Movies
Landfill Harmonic
“A symphony of the human spirit!” Get ready to stand up and cheer for one of this year’s most acclaimed, inspiring, and joyful documentaries, LANDFILL HARMONIC. Follow the true story of Paraguayan music director Favio Chavez, who guides the Recycled Orchestra of Cateura, a group made up of young people
The Handmaiden
From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE, THIRST and STOKER, comes a ravishing new crime drama inspired by the novel ‘Fingersmith’ by British author Sarah Waters. Having transposed the story to 1930s-era colonial Korea and Japan, Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of a young Japanese
The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Die Hard 2 (Die Harder)
“They say lightning never strikes twice… They were wrong.” On Tuesday, December 18 The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre with director Renny Harlin‘s seasonally appropriate action thriller DIE HARD 2: DIE HARDER. Bruce Willis stars in the sequel to DIE HARD as street smart cop John
Misery
“I’m your number one fan!” Adapted from horror master Stephen King‘s novel, MISERY casts James Caan as pulpy romance author Paul Sheldon, who crashes his car on a snowy Colorado road whilst returning from a self-imposed writing retreat. He is found by oddball loner and former nurse Annie
McCabe & Mrs. Miller
“The story of a gambling man and a hustling lady and the empire they fashioned in the wilderness.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, December 5 to celebrate the remarkable life and work of Canadian musician, poet, author, activist, icon and inspiration Leonard Cohen with a double bill
Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Monday, December 5 to celebrate the remarkable life and work of Canadian musician, poet, author, activist, icon and inspiration Leonard Cohen with a double bill
Under the Sun
Despite continuous interference by government handlers, director Vitaly Mansky still manages to document a slice of North Korean life in his acclaimed documentary, UNDER THE SUN. Manksy turns the lens on Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in this fascinating portrait of the year
Under the Tuscan Sun
After a rough divoce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the villa
American Honey
Visionary British director Andrea Arnold (FISH TANK) points her atmospheric lens towards the American Midwest in AMERICAN HONEY, a raw,risky, unconventional take on the coming-of-age drama that stars Shia LaBoeuf, Riley Keough, and Sasha Lane (in a breathtaking debut). Star (Lane), a free-spirited teenager on the brink of adulthood, leaves
Poignant
The Rio Grind Film Festival is pleased to present the Canadian Premiere of director Jaspreet Kaur‘s locally-lensed horror thriller, POIGNANT. Inspired by a true story, POIGNANT tells the story of the dangers a young girl encountered prior to her gruesome death. The filmmakers were themselves inspired by the true story