Join us at the Rio Theatre for what may be the absolute best Short Film Screening event in the history of Vancouver, ever. It’s the Rio Grind Film Festival’s 2016 lineup, and it is good. In fact, it’s so good that we’re presenting it over the course of two days! This year, we were fortunate … Read more
I just want to be perfect. A psychological thriller set in the world of New York City ballet, BLACK SWAN stars Natalie Portman (who took home a much deserved Best Actress Oscar) as Nina, a featured dancer who finds herself locked in a web of competitive intrigue with a new rival at the company (Mila … Read more
Each has a power. Each has a purpose. And together, they will face their fiercest enemy. “Centuries ago, a legendary inter-dimensional being known as Zordon came to the city of Angel Grove to establish a command center for his never-ending struggle against evil. With the aid of his trusted assistant, Alpha 5, the noble master … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for what may be the absolute BEST Short Film Screening event in the history of Vancouver, ever. It’s the Rio Grind Film Festival‘s 2016 lineup, and it is good. In fact, it’s so good that we’re presenting it over the course of two days! This year, we were fortunate … Read more
ACME FILMWORKS PRESENTS THE 18TH ANNUAL ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS The ANIMATION SHOW OF SHOWS returns for its second year in theaters (and at the Rio!) with 12 charming family-friendly films. Highlights include About a Mother, a new folktale with echoes of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, Disney/Pixar’s sweet Piper, and the latest in … Read more
“Feed me, Seymour. Feed me all night long.” Based on Alan Menken and Howard Ashman‘s 1982 off-Broadway musical, director Frank Oz‘s Little Shop of Horrors takes its own fleshy bite out of Roger Corman‘s original B-movie (1960’s The Little Shop of Horrors, which featured a very young Jack Nicholson) and waters it down with a … Read more
“Nuke ’em. Let’s nuke the bastards. “ On Wednesday, November 9, The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre with the ultimate post-US election night sci-fi-action thriller: INDEPENDENCE DAY. Yes, the Gentlemen are going all out (Big Willie Style!) with one of the 90s’ biggest and baddest (in a good way) guilty pleasures that asks … Read more
“If you believe, they put a man on the moon… “ In 1967, during the height of the Cold War, two young CIA agents (including writer-director Matt Johnson and Owen Williams) go undercover at NASA to investigate a possible Russian mole. In disguise as documentary filmmakers, they tap phones and break into offices while purporting … Read more
Beneath the surface decay of a toxic, dying world lives the Mad Doctor Mindskull. He has created the ultimate weapon, using the planet’s own power to destroy it. Can mankind unite to find a way to stop this Evil before time runs out? The only answer lies within… The Nova Seed. NOVA SEED is a … Read more
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? Where did it disappear to, … Read more
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