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Barkley Marathon Movie Documentary

A famous prison escape sparks the idea for a cult-like race that has seen only 10 finishers in its first 25 years. This award-winning, oddly inspiring, and wildly funny documentary reveals the sports world’s most guarded secret.       Tuesday, March 29th Doors 7:00pm | Movie 7:30pm

Barbie

Greta Gerwig‘s candy-coated box-office smash BARBIE is coming to the Rio Theatre! Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling, in an Oscar-worthy performance) are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the

Barbie

Greta Gerwig‘s candy-coated box-office smash BARBIE is returning to the Rio Theatre! Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling, in an Oscar-worthy performance) are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the

Barbarella

The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movies series continues on July 18 with a big ol’ cheesy slice of unadulterated 60’s camp, with “Queen of the Galaxy” Jane Fonda in Roger Vadim’s out-of-this-world sci-fi sex romp / cult-classic, BARBARELLA. With Anita Pallenberg, John Phillip Law, Marcel Marceau. “BARBARELLA

Banksy Does New York

Director Chris Moukarbel’s look at the sensational (not to mention notoriously mysterious) artist known around the world as Banksy and his electrifying “31 works of art in 31 days” project in New York City. The film is comprised of footage cobbled together from various sources, including material crowd-sourced from mobile

Balance: World Premiere

What makes you happy ? This action-packed documentary is making a parallel between surfers, snowboarders and skateboarders to find out what makes them happy, go back for more and what is the feeling they get while playing their specific sports and lifestyles . DCP travels from Russia to Switzerland, Vancouver

Badass VIII: Non-Local Shorts

Join us for the Vancouver Badass Film Festival’s Non-Local Shorts programme. A Badass 8 hosted block of the best killer new shorts from around the world! Includes world, North American and Canadian premieres of new horror, thriller and just plain crazy short films. Full final

Badass VIII: Local Shorts & Awards Show w/ Caravan of Curiosities

Join us for the Vancouver Badass Film Festival VIII Local Shorts & Awards Show with Caravan of Curiosities, hosted by Jesse Inocalla and Nhi Do. The Badass 8 big event starts with hosted screenings of two blocks of the best new local genre shorts with

Badass VIII: Death Rumble

Join us for the world premiere of Vancouver writer/director Rusty Nixon’s (Residue, Candiland, A.M.I.) latest wild film: A group of professional wrestlers on a “Southern Hell Tour” are redirected through a small town of psychopaths bent on a show of their own.

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.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

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