouver Premiere of writer-director Gigi Saul Guerrero‘s latest feature film, BINGO HELL. This FREE (yes, you read that right) screening will be kicking off this year’s Rio Grind Film Fest. Filmmakers in attendance for Q&A, and more! RSVPing in advance is strongly recommended … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, November 20 for a special International Children’s Day screening (and Vancouver Theatrical Premiere!) of the documentary FOR LOVE. Filmmakers, including producer/director Matt Smiley and writer producer Mary Teegee, the team behind 2015’s HIGHWAY OF TEARS, and renowned social activist or child welfare and executive director of the … Read more
In Halle Berry’s directorial debut, BRUISED, a disgraced MMA fighter finds redemption in the cage and the courage to face her demons when the son she had given up as an infant unexpectedly re-enters her life. Oscar-winner Berry does double duty here, directing herself as Jackie Justice, a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the … Read more
Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her … Read more
Journey beyond the cosmic dark to a lost age of steel and sorcery… In this ultra-violent, fantasy epic, ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind. A group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs. Featuring the voices … Read more
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