Vancouver, get ready! TGR is coming back to town, this time for not one, but two nights of winter stoke. On Friday, October 16, join us at the Rio Theatre for THE winter kick-off party that should not be missed. Whether you are coming for the family friendly early show,
The Rio Theatre’s ongoing Friday Late Night Movie series continues on September 19 with master anime creator Satoshi Kon‘s 2006 work of psychological science-fiction, PAPRIKA. The storyfollows Dr. Atsuko Chiba, who works as a scientist by day and, under the code name “Paprika,” who moonlights as a so-called “dream
The Rio Theatre‘s series of Y2K classics continues on August 19 with a screening of Guillermo del Toro‘s phantasmagorical PAN’S LABYRINTH. Set just after the Spanish Civil War in 1944, del Toro’s protagonist is bookish young Ofelia, whose forthcoming adventure recalls a more hauntind, daunting Alice in her Wonderland. As
Western Ukraine, on the eve of a traditional carnival. Pamfir returns to his family after months of absence. Their love is so unconditional that when his only child starts a fire in the prayer house, Pamfir has no other choice but to reconnect with his troubled past to repair his
In her feature film directorial debut, actress and author Amber Tamblyn‘s (THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS) PAINT IT BLACK is a searing look at two very different women struggling to cope with grief in the aftermath of an inexplicable suicide. Adapted from Janet Finch‘s acclaimed 2006 novel of the
In PAINT, Owen Wilson portrays Carl Nargle, Vermont’s #1 public television painter who is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke… until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves. Friday, April 14 One Night Only!
Oscar-winning Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar‘s PAIN AND GLORY tells of a series of re-encounters experienced by Salvador Mallo (a career-best performance from Golden Globe-nominee Antonio Banderas), a film director in his physical decline. Some of them in the flesh, others remembered: his childhood in the 60s, when he emigrated with
PADDINGTON 2 finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots a unique pop-up book in
On May 16, the Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with director Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi monster classic, PACIFIC RIM. As a war between humankind and monstrous sea creatures wages on, a former pilot and a trainee are paired up to drive a seemingly obsolete special weapon in
After twelve years of playing his favorite MMORPG game, Momonga logs in for the last time only to find himself transported into its world playing it indefinitely. Throughout his adventures, his avatar ascends to the title of Sorcerer King Ains Ooal Gown. Once prosperous but now on the brink of