The second night of East Van Showcase madness. See film students from all over BC compete in the first ever Student Showdown at legendary Rio Theatre Sunday, May 13 Doors 6:00 pm | Event starts 6:30 pm Advance tickets $10 through eventbrite by clicking –> HERE/ $12 at the door *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry … Read more
Third straight year of The Haunted Saloon… 9 Vancouver local directors 9 Local short horror/halloween films 9 Dollar Early Bird advance tickets! Also- Virtual Reality! Best Costume Contest! International Fims! Madcap Hosts! Join in for the Showdown at the Saloon and see who walks away with trophies and gold! It’s all happening Sunday, October 21st! … Read more
Shakespeare’s most enduring tragedy is re-imagined in a bold, modern adaptation set within London’s elite South Asian community. When Hamlet (Riz Ahmed) returns for his father’s funeral, he is stunned to discover his uncle Claudius is marrying his newly widowed mother. Visited by his father’s ghost, Hamlet learns his brutal murder was at the hands … Read more
Minutes after Laurie Strode, her daughter Karen and granddaughter Allyson left masked monster Michael Myers caged and burning in Laurie’s basement, Laurie is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, believing she finally killed her lifelong tormentor. But when Michael manages to free himself from Laurie’s trap, his ritual bloodbath resumes. As Laurie fights her … Read more
Hospital emergency room Dr. Daniel “Dan” Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie Grimbridge (Stacey Nelkin), the daughter of a murder victim, uncover a terrible plot by small-town mask maker Conal Cochran (Dan O’Herlihy), a madman who’s planning a Halloween mass murder utilizing an ancient Celtic ritual. The ritual involves a boulder stolen from Stonehenge, the use … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, October 31 for John Carpenter‘s original 1978 slasher masterpiece HALLOWEEN… on HALLOWEEN! Jamie Lee Curtis cemented her life-long iconic status as a “Scream Queen” thanks in no small part to her remarkable feature film debut in John Carpenter‘s original HALLOWEEN, a groundbreaking movie that would go on … Read more
‘HALLELUJAH: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’ is a definitive exploration of singer songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, “Hallelujah.” This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times; the song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit; and moving testimonies from … Read more
We’re tipping our hat to comedian Neal Brennan (who is performing two live shows at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, August 16) with a Friday Late Night Movie screening of the 1998 stoner classic HALF-BAKED, which he co-wrote with the film’s star, Dave Chappelle. When a member of their crew gets arrested for killing a … Read more
Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING (currently nominated for a Best Documentary Academy Award) allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South – trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming … Read more
Ostavrenje „Hajduk u Beogradu“ je prva filmska ekranizacija kultnog romana Gradimira Stojkovića koji je, od kada je objavljen 1985. godine, beležio srećnu mladost mnogim generacijama. Legendarni junak najpopularnijeg serijala knjiga sa ovih prostora – Gligorije Pecikoza Hajduk stiže i na veliko platno. Hajduk se doseljava sa porodicom u Beograd i postaje deo VIII5 razreda. Trudi … Read more
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