Sleepaway Camp

Summer vibes are giving us all the summer camp feels… And nothing screams, “Friday Late Night Movie on August 27” more than the cult-classic 80s slasher-fest SLEEPAWAY CAMP! Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela’s arrival, things start to go horribly wrong … Read more

In the Mood for Love (25th Anniversary Edition)

Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) and Su Li-zhen (Maggie Cheung Man-yuk) move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are formal and polite—until a discovery about their spouses creates an intimate bond between them. For the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the film, Wong Kar Wai has revisited the … Read more

Lift Like a Girl

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, August 15 for a special, single engagement of the critically acclaimed documentary LIFT LIKE A GIRL. On a busy, noisy high-traffic street corner in Alexandria, Egypt, a seemingly vacant corner lot surrounded by chain link fencing is the training site of Egypt’s most elite champions – female … Read more

Teton Gravity Research (TGR) Presents: Stoke The Fire

Get ready Vancouver, because Teton Gravity Research is heading back to the Rio Theatre on October 21 – 22 for two nights of hype, with their new ski and snowboard film STOKE THE FIRE – on the big screen! Whether you are coming to the family-friendly early show, or to party at the late show, … Read more

Zola

“Y’all wanna hear a story about why me & this bitch here fell out? It’s kind of long but full of suspense.” Thus began the odyssey of one A’Ziah King, aka ZOLA. From acclaimed writer/director Janicza Bravo, Zola’s stranger than fiction saga, which she first told in a now iconic series of viral, uproarious tweets, … Read more

Excalibur

We have been inundated with requests for David Lowery‘s highly anticipated fantasy epic THE GREEN KNIGHT – and in lieu of our screening that (which we will…. at some point), we thought the time was indeed nigh to take a look back through the cinematic prism of time to an 80s-era landmark of “swords, sex, … Read more

Friday the 13th Part IX Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 13 with – what else? – FRIDAY THE 13th PART IX JASON GOES TO HELL: THE FINAL FRIDAY. So meta! Jason Voorhees (Kane Hodder), the living, breathing essence of evil, is back for one fierce, final fling! Tracked down and blown to bits by … Read more

Demon Slayer “Kimetsu no Yaiba” The Movie: Mugen Train

Tanjirō Kamado, joined with Inosuke Hashibira, a boy raised by boars who wears a boar’s head, and Zenitsu Agatsuma, a scared boy who reveals his true power when he sleeps, boards the Infinity Train on a new mission with the Fire Hashira, Kyōjurō Rengoku, to defeat a demon who has been tormenting the people and … Read more

Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro

Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki makes his feature film debut in this beloved chapter of the LUPIN THE 3rd saga, which has now been beatifully restored and remastered by GKIDS. In the twilight of his career, master thief Lupin III’s latest and greatest caper has hit a snag. What should’ve been bags of cash from a … Read more