Movies
Resident Orca (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
RESIDENT ORCA tells the unfolding story of a captive whale’s fight for survival and freedom. After decades of failed attempts to bring her home, an unlikely partnership between Indigenous matriarchs, a billionaire philanthropist, killer whale experts, and the aquarium’s new owner take on the impossible task of freeing Lolita, captured
Reservoir Dogs (30th Anniversary Screening!)
Seven total strangers team up for the perfect crime. They don’t know each other’s name… But they’ve got each other’s colour. In 1992, Quentin Tarantino‘s mind-blowlingly stylish, explosive heist-gone-awry masterpiece RESERVOIR DOGS was unleashed; in addition to cleaning up at
Requiem for the American Dream
REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time – the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few. Saturday, March 26 Doors 12:30 | Movie 1:00pm
Repo! The Genetic Opera
In the year 2056 – the not so distant future – an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants, for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession and hunted by villainous
Repo Man (40th Anniversary Screening)
After losing his job and his girl, LA punk Otto is employed to repossess cars. Not only does he have to tangle with their irate owners, but he finds himself in the midst of a strange and crazy world. A very weird and wonderful debut feature from Alex Cox with
Renfield
In this modern monster tale of Dracula’s loyal servant, Nicholas Hoult (MAD MAX: FURY ROAD) stars as Renfield, the tortured aide to history’s most narcissistic boss, Dracula (Nicolas Cage). Renfield is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding, no matter how debased. But now, after centuries
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
The Rio Theatre is proud to recognize and celebrate the start of Black History Month with: RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCÉ accentuates the journey of RENAISSANCE WORLD TOUR, from its inception, to the opening in Stockholm, Sweden, to the finale in Kansas City, Missouri. It is about Beyoncé’s intention, hard
Relatos del Exilio
The Venezuelan anthology film STORIES OF EXILE (“Relatos del Exilio”) tells four stories that take place in four different countries, showing the same reality: that of “voluntarily forced” exile as a common denominator. The first of those stories is titled “Swamp Monsters,” a thriller set in the opulent city of
Regression
Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, and David Thewlis star in Oscar-winning director’s Alejandro Amenábar’s (THE SEA INSIDE, THE OTHERS) latest offering, REGRESSION. In this taught psychological thriller, Hawke plays detective Bruce Kenner, tasked with investigating the case of a young woman (Watson) who has accused her father of an unspeakable crime.
Reel Causes: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Join Reel Causes and the Vancouver Black and Indigenous Creative Association on Tuesday, February 6, for a preview of Rick DuPree’s upcoming documentary SEATTLE BLACK PANTHERS FIGHT FOR JUSTICE & FREEDOM. His image — holding a rifle on the steps of the Washington state capitol building — is