Movies
Haida Modern: The Art & Activism of Robert Davidson (With Filmmakers & Robert Davidson Q&A!)
In the 50 years since he carved his first totem pole and saw it raised on Haida Gwaii, Robert Davidson has come to be regarded as one of the world’s foremost modern artists. And yet, in the insightful interviews captured here, he retains a remarkably soft-spoken manner and a charming
Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World
FINAL DATE JUST ANNOUNCED! Director Charles Wilkinson (Oil Sands Karaoke, Peace Out), completes his environmental trilogy with Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World. Winner of the top prize at this year’s Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto and winner of Most Popular Canadian Documentary at this year’s
Hadwin’s Judgement
HADWIN’S JUDGEMENT is a spellbinding and visually stunning account of environmentalism, obsession, and myth set in the Pacific Northwest. It chronicles one man’s resolute struggle to reconcile what he regarded as an intolerable and conspiratorial affront – not just to the land, but to humanity as well. Based on John
Hackers
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 11 with the 1995-era Angelina Jolie (pre-Brad Pitt, pre-Billy Bob Thornton) vehicle HACKERS, a www.suspense-thriller-crime-drama-comedy.com that follows a bunch of 25 year-old high school students (including Jolie’s ex Johnny Lee Miller and Matthew Lillard) as they jack
Gymkata
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 9 with a truly Olympic-level hit of American cheese – GYMKATA. Real-life American gymnast Kurt Thomas is perfectly cast as an American gymnast who travels to the suspiciously foreign-sounding land of “Parmistan” to
Guntur Kaaram
Pongal 2024 is coming to the Rio Theatre! The Telugu-language action drama GUNTUR KAARAM, is having its Vancouver Premiere at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, January 11. Thursday, January 11 Vancouver Premiere! Early Show Doors 2:30 pm | Movie 3:00 pm *Start time subject
Guns Akimbo
Get loaded! Daniel Radcliffe continues exploring the depths of the unexpectedly weird and wonderful in writer-director Jason Lei Howden‘s (DEATHGASM) latest, GUNS AKIMBO. This high-energy, super stylish genre trip is getting the big screen treatment at the Rio Theatre – for one night only! – as part of
Gunda
Experiential cinema in its purest form, GUNDA chronicles the unfiltered lives of a mother pig, a flock of chickens, and a herd of cows with masterful intimacy. Using stark, transcendent black and white cinematography and the farm’s ambient soundtrack, Master director Victor Kossakowsky invites the audience to slow down and
Gummo
“Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you’d be dead.” The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 23 with writer-director Harmony Korine‘s (SPRING BREAKERS) debut feature, GUMMO. Released in 1997, this polarizing cult-classic divides critics
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Academy Award®-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award-winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love. A father’s wish magically