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Rats!

It’s 2007 in Pfresno, Texas. Raphael is in county jail following an arrest for graffiti. He’s a good kid. It’s just graffiti. So you can’t blame Raphael for the events that unfold after his arrest. He’s not responsible for the sting operation, the suicide,

Rats

“This one is going to make you squirm.” (ComingSoon.net) Lurking in unseen corners and crevices all over the world, rats thrive as one of the most elusive creatures. Their existence flourishes around the globe – from the fractures in Manhattan’s sidewalks to the dark streets of Mumbai, these disease-carrying animals

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

It’s the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, and an ‘archeological’ dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn’t the one you want coming to town. When the local children begin mysteriously disappearing, young Pietari and his father Rauno, a reindeer hunter by trade, capture

Rampage (Uwe Boll in Attendance!)

In this visceral thriller from director Uwe Boll (HEART OF AMERICA, POSTAL), Brendan Fletcher stars as misanthrope Bill Williamson, a man whose boredom with “small town life” is eating him alive. Feeling constrained and claustrophobic in the meaningless drudgery of the everyday and helpless against overwhelming global dissolution, Bill begins

Raiders! The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

In 1982, three 11 year-olds in Mississippi set out to remake their favorite film: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It took seven turbulent years that tested the limits of their friendship and nearly burned down their mother’s house. By the end, they had completed every scene except one… The explosive

Raiders of the Lost Ark (Movie Marathon!)

“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, June 17 for one of our forever-favourite movie marathon nights! (We’re talking about Indiana Jones, kid…) All Indy… All. Night. Long. Steven Spielberg’s monumentally awesome action adventure trilogy* –

Raiders of the Lost Ark

“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage.” Steven Spielberg’s monumentally awesome RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK is a pop-culture touchstone for any 80s kid and is always on our list as a “must be seen on the big screen” because it was so intentionally crafted as

Raging Grace

A new, important horror voice came onto the scene this year when British-Filipino filmmaker Paris Zarcilla’s debut feature, RAGING GRACE, took top honours at festivals including SXSW and Neuchatel, in addition to being lauded at countless others on the festival circuit.. Joy (Max Eigenmann) is an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling

Raging Bull

Join us on Sunday, 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 – RAGING BULL and TAXI DRIVER. RAGING BULL is an indisputable cinematic triumph, a black and white biopic

Radu Jude’s ‘Dracula’

Romanian writer-director Radu Jude is back with another work of cinematic absurdity – this time, it’s a Dracula film made in Transylvania. What does it contain? A vampire hunt. Zombies and Dracula crashing a strike. A science-fiction story about Vlad the Impaler coming back. An adaptation of the first Romanian vampires

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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