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 a descent into madness. Fueled … Read more
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 airplane scene. 30 years later, … Read more
“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 + THE TEMPLE OF DOOM … Read more
“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 a genuine cinematic celebration of the innocent adventure … Read more
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 to do the best she … Read more
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 that is often lauded as … Read more
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 novella. A love story. A … Read more
“This is what you get when you mess with us.” Can you believe that Radiohead’s seminal album OK COMPUTER is celebrating 20 years of alt-rock (whatever that is) greatness…? Neither can we! To note this musical milestone, join us at the Rio Theatre for a special screening of director Grant Gee‘s MEETING PEOPLE IS EASY, … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a slice of something seriously 80’s, the oft-requested, always capitalized, cult-classic RAD. The 1986 BMX racing film is returning to theaters with a new 40th anniversary restoration. Bill Allen stars as a bicycle-motocrosser who tries to enter a corrupt promoter’s nationally televised cash-prize race. Also starring Lori Loughlin, … Read more
Vancouver’s own Twisted Twins – aka filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska – are headed to the Rio Theatre on Sunday, March 8, for a screening of their latest, RABID, inspired by David Cronenberg‘s seminal 1977 body-horror classic. Even better? They’re sticking around for a post-screening Q&A, and are ready to answer your bloody fantastic filmmaking … Read more
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