Movies
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Russ Meyer‘s “turbo-charged” exploitative skin-flick and “ode to the violence in women” FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL! is one of the all-time classic late night movie titles – a deliciously subversive mix of sex, action, and cheese – which makes it purrrrfect for a Friday Late Night Movie viewing at the
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present Birdemic: Shock and Terror
BIRDEMIC. “Birdemic” is a portemanteau, combining the words “bird” and “epidemic.” This, in a nutshell, is all you need to know about the 2010 “horror” film BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR. Anything else you need to know about (other than writer-director-producer James Nguyen‘s ornithological nightmare, widely regarded as one of the
Freddy vs. Jason
Winner Kills All What better way to spend your Friday, January 13th than at the Rio Theatre with a Friday Late Night Movie that features not one, but two of cinema’s biggest slasher icons battling it out for total nightmare domination? Released in 2003, FREDDY vs.
Metric: Dreams So Real
Western Canadian Premiere! Shot with 24 x 4K cameras at Thunderbird Arena in Vancouver, concert film METRIC: DREAMS SO REAL captures the last show of a sold out tour that saw the band play to over 100,000 people. The lights and sound of the tour was remarkable – big enough
The Apartment
“Shut up and deal.” In 1960, iconic filmmaker Billy Wilder (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SOME LIKE IT HOT, SABRINA, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH) became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same movie. That movie was THE APARTMENT, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and
Dead Snow
Don’t steal gold. It always ends… Badly. After making a (bloody) splash following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in 2009, Norwegian writer-director Tommy Wirkola‘s Scandinavian CABIN FEVER-esque take on the zombie trope landed itself a cult following (and 2014 sequel) thanks to its fresh take on a well-worn
Nick Cave: One More Time with Feeling
Originally envisioned as a “one night only” cinema event to accompany the release of a new record, director Andrew Dominik’s (Chopper, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Killing Them Softly), ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELING documents the intimate aspects of the writing and recording process as
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Norwegian director André Øvredal (TROLLHUNTER) returns to theatres with his latest soon-to-be horror classic and first English language release, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, a film that finds itself squarely on the indie arthouse horror slab. A festival hit in 2016 (TIFF, 2nd Place in People’s Choice Midnight Madness; Fantastic
Kiki’s Delivery Service (35th Anniversary Screening!)
There is no better way to appreciate the magic of Studio Ghibli than on the big screen! Movie-lovers of all ages adore animated classics from Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli, and Hayao Miyazaki‘s KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989) is one of their most popular titles. The film follows the story of 13-year-old
Rocky IV
Yo, Adrian! Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Boxing Day movie marathon that is literally a day of boxing – we’re talkng Sylvester Stallone’s iconic Rocky Balboa, from the original Oscar-winner ROCKY (1976), to Mr. T, to Dolph Lundgren. See one, or see ’em all! *Please note: Because