A Streetcar Named Desire

Stellllaaaaaaaaa! Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE is one of the most celebrated American works of the 20th century, as is director Elia Kazan’s film adaptation of it. Starring Marlon Brando, Vivien Leigh, Karl Malden and Kim Hunter, the film marked the first of four consecutive Oscar nominations for Marlon Brando, while … Read more

A Star Is Born (Extended Edition!)

In A STAR IS BORN, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga fuse their considerable talents to depict the raw and passionate tale of Jack and Ally, two artistic souls coming together, on stage and in life. Theirs is a complex journey through the beauty and the heartbreak of a relationship struggling to survive. In this new … Read more

A Star Is Born (1976)

“You can trash your life but you’re not going to trash mine!” We’re going back in time, swimming away from the shallow and heading instead into the evergreen with the third remake of A STAR IS BORN, set in the mid 1970’s, featuring Barbra Streisand and Kris Kristofferson as, perhaps, cinema’s favourite ill-fated lovers. Kristofferson … Read more

A Scanner Darkly

Visionary writer-director Richard Linklater (DAZED AND CONFUSED, BOYHOOD) dove head first into A SCANNER DARKLY’s visually stylized adaptation of author Philip K. Dick’s novel of the same name, which tells the story of identity and deception in a near-future dystopia constantly under intrusive high-technology police surveillance in the midst of a drug addiction epidemic. Linklater … Read more

A Real Pain

Actor Jesse Eisenberg (THE SOCIAL NETWORK, ZOMBIELAND) flexes his writing and directing chops in the new road-trip comedy A REAL PAIN, which he also stars in alongside Kieran Culkin (HBOS’ “Succession”). The pair play mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin), who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved late grandmother. The … Read more

A Quiet Place Part II

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. With Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou, John Krasinski. “A nerve-wracking continuation of … Read more

A Quiet Place

If they hear you, they hunt you. John Krasinski (best known as Jim on TV’s THE OFFICE) does triple duty here, as co-writer, director and actor of one of 2018’s breakout sleeper hits, the white-knuckle thriller A QUIET PLACE. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, Krasinski and co-star Emily Blunt (who are married in real life) … Read more

A Perfect 14 (Filmmaker Q&A!)

Following its sold out Canadian Premiere at this year’s Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, the much-talked about new documentary A PERFECT 14 is making it way to the Rio Theatre (with filmmakers in attendance for Q&A!) on Saturday, March 30 and Sunday, April 7. A PERFECT 14 explores the world of plus size models … Read more

A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge

Freddy’s back…and he wants revenge! Vancouver’s Pride weekend 2023 has gone next-level  as the Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues with one for all the 80’s kids out there with A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY’S REVENGE on August 4. When Jesse Walsh (Mark Patton) moves with his family to Elm Street, … Read more

A Nightmare on Elm Street (40th Anniversary Screening)

“One, two, Freddy’s coming for you Three, four, better lock your door Five, six, grab your crucifix Seven, eight, gonna stay up late Nine, ten, never sleep again…” This one’s for all the 80s kids out there! The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on November 15 with a 40th Anniversary screening of … Read more