Movies
Rio Grind Film Festival: Short Film (Block I)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for what may be the absolute BEST Short Film Screening event in the history of Vancouver, ever. It’s the Rio Grind Film Festival‘s 2016 lineup, and it is good. In fact, it’s so good that we’re presenting it over the
The 18th Annual Animation Show of Shows
ACME FILMWORKS PRESENTS THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns for its second year in theaters (and at the Rio!) with 12 charming family-friendly films. Highlights include About a Mother, a new folktale with echoes of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, Disney/Pixar’s
Little Shop of Horrors
“Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long.” Based on Alan Menken and Howard Ashman‘s 1982 off-Broadway musical, director Frank Oz‘s Little Shop of Horrors takes its own fleshy bite out of Roger Corman‘s original B-movie (1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors, which featured a very young Jack
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Independence Day
“Nuke ’em. Let’s nuke the bastards. “ On Wednesday, November 9, The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre with the ultimate post-US election night sci-fi-action thriller: INDEPENDENCE DAY. Yes, the Gentlemen are going all out (Big Willie Style!) with one of the 90s’ biggest and baddest (in
Operation Avalanche
“If you believe, they put a man on the moon… “ In 1967, during the height of the Cold War, two young CIA agents (including writer-director Matt Johnson and Owen Williams) go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and
Nova Seed
Beneath the surface decay of a toxic, dying world lives the Mad Doctor Mindskull. He has created the ultimate weapon, using the planet’s own power to destroy it. Can mankind unite to find a way to stop this Evil before time runs out? The only answer lies within… The Nova
24×36: A Movie About Movie Posters
A documentary exploring the birth, death and resurrection of illustrated movie poster art. Through interviews with a number of key art personalities from the 70s and 80s, as well as many modern, alternative poster artists – 24×36 aims to answer the question – What happened to the illustrated movie poster?
Prevenge
Known primarily in the UK as both an actress (HOT FUZZ, KILL LIST,) and writer (Ben Wheatley‘s sublime SIGHTSEERS), Alice Lowe does triple duty in the unexpectedly dark indie horror comedy PREVENGE, her feature directorial debut. Shot in just 11 days, Lowe herself was seven months pregnant when she made
I Am Not a Serial Killer
Sixteen-year-old John Wayne Cleaver (Max Records, WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE) is not a serial killer-but he has all the makings of one. Keeping his homicidal tendencies and morbid obsessions with death and murder in check is a constant struggle that only gets harder when a real serial killer begins
KONELĪNE: our land beautiful
Winner, Best Canadian Feature (Hot Docs 2016) KONELĪNE: our land beautiful is a sensual, cinematic celebration of northwestern British Columbia, and all the dreamers who move across it. This film does not lecture; it surprises with cinematic action and visual poetry. It is a bold experimental film from some of