Movies
Rio Grind 2021: Ditched (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)
The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival continues on Saturday, November 27 with writer-director Christopher Donaldson‘s survivor-horror film DITCHED. Shot in Alberta, this love letter to gory, B-movie horror has been making its way across the Canadian festival circuit, with screenings at the Edmonton International Film Festival and Toronto After
Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
The cult classic Hong Kong martial arts slaughter-thon – a frequently requested title – finally splatters across the Rio’s screen as a Friday Late Night Movie on December 7. This offbeat cult-classic stars Bin Shimada as the eponymous Riki, a new prisoner at a high-tech penal institution of the future
Ride Your Wave
From visionary director Masaaki Yuasa (The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, Devilman Crybaby) comes a deeply emotional new film that applies his trademark visual ingenuity to a tale of romance, grief and self-discovery. The film follows the story of Hinako, a surf-loving college student who has just moved to
Revenge
Jen (fearlessly embodied by Matilda Lutz, RINGS) is enjoying a romantic getaway with her wealthy boyfriend which is suddenly disrupted when his sleazy friends arrive for an unannounced hunting trip. Tension mounts in the house until the situation abruptly–and viciously–intensifies, culminating in a shocking act that leaves Jen left for
Residue (Filmmakers in Attendance!)
A private investigator reads a book of sinister origins and unknowingly puts his daughter and himself in a fight for their lives…and their eternal souls. Filmmakers in attendance for pre-show meet and greet and Q&A following the screening! Sunday, July 9 Doors 3:00 pm | Movie
Residue
The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.
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
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. We’re dimming the lights, firing up the projector, and raising a glass (or two) to the late, great Michael
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