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Reel Causes: My Dads, My Moms, and Me

Reel Causes is thrilled to present MY DADS, MY MOMS, AND ME, a film that follows three BC families on their parenthood journey. In her 2007 documentary FATHERHOOD DREAMS, Julia Ivanova chronicled the touching and challenging journeys of four gay men who each made the decision to become parents after

Red Rocket

The audacious new film from writer-director Sean Baker (THE FLORIDA PROJECT, TANGERINE), starring Simon Rex in a magnetic, live-wire performance, RED ROCKET is a darkly funny and humane portrait of a uniquely American hustler and a hometown that barely tolerates him. Finding himself down and out in Los Angeles, ex-porn star Mikey Saber (Rex) decides to crawl

Rebel Without a Cause

“If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and I didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?”Though he died before the film’s release, actor James Dean’s tragically short yet utterly remarkable career is

Reality Bites (20th Anniversary Screening!)

“Évian is ‘naïve’ spelled backward.” In the 25 years (!) since its release, director Ben Stiller‘s Gen-X-flavoured romantic comedy REALITY BITES has taken on a life of its own and become a beloved cult-classic touchstone/time capsule for anyone who came of age (or, didn’t) during the 1990’s. Infinitely quotable and

REAL (Film Premiere with Filmmaker Q&A)

Join us for the big screen premiere of the documentary REAL, featuring renowned relationship experts Duane and Catherine O’Kane. “REAL” is a poignant and powerful documentary that takes viewers on an emotional journey, exploring the intricate forces that shape our relationships and delving into the transformative power of

Ready Player One (2D)

Iconic director Steven Spielberg unabashedly embraces 80s nostalgia in the eye popping sci-fi adventure READY PLAYER ONE, adapted from Ernest Cline’s (he also co-wrote the screenplay) 2011 novel of the same name. In the year 2045, people can escape their harsh reality in the OASIS, an immersive virtual world where you

Re-Animator (1985)

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on May 24 with Stuart Gordon‘s 1985 sci-fi horror comedy, RE-ANIMATOR. H.P. Lovecraft and Lucio Fulci did not team up to make the most amazing gore-sex grotesquerie of 1985 — but thanks to RE-ANIMATOR, they didn’t have to. Director

Re-Animator (1985)

Loosely based on a short story by author H.P. Lovecraft, RE-ANIMATOR (1985) is a body horror comedy about a medical college and his girlfriend who become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead people. Friday, June 26 REANIMATOR Doors 11:00 / Movie 11:30 Tickets

RBG (Final Screening)

Join us at the Rio Theatre on October 4 as we toast the late, great Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a final, encore screening of the 2018 documentary portrait on the life and legacy of this pioneer and leader in her field, RBG. The film details how, inspired by the lawyers

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,

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

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