Movies
The Peanut Butter Falcon
A modern Mark Twain style adventure story, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON tells the story of Zak (Zack Gottsagen), a young man with Down syndrome, who runs away from a residential nursing home to follow his dream of attending the professional wrestling school of his idol, The Salt Water Redneck (Thomas
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. Elegant, intellectual, vain. Callous, conflicted, controversial. Magnificent, mercurial. Genius. The very embodiment of cool. The man with a sound so beautiful it could break your heart. The central theme of Miles Davis’s life was his restless determination to break boundaries and live
It Chapter Two
Evil resurfaces in Derry as director Andy Muschietti reunites the Losers Club in a return to where it all began with IT Chapter Two the conclusion to the highest-grossing horror film of all time. Twenty-seven years after the Losers Club defeated the supernatural, big-headed clown Pennywise, he has returned to
Re-Animator (40th Anniversary Restoration)
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with a special 40th Anniversary restoration of Stuart Gordon‘s sci-fi horror comedy, RE-ANIMATOR. H.P. Lovecraft and Lucio Fulci did not team up to make the most amazing gore-sex grotesquerie of 1985 — but thanks to RE-ANIMATOR, they didn’t have to.
Teton Gravity Research Presents Roadless
Teton Gravity Research is back at the Rio on Sunday, November 10th for the premiere for their newest feature length snowboard film, ROADLESS – featuring legends Jeremy Jones, Travis Rice and Bryan Iguchi on a foot-powered mission through some of the most remote
Blood N Guts Horror Film Competition 2019: Showcase
On October 11, 54 filmmakers set across Vancouver to shoot a 5-minute horror film in 48 hours. All of these films are world premieres for the Blood N Guts Horror Film Competition. Blood N Guts is the sister festival to the Run N Gun 48 Hour Film Competition.
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present Paranormal Activity (07)
“What happens when you sleep?” So asks the 2007 blockbuster PARANORMAL ACTIVITY, one of our favourite quasi-terrifying (but is it, though?) found footage-ish franchise flicks of the mid-aughties, that eventually went on to spawn many (many) more sequels. So obviously… It must be riffed! The Gentlemen Hecklers
VIMFF 2019: Ski Show 2 Presented by Arc’teryx
Arc’teryx presents brand new ski films and a live multi-media presentation from Michelle Parker. Hosted by Greg Hill. Monday, Nov 18, 2019 Doors 6:30pm | Show 7:30pm Ticketing info HERE *Minors permitted in the balcony. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service and main floor seating. Sorry, Rio
VIMFF 2019 Presents Reel Rock 14
Presented by the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival The Reel Rock Film Tour, one of climbing’s greatest celebrations, returns this fall with a new collection of world premiere films. In The High Road, the powerful and bold Nina Williams tests herself on some of the highest, most difficult boulder
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese‘s epic saga of organized crime in postwar America, stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. In the 1950s, truck driver Frank Sheeran gets involved with Russell Bufalino and his Pennsylvania crime family. As Sheeran climbs the ranks to become a top hit man, he also goes