Join us at the Rio Theatre for a unique evening of film and live music featuring a screening of the documentary BRASSLANDS and a taste of the upcoming Ederlezi Balkan Brass Festival 2015!, featuring music from by Vancouver’s own premiere Balkan Brass band, Orkestar Slivovica. Sunday, May 3 Doors 5:30 / Show at 6:30 pm … Read more
“Remember, where you’re going, there are no roads.” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re (finally, after countless audience requests!) doing a marathon … Read more
“You built a time machine…. Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We thought the time was right to to go back, way back, to 1985… And revisit Robert Zemeckis‘ original 80s classic, BACK TO THE FUTURE. But we’re not just screening the original BACK TO THE FUTURE… We’re also keeping it ramped at 88 and … Read more
“Wait a minute. Wait a minute, Doc. Ah… Are you telling me that you built a time machine… Out of a DeLorean?” Great Scott! We’re going back in time as part of our series of classics this summer, with a screening of Robert Zemeckis‘ iconic BACK TO THE FUTURE (which is – hands down – … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Friday, April 17 for the Vancouver Premiere of DOWN HERE, a contemporary thriller and social drama set in the city’s downtown Eastside starring Dean Wray and Tantoo Cardinal. Friday, April 17 Showtime 6:30 – Q&A to follow Tickets $10 HERE / $12 at the door +19 with 2 pieces … Read more
Behind every code is an enigma. Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, THE IMITATION GAME portrays the nail-biting race against time by quiet genius Alan Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain’s top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park during the darkest days of World War … Read more
Six of the best episodes of Shinichirō Watanabe’s epic neo-noir space Western anime series COWBOY BEBOP are getting the big screen, marathon treatment at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, April 23. Thursday, April 23 Doors 6:30pm / Marathon starts at 7:00pm *Scheduled break after every two episodes Tickets $10 advance HERE /$12 door Must be 19+ … Read more
“There’s never been a film like ROAR – and there never will be again!” 11 years, many millions and many real-life APOCALYPSE NOW-style tragedies in the making, this maniacal, well-meaning fever dream / career-derailing utopian social experiment / animal-attack crucible stars spouses Tippi Hedren (THE BIRDS) and Noel Marshall (Executive Producer of THE EXORCIST), their … Read more
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
It was Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a candlestick… Based on the popular board game CLUE, this live-action adaptation received mixed reviews upon release, but in the years since it has taken on a life of its own and become a total cult movie – perfect for inclusion in the Rio’s Halloween movie … Read more
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