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Late Night with the Devil

October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a

Mad Max (45th Anniversary Screening)

As we all gear up for legendary filmmaker George Miller‘s hotly anticipated FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to drop, we thought the time was right to revisit the very first entry in his storied franchise, the original MAD MAX. Set in a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man’s most precious resource

Femme

Experience Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (CANDYMAN) and George Mackay (1917) in the jaw-dropping queer revenge thriller from visionary directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping in FEMME. With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get

Me and Felix

From the producer of “My Thoughts Are Silent,” “Luxembourg, Luxembourg,” “Wild Field,” “Homeward,” “Atlantis.” ME AND FELIX (“Rock, Paper, Grenade”) is a story about relationships between children and adults broken by shaky 1990s in Ukraine. The boy Tymophii befriends a weird man named Felix. He’s the veteran of Afghan war,

Russian Consul (Canadian Premiere)

The main character of the film, Serbian psychiatrist Ilija Jugović, after the death of his patient in Belgrade, goes to Prizren, Kosovo, under the punishment of the Party, where he gets a job as a general practitioner in a local hospital. There he meets history professor Ljubo Božović, the self-proclaimed

Till All Are One: Transformers 40th Anniversary Event

“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.” Join us at the Rio Theatre in May as we pay tribute to 40 amazing years of one of the most endearing aspects of any 80’s kids’ childhood… The Transformers! Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to

Hey, Viktor! FREE National Canadian Film Day Screening

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17 as we mark Reel Canada‘s National Canadian Film Day with a FREE screening of director Cody Lightning‘s new comedy HEY, VIKTOR! Lightning – who appeared as young Victor Joseph in Chris Eyre‘s groundbreaking 1998 feature SMOKE SIGNALS, a

David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ: FREE National Canadian Film Day Screening

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17 as we mark Reel Canada‘s National Canadian Film Day with a FREE (!) 25th Anniversary screening of iconic filmmaker David Cronenberg‘s quietly prescient work of dystopian fantasy sci-fi, EXISTENZ. Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason

The Prince of Egypt

In this animated retelling of the Book of Exodus, Egyptian Prince Moses (voiced by Val Kilmer), upon discovering his roots as a Jewish slave, embarks on a quest to free his people from bondage. When his plea is denied by his brother Rameses (Ralph Fiennes), the new pharaoh, a series

Poor Things

From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos (THE LOBSTER, THE FAVOURITE) and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone – who won her second Best Actress Oscar with thanks to her bravura performance), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist

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.

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