Movies
Tower
For so many, August 1st 1966 was the day American innocence was shattered. A sniper rode the elevator to the top floor of the iconic University of Texas Tower and opened fire, holding the campus hostage for 96 minutes in what was a previously unimaginable event. TOWER combines archival footage
Rats
“This one is going to make you squirm.” (ComingSoon.net) Lurking in unseen corners and crevices all over the world, rats thrive as one of the most elusive creatures. Their existence flourishes around the globe – from the fractures in Manhattan’s sidewalks to the dark streets of Mumbai, these disease-carrying animals
The Girl with All the Gifts
Adapted from on the acclaimed novel by M.R.Carey (who also wrote the screenplay), THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS has been embraced by movie lovers at film fests and beyond for being the must-see smart, suspenseful, sensitive and totally action-packed zombie feature of 2017. In a dystopian near future, humanity
Don’t Kill It
After doing battle with angry arachnids in crowd pleasers BIG ASS SPIDER! and LAVALANTULA, director Mike Mendez returns to the horror fray with star Dolph Lundgren (HE-MAN, ROCKY IV, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, THE EXPENDABLES) as a grizzled bounty hunter facing killer demons in DON’T KILL IT. In the film,
Headshot
Newly minted action icon Iko Uwais (THE RAID 1 & 2) stars in this fast and furious action thriller as an amnesiac whose mysterious past as a killing machine rears its head when he takes on the minions of a powerful drug kingpin. Fans of fast-paced, intense martial arts action
A New Economy (Encore Screening)
On Tuesday, November 15, join us at the Rio Theatre for the special encore presentation of A New Economy – a film that explores what would happen if working together for the good of all was the most common business model? Watch, as several
The Greasy Strangler
“Hootie tootie, disco cutie.” It goes without saying that Jim Hoskin‘s debut feature The Greasy Strangler takes the award for Most WTF Movie of 2016. This is, unquestionably, a film that needs to be experienced (preferably on the big screen, and with a very open-minded, late night kind of movie
Sadako vs. Kayako
The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival is kicking things off on Friday, November 4 with the BC Premiere of director Kōji Shiraishi‘s supernatural thriller – a match made in horror movie franchise heaven – SADAKO VS. KAYAKO. It’s THE RING vs. THE GRUDGE in the
Tight Loose: Vancouver Premiere
Vancouver, get ready! On Friday, October 21, TGR is returning to the Rio Theatre for the winter kick-off party of the year. Join us to celebrate TGR’s 21st birthday with the one-night only premiere of our new feature length ski and snowboard film, Tight Loose. Whether you are coming for
Warren Miller’s “Here There & Everywhere”
It’s been 67 years since ski-film pioneer Warren Miller picked up a camera to capture the wonder, the adventure, the humor and the beauty that is skiing. Since that time, Warren Miller film crews have traveled the globe—from storied slopes to hidden, snow-covered corners—to celebrate all things snowsports. Their quest