Movies
First We Eat
Putting food security to the test in the far North of Canada – filmmaker Suzanne Crocker, living just 300 km from the Arctic Circle, removes absolutely all grocery store food from her house. For one year, she feeds her family of five, only food that can be hunted, fished, gathered,
The Untouchables
After building an empire with bootleg alcohol, legendary crime boss Al Capone (Robert De Niro) rules Chicago with an iron fist. Though Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) attempts to take Capone down, even his best efforts fail due to widespread corruption within the Windy City’s police force. Recruiting an
Unhinged
Rachel is a single mother whose bad day gets even worse when she beeps her horn at a fellow driver (Russell Crowe) during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. The initial case
POSTPONED: David Lynch’s ‘The Elephant Man’
Dearest Rio Friends & Movie-Lovers: As per the government’s latest directive on November 23, 2020, we will be suspending operations until December 8, 2020 (barring any further changes). Screenings will be re-scheduled, and ticket-holders will be contacted shortly. In the meantime, we thank-you for your endless generosity and
POSTPONED: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Dearest Rio Friends & Movie-Lovers: As per the government’s latest directive on November 23, 2020, we will be suspending operations until December 8, 2020 (barring any further changes). Screenings will be re-scheduled, and ticket-holders will be contacted shortly. In the meantime, we thank-you for your endless generosity and
Zappa
“I want to tell Frank’s story without making a biopic; to make a music doc without making a music doc. And I think that’s just how Frank would have wanted it.” (Alex Winter) With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust and all archival footage, ZAPPA explores the private life behind the
Vancouver Polish Film Festival: I Never Cry
Vancouver Polish Film Festival 2020 Sunday, November 8 Doors 12:30 | Movie 12:50 *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Screening with the short film “Marcell” I NEVER CRY 1h 38min | Drama | 2020 | English subtitles 17-year-old Ola has to go to Ireland
Vancouver Polish Film Festival: Supernova
The Vancouver Polish Film Festival 2020 Sunday, November 8 Doors 9:30 am | Movie 10:00 am *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time. Screens with the short documentary “Amnesia” SUPERNOVA 1h 18min | Drama, Thriller | 2019 | English subtitles Three men, one place and
Casino (25th Anniversary Screening!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we celebrate Martin Scorsese‘s “birthday week” with a 25th Anniversary screening of the classic 1995 mob epic CASINO. The film was adapted from celebrated crime writer Nicholas Pileggi’s “Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas,” a non-fiction depiction of the story behind the
Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’
“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, November 18, as we continue our look back at the masterful works of Alfred Hitchcock with a screening of the psychologically taut, sexually subversive pre-code thriller REBECCA – his first American