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Finding Big Country (Director in Attendance!)

Following numerous sold out screenings at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival (in addition to winning the prestigious #mustseeBC Award), documentary filmmaker Kathleen S. Jayme‘s FINDING BIG COUNTRY finds its way to East Vancouver for an encore screening on Sunday, October 28. Jayme will be in attendance and will

Filmworker

It’s a rare person who would give up fame and fortune to toil in obscurity for someone else’s creative vision. Yet, that’s exactly what Leon Vitali did after his acclaimed performance as ‘Lord Bullingdon” in Stanley Kubrick‘s BARRY LYNDON. The young actor surrendered his thriving career to become Kubrick’s loyal

Fight Club (25th Anniversary Screening)

Mischief. Mayhem. Soap. Toxic masculinity never looked so good! The Rio Theatre’s deep dive into Y2K-era millennial goodness wouldn’t be complete without a prime time screening of David Fincher’s adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk‘s blockbuster novel about a bored office worker and his soap-making friend, FIGHT CLUB. In 1999,

Fight Club

Welcome to Fight Club. The first rule of Fight Club is: You do not talk about Fight Club. The second rule of Fight Club is: You DO NOT talk about Fight Club! David Fincher‘s magnetic neo-noir drama Fight Club (based on the 1996 novel of the

Fiddler on the Roof

“Tradition.” Director Norman Jewison‘s lavish screen adaptation of the internationally acclaimed Broadway production recalls the glory days of Hollywood musicals via the endearing story of Tevye (Topol), a poor Jewish milkman whose love, pride and faith in his shtetl help him face the increasing oppression of turn-of-the-century Czarist Russia. “Sentimental

Fever Dream (Premiere! Presented with the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival)

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, October 13 for the Premiere of Peruvian director Claudia Llosa‘s (THE MILK OF SORROW, 2009 Oscar-nominee) latest film, FEVER DREAM, an adaptation of Argentinian writer Samanta Schweblin’s celebrated 2014 psychological thriller “Distancia de rescate.” Co-written by Llosa and Schweiblin, the film follows

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Matthew Broderick stars in one of John Hughes‘ hands-down best, FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF. A cinematic touchstone for 80s kids (and pretty much every kid who’s come after), the film is

Ferrari

Filmmaker Michael Mann (HEAT, THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, THE INSIDER, ALI) returns to form with this intensely driven drama centered on a pivotal moment in the life of iconic Italian race car driver and entrepreneur, Enzo Ferrari. Behind the spectacle and danger of 1950’s Formula 1, Ferrari is in

Femme

Experience Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (CANDYMAN) and George Mackay (1917) in the jaw-dropping queer revenge thriller from visionary directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping in FEMME. With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get

Female Trouble

A cult classic from director John Waters, FEMALE TROUBLE follows the trials and tribulations of Dawn Davenport (played to perfection by Waters’ muse and frequent collaborator, Divine). Her life is ruined when her parents refuse to get her a pair of ‘Cha-Cha heels’ for Christmas. Who could imagine that this

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

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