Movies
Peelers
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, March 20 for the Canadian Theatrical Premiere of PEELERS, a killer new horror feature film from Vancouver-based director Sevé Schelenz (SKEW). Filmmakers in attendance for a Q&A session following the screening. What starts
Spirited Away OLD
Over twenty years, after its release, Hayao Miyazaki‘s SPIRITED AWAY still remains one of the most explosively original and enchanting animated films ever made – and it’s even better on the big screen! Enter a captivating world of witches, dragons and spirits, in a critically-acclaimed story that became a worldwide
She Started It
Women Who Code + Friends Present: “She Started It” Join us on Sunday, March 12th 2017 for a screening of the movie She Started It followed by a post-screening Q&A discussion with an incredible panel. Holly Peck, Director + co-Founder of Women Who Code Vancouver,
The Lure
In this bold, genre-defying horror-musical mashup — the playful and confident debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska — a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters are drawn ashore in an alternate ’80s Poland to explore the wonders and temptations of life on land. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly aura make
The Shawshank Redemption (With Gil Bellows Q&A!)
“Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman turn in career-high performances as two men who forge a profound, lifelong bond while searching for humanity and moral decency against the backdrop of an
Ice Guardians: Gino Odjick Foundation Fundraiser
Newsweek’s “Top 10 Documentary for 2016”, ICE GUARDIANS explores one of the most controversial and provocative positions in the history of sport. ICE GUARDIANS journeys into the lives of those who perform what is undoubtedly the toughest job within the National Hockey League today: The Enforcer. Very few understand
The Red Turtle
Through the story of a man shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by turtles, crabs and birds, Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit‘s gorgeously animated, transcendent parable THE RED TURTLE recounts the milestones, loneliness, and hope in the life of a human being. Perfect for film lovers
Kids Culture Film Series Presents: Anina
Final show of the Kids Culture Film Series’ season is their first screening of a Uruguayan film, ANINA (2013). Sunday, March 5 Doors 1:00 pm | Movie 2:00 pm Rating is pending / Suitable
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (35th Anniversary Screening!)
Kowabunga, dude! Join us for some Friday Late Night Movie turtle action with TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. Released in 1990, the original live-action feature film adaptation of the cult comic book and the popular animated television show is a bona-fide cult-classic for pretty much anyone who became of
Ms. 45
Abel Ferrara’s (BAD LIEUTENANT, KING OF NEW YORK) 1981 revenge thriller classic MS. 45 was remastered in HD from the original negatives in 2014, and she is (finally) blowing up the Rio’s screen as part of our Friday Late Night Movie series on March 10. The film follows a mute