Movies
Bruce LaBruce’s ‘The Visitor’
London, today. A refugee washes up naked in a suitcase on the bank of the Thames. The enigmatic, sexually fluid stranger introduces himself to a bourgeois, upper class family. He is invited to stay on as an employee. The Visitor soon seduces each member of the family in a series
Brotherhood: A Life with St. Francis (‘Il sogno di Francesco’)
Italy, 1209, surrounded by convinced and devoted friends, Francis of Assisi seeks purity and innocence among the poor. The Church and Pope Innocent III don’t trust him and become very suspicious. The intrusion of the high authority will create divisions within the order. Francis is summoned by the Church to
Brotherhood (Filmmaker Q&A!)
In 1926, a band of teenage boys arrive at Long Point Camp for the adventure of their lives. When their canoe capsizes in a freak summer storm, their holiday descends into a soul-shuddering fight for survival. Based on a true story, BROTHERHOOD is currently nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards
Brooklyn
BROOKLYN tells the profoundly moving story of Eilis Lacey a young Irish immigrant navigating her way through 1950s Brooklyn. Lured by the promise of America, Eilis departs Ireland and the comfort of her mother’s home for the shores of New York City. The initial shackles of homesickness quickly diminish as
Broker
Five years after winning the Palme d’Or for SHOPLIFTERS, Academy award-nominated filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with BROKER, starring Cannes Best actor winner Song Kang Ho (PARASITE). The film follows two brokers who sell orphaned infants, circumventing the bureaucracy of legal adoption, to affluent couples who can’t have children of
Broken By The Wind: A Film By Joseph Akrami
On January 8, 2020, Flight PS752 from Tehran to Kiev was intentionally shot down by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Everyone on board was killed. Among the passengers, were fifty-five Canadian citizens and thirty permanent residents who were returning to Canada from Iran. BROKEN BY THE WIND
Brokeback Mountain (20th Anniversary Screening)
June is Pride month across North America and the Rio Theatre is joining in the celebration with the groundbreaking, and first of its kind in contemporary Hollywood mainstream films, Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN. The film is set in a fictitious yet picturesque location, Brokeback Mountain, and chronicles the lives of
BRO (Vancouver Premiere!)
BRO is a upcoming Indian Telugu-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by Samuthirakani. It stars Pawan Kalyan, Sai Dharam Tej, Priya Prakash Varrier, Ketika Sharma, Brahmanandam, and Subbaraju. Thursday, July 27 Doors 6:00 pm | Movie 6:30 pm *Start time subject to
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Brittany Forgler is a hilarious, friendly, hot mess of a New Yorker who always knows how to have a good time, but at 27, her late-night adventures and early-morning walks-of-shame are starting to catch up to her. When she stops by a Yelp-recommended doctor’s office in an attempt to score
Brit Rock Film Tour 2022
The Brit Rock Film Tour is back for 2022 with another set of showstopper films representing the best of UK climbing and adventure stories in Greenland, Scotland, England and Wales. Featuring the likes of Anna Hazelnutt, Jacob Cook, Bonwyn Hodgins and Greg Boswell. “When I heard about Jacob and