Movies
Mother by Quasi Skateboards
MOTHER by Quasi Skateboards doors: 7:30 film: 8:15 FREE SCREENING, SHOW UP EARLY! +19 for main floor access and bar service All ages balcony
The Unseen (Cast & Crew in Attendance!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for director Geoff Redknap‘s gripping debut, the dramatic sci-fi thriller THE UNSEEN. Shot in BC, the story follows a man, who years earlier, mysteriously abandoned his family and isolated himself in a small northern town who returns for one last chance to reconnect with
NarcoLeap Launch & Screening
Please join us and celebrate at the exclusive pre-launch screening of NarcoLeap. Doors, Red Carpet, and bar opens at: 6:00pm Screening starts promtly at: 7:00pm We will be screening all 8 episodes. There will be a quick Q & A after the screening. Register here at: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/narcoleap-launch-screening-tickets-46735383791
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Street Fighter (94)
Come see folks who wrote jokes for Mystery Science Theater 3000 provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad movies! On Wednesday, July 11, Vancouver’s favourite movie riffers The Gentlemen Hecklers (comedians Eric Fell, Patrick Maliha – and special guest riffer Gina Harms) are set to
Wim Wenders’ Buena Vista Social Club
With a small film crew, Wim Wenders accompanied his old friend Ry Cooder, who had written the music for PARIS, TEXAS and THE END OF VIOLENCE, on a trip to Havana. Cooder wanted to record his material for Ibrahim Ferrer’s solo album at a studio there—following the recording of the
American Animals
AMERICAN ANIMALS is the unbelievable but entirely true story of four young men who attempt to execute one of the most audacious art heists in U.S. history. The film centers around two friends from the middle-class suburbs of Lexington, Kentucky. Spencer (Barry Keoghan), is determined to become an artist but
First Reformed
From writer-director Paul Schrader (TAXI DRIVER, AMERICAN GIGOLO, AFFLICTION) comes a gripping thriller about a crisis of faith that is at once personal, political, and planetary. Reverend Ernst Toller (Ethan Hawke) is a solitary, middle-aged parish pastor at a small Dutch Reform church in upstate New York on the cusp
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
(Yes, it’s back!) Join us at the Rio Theatre for an encore screening one of the most requested double header blockbusters that we get – James Cameron’s TERMINATOR 1 & 2 – on silver screen, (big and loud) where it belongs. See one, or see ’em
The Terminator (40th Anniversary Screening)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for 40th Anniversary screenings of one of our all-time favourite 80’s classics, James Cameron‘s original 1984 dystopian masterpiece THE TERMINATOR. It’s been beautifully restored and remastered, so catch it on the silver screen (big and loud!), where it belongs. “Knowing that many people
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (Remaster!)
One of the most immersive and rarefied experiences in the history of cinema, Andrei Tarkovsky’s STALKER embarks on a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape. A hired guide—the “Stalker” of the title—leads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago