Movies
Bring Them Down
What better way to mark St. Patrick’s Day at the Rio Theatre than with an Irish movie night? We’re teaming up with our friends at CelticFest Vancouver to present an evening of live, traditional Celtic music and a double bill featuring both the breakout 2024
Bring It On
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that’s sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain Torrance, the Toros’ road to total cheer glory
Bring Her Back
Two-time Oscar nominee Sally Hawkins (THE SHAPE OF WATER) delivers a profound, if not deeply deranged performance in the domestic nightmare BRING HER BACK, the latest from Australian filmmaking twins Danny and Michael Philippou (2022’s TALK TO ME). This unsettling mystery-thriller tells the tale of a brother and sister who uncover
Brigsby Bear
The TV show “Brigsby Bear Adventures” is a children’s television program produced for an audience of one: James Pope (“Saturday Night Live’s” Kyle Mooney, who also co-wrote the script). When the series abruptly ends, Pope’s life changes forever as he sets out to finish the storyline himself. To do that,
Bride of Chucky
After being cut apart by the police, killer doll Chucky (Brad Dourif) is resurrected by Tiffany (Jennifer Tilly), an ex-girlfriend of the serial murderer whose soul is inside the toy. Following an argument, Chucky kills Tiffany and transfers her soul into a bride doll. To find the magical amulet tha
Brick
While taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, director Rian Johnson‘s debut feature BRICK also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery by wittily and bracingly immersing the trope in fresh territory – a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school.
Brian de Palma’s ‘Carrie’ (4K Restoration)
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!” The Rio Theatre’s annual deep-dive into Halloween movie goodness continues on Monday, October 28 with a double dose of Brian de Palma in a night featuring a 50th Anniversary screening of the legendary rock opera THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE with the
Breakfast of Champions (25th Anniversary Restoration)
“It’s all life until you’re dead.” 25 years after its initial release, Kurt Vonnegut’s biting portrayal of America’s mad chaos, BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS returns in a restored 4K version. Directed by the brilliant Alan Rudolph and starring Bruce Willis, Nick Nolte, and Albert Finney, this zany
Break the Game (Filmmakers in Attendance)
After coming out as a trans woman, world-record-holding gamer, Narcissa Wright loses her massive fanbase. To win them back, she attempts to set a new world record in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, while live-streaming every minute of her mythic quest. Drawing from an archive of
Brazil
In the sci-fi, dystopian fantasy masterpiece BRAZIL, Jonathan Pryce plays a daydreaming every-man who finds himself caught in the soul-crushing gears of a nightmarish bureaucracy. This cautionary tale by Terry Gilliam, one of the great films of the 1980s, has come to be esteemed alongside antit-otalitarian works by the likes