Badass IV: International Shorts & The Three Don’ts (Ireland)

The Fourth Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival is coming February 23-25, with events and screenings at The Rio Theatre on February 24th and 25th. Saturday, Feb 24 Doors 6:30pm 7pm:  International Badass Short Film Block 8:15pm: The Three Don’ts (Ireland)   – Tickets $12 advance HERE | $15 at the door Festival Pass available online by clicking HERE *Must be 19+ w/ID for admission.  **Rio Theatre Groupons and … Read more

The Final Year

THE FINAL YEAR is a unique, insiders’ account of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy team during their last year in office. Director Greg Barker’s acclaimed documentary is a remarkable achievement, as the team were given unprecedented access inside the White House and State Department, offering viewers an uncompromising look at the inner workings of the … Read more

Thelma & Louise

“I don’t ever remember feeling this awake…” Meek housewife Thelma (Geena Davis) joins her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), an independent waitress, on a short fishing trip. However, their trip becomes a flight from the law when Louise shoots and kills a man who tries to rape Thelma at a bar. Louise decides to flee to … Read more

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children

There is light and beauty, even in the darkest of worlds. Winner of Spain’s Goya Award for Best Animated Feature (where the director separately won Best Animated Short Film in the same year), Alberto Vázquez‘s debut feature is a darkly comic, mind-bending fantasy based on his own graphic novel and award-winning short film. Birdboy: The … Read more

Badass IV: Canadian Shorts & She Who Must Burn (w/ Larry Kent)

The Fourth Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival is coming February 23-25, with events and screenings at The Rio Theatre on February 24th and 25th. Saturday, Feb 24 Doors 3:30pm 4pm: Canadian Badass Short Film Block 5:15pm: She Who Must Burn (Canada) presented by legendary indie Director Larry Kent with Q & A to follow. Never before screened … Read more

OBEY Giant Movie Screening

Timebomb Trading, Knowshow & OBEY Clothing present… An exclusive screening of OBEY GIANT a James Moll Film Thursday, Jan.18th 2018 Doors 9pm, Starts sharp at 9:30pm All Ages FREE w/ KNOWSHOW badge or get on the list at jacinta@timebombtrading.com  Check the trailer http://bit.ly/2CXll9K Obey Giant is an American documentary film that premiered on Hulu on November 11, 2017. Directed and produced … Read more

Legally Blonde

Elle Woods has it all. She’s the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner Huntington III. But, there’s just one thing stopping Warner from popping … Read more

Best F(R)iends Volume 1 (Hosted by Greg Sestero!)

“Oh, hai Mark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre with host Greg Sestero – immortalized as “Mark” in the pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM and author of the best-selling memoir THE DISASTER ARTIST – for a full night of conversation, laughs, book signing, meeting n’ greeting, and more. Featuring a double bill screening of Greg‘s latest … Read more

78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene

The screeching strings, the plunging knife, the slow zoom out from a lifeless eyeball: in 1960, Alfred Hitchcock‘s Psycho changed film history forever with its taboo-shattering shower scene. With 78 camera set-ups and 52 edits over the course of 3 minutes, Psycho redefined screen violence, set the stage for decades of slasher films to come, … Read more

It (Chapter I) #MonsterMonday

Based on Stephen King‘s hugely popular novel IT – which has been terrifying readers for decades – director Andy Muschietti‘s adaptation became one of 2017’s breakout hits, to ultimately emerge as the highest-grossing horror film of all time. We thought the time was right to revisit this modern classic as part of our ongoing #MonsterMonday … Read more