Movies

The Gentlemen Hecklers Present: Green Lantern

The Gentlemen Hecklers return to the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, April 11 with that *other* Ryan Reynolds superhero comic book movie… THE GREEN LANTERN. Also starring Mrs. Reynolds, Blake Lively. “In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of

Goodwin’s Way: World Premiere

Join us on International Workers’ Day for the World Premiere of GOODWIN’S WAY, a feature documentary that explores a British Columbia town’s resistance to a coal-powered future 100 years after the killing of controversial local labour activist Ginger Goodwin. Co-presented by the BC Federation of Labour & the Vancouver District Labour Council, GOODWIN’S

The Time Bomb: Vancouver Premiere

Usually a skate video consists of one skate team, or one group of buds. It’s pretty rare to see a full skate video that consists of guys from across an entire country. The Timebomb Video features all of Timebomb Trading’s skate teams from the east to west coast of Canada.

The Matrix Revolutions

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, May 7 for a marathon screening of the Wachowski’s mind-bending MATRIX trilogy. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano and more star in one of the biggest, most influential martial-arts fueled futuristic fantasy franchises ever! Catch them the way

The Matrix Reloaded

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Saturday, May 7 for a marathon screening of the Wachowski’s mind-bending MATRIX trilogy. Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano and more star in one of the biggest, most influential martial-arts fueled futuristic fantasy franchises ever! Catch them the way

The Matrix (25th Anniversary Screening!)

“There is no spoon.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a much-needed, big screen re-visitation of the Wachowski‘s landmark 1999 blockbuster, THE MATRIX – one of the most influential, martial-arts fueled, futuristic cyber-punk sci-fi fantasies ever made. Set in 1999, Keanu Reeves stars as Thomas A. Anderson

Rain City: 72 Hour Film Noir Challenge

Join us for the official gala screening party & awards celebration April 17th, 2016 at The Rio Theatre!  Doors @ 1 PM | Show Starts w/ Classic Film Noir Shorts at 1:45 PM Tickets $12 advance / $15 at the door Online tickets available by clicking

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

“The best place to be is here….” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a totally awesome, prime time screening of BILL AND TED’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE, a true 80s cult-classic starring Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, and the late, great, George Carlin. Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves) are

Friday the 13th (1980)

We’re definitely getting into the Halloween zone! The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, October 13 with one of the all-time great entries into the blood great slasher movie canon, the original 1980 summer camp classic FRIDAY THE 13TH. With countless sequels, remakes, and reboots, it

Supernatural Fandom: The Movie

SPN FANDOM the movie will screen here on The Rio’s big screen April 9th @ 7pm Watch the movie with Cast, Producers and fellow fans. Then it’s off to the AFTER PARTY for drinks, food and socializing. It will be a night to remember. Details on guests attending, go to

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.

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