A Night with Greg Sestero: Miracle Valley & The Room

“Oh, hai Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre with host Greg Sestero – star of the pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM and author of the best-selling memoir, THE DISASTER ARTIST – for a full night of conversation and laughs featuring a double bill screening of both THE ROOM and an exclusive look at Greg’s latest … Read more

PG: Psycho Goreman (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)

The latest horror comedy from acclaimed Canadian writer-director Steven Kostanski (FATHER’S DAY, THE VOID), centers on  siblings Mimi and Luke, who unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord was entombed on Earth millions of years ago after a failed attempt to destroy the universe. They nickname the evil creature “Psycho Goreman” (or PG for short) and … Read more

Studio 666

All of us at the Rio Theatre were deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of the Foo Fighters‘ incredibly talented, wildly charismatic, and endlessly cool drummer, Taylor Hawkins, last week. We wanted to give Vancouver Foo fans another opportunity to see (and hear) the band’s new film on our big screen one last … Read more

Belle

From the celebrated Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda and Studio Chizu, creators of Mirai, Wolf Children, Summer Wars, and more, comes a fantastical, heartfelt story of growing up in the age of social media. Suzu is a shy, everyday high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow … Read more

King Richard

In what may be the standout performance of a prolific and undeniably dynamic career, Will Smith‘s portrayal of Venus and Serena Williams‘ father Richard Williams in KING RICHARD may yet earn him an Oscar. He has dominated his field this year, taking home the top prize from the Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTAs, Critics … Read more

Snakes On A Plane

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Movie series continues on April 1 with (no joke!) SNAKES ON A PLANE, one of the all-time so-bad-it’s-good, and yet-we-love-it examples of campy, B-movie goodness ever… Which makes it a pretty perfect pick for late night viewing. In this FBI agent Nelville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) boards a flight from … Read more

Ascension

Filmmaker Jessica Kingdon‘s Oscar-nominated documentary ASCENSION is an engrossing, impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations of labor, consumerism and wealth. To outsiders, China presents somewhat of a paradox: a nominally communist nation that exemplifies the enormous wealth creation of a hyper-capitalist nation. In recent … Read more

The Matrix Resurrections

In 2021, Lana Wachowski surprised sci-fi fans around the world with another foray into the beloved Matrix franchise, thanks to the somewhat unexpected reboot The Matrix Resurrections. This fourth installment (and likely end) to the thrilling cyberpunk saga has stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss returning to reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity, re-vists … Read more

9 to 5

“They just use your mind and you never get the credit It’s enough to drive you crazy if you let it…” Tuesday, March 8 is International Women’s Day (March is Women’s History Month), which is as good a time as any to revisit something of a cinematic unicorn: A blockbuster 80s comedy that also happens … Read more

Dune: Part One

“How dare you use the voice on me!” Director Denis Villeneuve‘s (BLADE RUNNER 2049, ARRIVAL, INCENDIES) highly lauded, feature adaptation of Frank Herbert’s epic science fiction novel, “Dune.” A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, DUNE tells the story of Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond … Read more