Blackway

Hollywood Thriller BLACKWAY opens across North America On June 13th it plays here at The Rio Theatre Starring Anthony Hopkins, Julia Stiles and Ray Liotta   Doors at 6pm / Movie starts 7pm Tickets $10 in advance/ $12 at the door Online tickets available by clicking HERE or at the Box Office *Minors OK in balcony. Must … Read more

The Last Waltz

Happy Canada Day! Universally hailed as one of “the best concert films ever made,” director Martin Scorsese’s THE LAST WALTZ chronicles the final, farewell performance of legendary Canadian rockers the Band on Thanksgiving Day, 1976. A musical delight that is as fresh today as it was upon its release, the film features the Band’s members … Read more

Stop Making Sense

Same as it ever was… The greatest concert film of all time, STOP MAKING SENSE brings to the screen Talking Heads at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, alongside an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians. Renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme (‘Silence of the Lambs’) captures the band … Read more

Under the Cherry Moon

You don’t have to be rich, to be my girl. You don’t have to be cool, to rule my world. Ain’t no particular size I’m more compatible with I just want your extra time and your… Kiss. Following a number of phenomenal screenings at The Rio Theatre dedicated to the Purple One in May, we received … Read more

The Craft

Now is the time. This is the hour. Ours is the magic. Ours is the power. Unleash your inner-90’s witchy-self and get into the Halloween spirit with a prime time screening of THE CRAFT. Neve Campbell, Fairuza Balk, Robin Tunney and Rachel True star as a group of misfit girls on the fringe of their … Read more

David Cronenberg’s Crash

Based on the polarizing 1973 novel CRASH by English author J.G. Ballard, David Cronenberg‘s equally polarizing adaptation caused an uproar when it was released in 1996. Praised by (some) critics and widely admonished by others, the film has gained something of a cult audience in the nearly 25 years years since. In Cronenberg‘s distinctly austere, … Read more

The Steps

Join us at the Rio Theatre for THE STEPS, a hilarious and heartfelt story of two disparate families, with all their issues and baggage, learning to come together over the course of a weekend. The film stars Jason Ritter, James Brolin, Emanuelle Chriqui, and Christine Lahti. Filmmakers including writer Robyn Harding and producer Jason James … Read more

The Nice Guys

“Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling are clearly enjoying the hell out of each other in this crime caper set in 1977 Los Angeles. So how can you resist?” (Rolling Stone) From director Shane Black comes THE NICE GUYS, a 70s-era buddy comedy that harkens back to a bygone era (think LETHAL WEAPON, which Black wrote … Read more

The Lost World of Industrial Musicals

Get ready for the mutant offspring of Broadway and business!  For decades, corporations commissioned “industrial musicals” — original shows about selling bathtubs, tractors, gasoline, and everything else — only for insiders at conventions and sales meetings.  Industrials expert Steve Young, a former “Letterman” and “Simpsons” writer, screens some of the most twisted examples ever committed … Read more

Tempest Storm

Join us at the Rio Theatre for the exclusive Vancouver run of award-winning filmmaker Nimisha Mukerji‘s (65_Red Roses) latest acclaimed documentary, Tempest Storm, which takes a look at the extraordinary life and times of one of the burlesque world’s brightest stars – Tempest Storm. She was mistress to both Elvis and JFK, and became an … Read more