Movies
Borealis (Skype Q&A with Kevin Pollak and Joey King!)
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a very special presentation of the indie Canadian family drama BOREALIS (Winner, Special Jury Mention VIFF 2015). The film follows Jonah (Jonas Chernick), an unemployed gambler who takes his estranged pot-smoking teen-aged daughter Aurora (Joey King) on a dangerous road trip to Churchill,
Border
In Ali Abbasi‘s award-winning BORDER, nothing is quite as it seems. The story follows an unusual customs officer named Tina, a women who is well known for her extraordinary sense of smell – it’s almost as if she can sniff out the guilt on anyone hiding something. But when Vore,
Bordello of Blood (20th Anniversary Screening!) Filmmakers in Attendance for Q and A
Join us on Saturday, July 16 at the Rio Theatre for a very special 20th Anniversary screening of Bordello of Blood. Featured guests for this event include director Gil Adler, special effects creator Todd Masters, and John Kassir (aka, the voice of the Crypt Keeper!) via Skype. Shot in Vancouver,
Bookworm
12-year-old Mildred’s life is turned upside down when her mother lands in hospital and estranged, American magician father, Strawn Wise (Elijah Wood), comes to look after her. Hoping to entertain the bookish tween, Strawn takes Mildred camping in the notoriously rugged New Zealand wilderness, and the pair embark on the
Booksmart
Actress Olivia Wilde‘s feature directorial debut follows two academic superstars and best friends who, on the eve of their high school graduation, suddenly realize that they should have worked less and played more. Determined never to fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram
Boogie Nights
“We’re about to make film history, right here… on videotape. “ Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson made an impression with his 1996 feature debut, HARD EIGHT, but it was his sophomore effort in 1997, BOOGIE NIGHTS that really cemented his career and place in Hollywood. Set in California’s
Bonnie and Clyde
In a truly impressive career full of highlights, legendary director Arthur Penn‘s (The Miracle Worker, Little Big Man) most celebrated film remains 1967’s ultra stylish, sexy, and ultimately very violent romantic crime drama Bonnie and Clyde. The iconic Depression-era tale of the doomed outlaw couple is the stuff of American
Bonjour Tristesse
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome
Bones of Crows
BONES OF CROWS is told through the eyes of Cree Matriarch Aline Spears as she survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse. She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into
Bones and All
BONES AND ALL reunites Oscar-winning director Luca Guadagnino with his CALL ME BY YOUR NAME stars Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg for an entirely different kind of coming-of-age love story set in the 80s. This moody, unconventional, and deeply romantic tale of first love between Maren (a young woman