Movies

The Sixth Sense (25th Anniversary Screening)

The Rio Theatre‘s deep dive into Y2K movie goodness continues with a 25th Anniversary screening of one of the heaviest hitters – of any genre – from that era, M. Night Shyamalan’s palpably epic, game-changing white knuckle-thrill ride, THE SIXTH SENSE Young Cole Sear is haunted by a dark secret:

Skincare

Famed aesthetician Hope Goldman is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and work lives are challenged when rival facialist Angel Vergara  opens a new skincare boutique directly across from her store. She starts to suspect that someone

Friday the 13th Part III in 3D

Join us at the Rio Theatre on FRIDAY, (September) THE 13th for not one, but TWO titles from the iconic slasher franchise: FRIDAY THE 13th: Parts 2 & 3. Best of all Campers, we’re showing FRIDAY THE 13th: Part III in 3D! 

Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) 2024

Watch this space for information about the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) including screenings, times, and tickets for the fest, which is taking over the Rio Theatre September 26 – October 26. All advance tickets are managed via www.viff.org. Please direct any and all queries about the VIFF to

Footloose (40th Anniversary Screening)

“You won’t get any dancing here, it’s illegal.” Cut loose (and kick off your Monday shoes) with a 40th Anniversary screening of the 1980s pop-culture classic FOOTLOOSE. In this iconic 80s romantic drama, Bacon stars as a kid from the big city who finds

Event Horizon

1997 — The EVENT HORIZON that brought the dawning of Y-2-K. What movie better sums up the nihilistic little minds of those millennial rascals, than a film about human technology opening inter-dimensional gateways that ultimately lead to the inevitable doom and destruction of mankind by using our own hidden, suppressed

Cannibal Holocaust

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 30 with one of the aii-time classic grindhouse films ever made, Ruggero Deodato’s exploitation staple CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. Since its release in 1980, the film has been both banned and heavily censored throughout the world; decades after its

Sugarcane

A stunning tribute to the resilience of Native people and their way of life, SUGARCANE, the debut feature documentary from Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, is an epic cinematic portrait of a community during a moment of international reckoning. In 2021, evidence of unmarked graves was discovered

Friday the 13th Part 2

Join us at the Rio Theatre on FRIDAY, (September) THE 13th for not one, but TWO titles from the iconic slasher franchise: FRIDAY THE 13th: Parts 2 & 3. Best of all Campers, we’re showing FRIDAY THE 13th: Part III in 3D! 

Grey Gardens

Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother (Edith Bouvier Beale) and daughter (Edith ‘Little Edie’ Bouvier Beale), high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of the Jackie Onassis. The two manage to thrive together amid the decay and disorder of their East Hampton, New York, mansion, making for an eerily ramshackle echo

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.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

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