Movies
Language: Español
Predator
Nothing like it has ever been on Earth before. It came for the thrill of the hunt. It picked the wrong man to hunt. Get to the choppah.. ! For an encore screening of one of the 80s’ biggest sci-fi action-horror-thrillers
Mulholland Drive
“Hey, pretty girl. Time to wake up.” David Lynch wrote and directed this story in the City of Dreams about two women (including Naomi Watts, in her star-making turn) who find themselves walking a fine line between truth and deception in the beautiful but dangerous
El Topo
Renowned filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky‘s bizarre, ultra-violent and allegorical EL TOPO is an acid-trip Western set in two halves that have widely been compared to the Old and New Testaments of the Bible. In the first half, writer-director Jodorowsky performs something of a hat trick in his role
The Goonies (40th Anniversary Screening)
“Hey you guu-uuys!” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a 40th Anniversary family-friendly screening of what is – hands down – one of the all time most-requested titles we get, director Richard Donner‘s THE GOONIES. Written by Chris Columbus from a story by the film’s producer Steven Spielberg,
The Holy Mountain (50th Aniversary Screening)
The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, Chilean writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in THE HOLY MOUNTAIN is a spiritual quest for enlightenment pitting illusion against truth. The Alchemist (Jodorowsky) assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the
Scarface
“Say hello to my lil’ friend.” Director Brian De Palma and star Al Pacino go full-tilt in SCARFACE, a violent, blood-soaked hyper-stylized gangster epic based on Howard Hughes‘ 1932 film of the same name. From Oliver Stone‘s infinitely quotable script to a few classic scenes that have since
Pan’s Labyrinth
The Rio Theatre‘s series of Y2K classics continues on August 19 with a screening of Guillermo del Toro‘s phantasmagorical PAN’S LABYRINTH. Set just after the Spanish Civil War in 1944, del Toro’s protagonist is bookish young Ofelia, whose forthcoming adventure recalls a more hauntind, daunting Alice in her Wonderland. As
Jurassic Park (1993)
“Life… Finds a way.” One of our favourite annual events that we adore participating in and being a part of is Italian Day on the Drive. Like everyone in Vancouver, we have really missed this East Vancouver tradition, and are celebrating its return with some of our most
Alien (The Director’s Cut)
“Listen to me! If we break quarantine, we could all die.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Double Creature Feature screening of one of our all-time favourite franchises! We’re going into deep space with Ridley Scott‘s iconic 1979 ALIEN (The Director’s Cut) followed by
Kill Bill: Volume 2
“Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.” There is no better way to appreciate the Hattori Honzo level of precision greatness in Quentin Tarantino‘s KILL BILL 1 & 2 than seeing them back-to-back, and on our big screen. The films reunite Tarantino with actress, muse, and