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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

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

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

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