The Rio Theatre‘s Rio Grind Film Festival is kicking things off on Friday, November 4 with the BC Premiere of director Kōji Shiraishi‘s supernatural thriller – a match made in horror movie franchise heaven – SADAKO VS. KAYAKO. It’s THE RING vs. THE GRUDGE in the ultimate showdown (the 12th of each series!). SADAKO VS. … Read more
Vancouver, get ready! On Friday, October 21, TGR is returning to the Rio Theatre for the winter kick-off party of the year. Join us to celebrate TGR’s 21st birthday with the one-night only premiere of our new feature length ski and snowboard film, Tight Loose. Whether you are coming for the mellower early show or … Read more
It’s been 67 years since ski-film pioneer Warren Miller picked up a camera to capture the wonder, the adventure, the humor and the beauty that is skiing. Since that time, Warren Miller film crews have traveled the globe—from storied slopes to hidden, snow-covered corners—to celebrate all things snowsports. Their quest has taken powder-hungry filmgoers, well, … Read more
Join the Planning Institute of BC’s South Coast Chapter for a screening and discussion of The Human Scale. 50 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe … Read more
From the Oscar-winning producers of AMY and SENNA comes SUPERSONIC, a gin-and-tonic soaked documentary that offers unprecedented access to The Brothers Gallagher. SUPERSONIC tells the remarkable story of the iconic band Oasis in their own words and features extensive, unseen archival footage to illustrate their meteoric rise from the council estates of Manchester to some … Read more
No other band in rock roll history has rivaled The Stooges combination of heavy primal throb, spiked psychedelia, blues-a-billy grind, complete with succinct angst-ridden lyrics, and a snarling, preening leopard of a front man who somehow embodies Nijinsky, Bruce Lee, Harpo Marx, and Arthur Rimbaud all rolled into one. There is no precedent for The … Read more
The time: 1814. The place: Edo, now known as Tokyo. A much accomplished artist of his time and now in his mid-fifties, Tetsuzo can boast clients from all over Japan, and tirelessly works in the garbage-loaded chaos of his house-atelier. He spends his days creating astounding pieces of art, from a giant-size Bodhidharma portrayed on … Read more
“Some people say I’m an overachiever, but I think they’re just jealous.” Alexander Payne‘s darkly satirical 1999 coming-of-age comedy about an ambitious, over-achieving young woman who wants nothing more but to be her high school’s President (in spite of some, um, scandals) and the teacher who will stop at nothing to make sure she doesn’t … Read more
A Town Called Panic: Double Fun Films by Stéphane Aubier and Vincent Patar “An insane level of continuous action!” Take another trip to A Town Called Panic, with two award-winning new specials from the directors of the zany feature film and the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine. With disarming wit and hilarious visuals, A Town … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a one-night-only screening of the South Korean disaster filmof the year, Kim Seong-hun’s TUNNEL (“Teo-neol”). This tense yet slyly satirical action thriller follows Jung-soo (Ha Jung-woo, who can next be seen in Park Chan-wook‘s highly anticipated THE HANDMAIDEN) a devoted husband, father and used car salesman who desperately … Read more
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