Movies
OATS Studios Short Film Screening & #SavetheRio Fundraiser Hosted by Neill Blomkamp
Join us for a very special #SavetheRio fundraiser event featuring a night of short films from the renowned OATS Studios – hosted by acclaimed writer, director, and visual effects guru Neill Blomkamp (ELYSIUM, DISTRICT 9, CHAPPIE), who will be joined for a Q&A by VFX supervisor Chris Harvey
Metric: Dreams So Real
In DREAMS SO REAL, the new feature-length 4K concert documentary, Canadian rock group Metric’s last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour is captured, to glorious effect. In 2016 the group traversed the globe on the most significant tour of their career. The show in Vancouver,
Faces Places
Currently nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category, FACES PLACES is a quirky, soulful road trip exploration featuring legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda and her friend JR, who have a few things in common: A passion for and the exploration of images in general, and more precisely, for
Call Me by Your Name
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. Nominated for four Oscars – including Best Picture and Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet, scribe James Ivory took home the little man for
The Gentlemen Hecklers with JFL Film Fest present: Twilight
Vancouver Just For Laughs Film Festival presents: The Gentlemen Hecklers at The Rio Theatre Wednesday, March 7, 2018 Doors 9pm/ Show 9:30pm. Tickets $12/ $14 at the door Tickets are on-sale now by clicking HERE! +19 only for admission. No Passes or Groupons accepted for this
Ichi the Killer – 4K Restoration!
Takashi Miike’s ICHI THE KILLER has endured as one of the most influential pieces of genre filmmaking of the last two decades, and now it returns in a stunning all-new 4k restoration – approved by Miike himself. This visceral, bloody, and often hilarious film follows Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a notoriously
In the Fade
Set in the German-Turkish community in Hamburg, grief-stricken Katja (Diane Kruger, took home the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival in what many are calling, “the performance of a lifetime”) takes revenge for her family after her life falls apart when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old
Cagefest 2020: Raising Arizona
“Edwina’s insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase.” Cagefest – our (unofficial) Nicolas Cage Film Fest (aka, NIFF), a solid 5 days’ worth of our fave performances from one of our all-time favourite contemporary actors – continues on Friday, October 9, with
Mom and Dad
A strange disorder suddenly causes parents to violently turn against their own children, forcing a suburban teen (Anne Winters) and her younger brother (Zackary Arthur) to evade the clutches of their now-deranged mom (Selma Blair) and dad (Nicolas Cage). However, their situation gets even more complicated when their grandparents (Lance
XXX-Men: Professor Xavier’s Burlesque for Gifted Youngsters
The Geekenders present “XXX-Men: Professor Xavier’s Burlesque for Gifted Youngsters” this April 6 & 7 at The Rio Theatre! Come “Marvel” at the “Fox-y” local talent, while we remove our “X-Jeans” one leg at a time. From classic burlesque, to comedy and contortion, you won’t want to miss