Movies
Raging Grace
A new, important horror voice came onto the scene this year when British-Filipino filmmaker Paris Zarcilla’s debut feature, RAGING GRACE, took top honours at festivals including SXSW and Neuchatel, in addition to being lauded at countless others on the festival circuit.. Joy (Max Eigenmann) is an undocumented Filipino immigrant struggling
Raging Fire
Bong (Donnie Yen) is a highly respected hardline cop with a long history of success on dangerous cases. However, his past unexpectedly comes back to haunt him when a sting operation is attacked by a mysterious group of criminals led by Ngo (Nicholas Tse), his former protégé, a talented former
Raging Bull
Join us on Saturday, August 20 for a double feature that celebrates actor Robert De Niro and includes two of our favourite performances from his many collaborations with filmmaker Martin Scorsese – RAGING BULL and TAXI DRIVER. RAGING BULL is an indisputable cinematic triumph, a black and white biopic that
Radiohead: Meeting People Is Easy
“This is what you get when you mess with us.” Can you believe that Radiohead’s seminal album OK COMPUTER is celebrating 20 years of alt-rock (whatever that is) greatness…? Neither can we! To note this musical milestone, join us at the Rio Theatre for a special screening of director Grant
Rabid (Directors in Attendance for Q&A!)
Vancouver’s own Twisted Twins – aka filmmakers Jen and Sylvia Soska – are headed to the Rio Theatre on Sunday, March 8, for a screening of their latest, RABID, inspired by David Cronenberg‘s seminal 1977 body-horror classic. Even better? They’re sticking around for a post-screening Q&A, and are
Rabbit (Vancouver Premiere!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, December 9 for the Vancouver Premiere of the locally-lensed drama-thriller RABBIT – which recently took home top honours at the Edmonton International Film Festival (Best Canadian Dramatic Feature). Cast and crew will be in attendance for the screening. From the director/writer of
Queer History Night
Join us at The Rio April 28th for Queer History Night: Screening “In particular, barbara findlay” Visit the history of this Canadian social justice progress through the remarkable lives of human rights lawyer barbara findlay Q.C. and the army of queer activists who challenged
Queer
Daniel Craig has turned in one of 2024’s most celebrated performances in prolific Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, CHALLENGERS) languid period drama QUEER, adapted from William S. Burroughs‘ 1985 romantic novella of the same name. Set in the 1950’s, Craig (perhaps best-known as James Bond) stars
QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL (Live in 1981)
We. Will. Rock. You. Recorded at the Montreal Forum on November 24-25 1981, ten years to the date before lead singer Freddie Mercury died, QUEEN ROCK MONTREAL marked the first time a band had filmed an entire show in 35mm. The recently restored and remastered digital transfer showcases Queen in
Queen of the Ring
An extraordinary, true-life tale that follows Mildred Burke, the legendary professional wrestler and single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.With Emily Bett Rickards, Parker Posey, Josh Lucas, Walton