Movies
Gratitude Revealed (World Gratitude Day!)
An epic journey forty years in the making, GRATITUDE REVEALED from acclaimed filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg (the director of FANTASTIC FUNGI), takes us on a transformational, cinematic experience of how to live a more meaningful life full of Gratitude through his intimate conversations with everyday people, thought leaders, and personalities
Grandma: Queer Film Festival Feature
THE RIO IS A PROUD HOST OF THE VANCOUVER QUEER FILM FESTIVAL ——————————— For 27 years, Out On Screen has proudly showcased films that illuminate the transformative moments in the lives of queer people – telling stories of the journeys we have taken to find ourselves, each other and our
Grandma
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a film series featuring some of the nominated films and performances being honoured by the Golden Globes, including STEVE JOBS, GRANDMA, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, SHAUN THE SHEEP, THE HATEFUL 8, TRAINWRECK, and LOVE AND MERCY. On January 10, we will be hosting
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these things and more.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
A documentary which traces the life of the magnetic, world-conquering, Jamaican musician, model and party queen Grace Jones.
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
Produced, written and directed by Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, Insight Productions‘ feature documentary GORDON LIGHTFOOT: IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND is an exploration of the career, music and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon, Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented access to the artist, the film takes audiences from high
Goodwin’s Way: World Premiere
Join us on International Workers’ Day for the World Premiere of GOODWIN’S WAY, a feature documentary that explores a British Columbia town’s resistance to a coal-powered future 100 years after the killing of controversial local labour activist Ginger Goodwin. Co-presented by the BC Federation of Labour & the Vancouver District Labour Council, GOODWIN’S
Goodnight Mommy
Celebrated by both pure horror lovers and the arthouse crowd as one of the top dramatic genre films of 2015, Austria’s dark and riveting GOODNIGHT MOMMY is a psychological, tense trip featuring one of cinema’s favourite tropes – twins. “In the heat of the summer at a lonesome house in
Goodfellas
“For as long as I can remember I always wanted to be a gangster. To me that was better than being president of the United States. To be a gangster was to own the world.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on June 5 and 8 as we