Movies

Tammy and the T-Rex

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 1 with a quirky screwball horror comedy from the 90s’s vault, the post-JURASSIC jam TAMMY AND THE T-REX. Directed by Stewart Raffill (MAC AND ME, THE ICE PIRATES), TAMMY AND THE T-REX is a love story as

Bound

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 16 with the Wachowski’s brilliant sophomore feature, the wildly sexy and stylish sapphic neo-noir crime thriller BOUND. Released in 1996, this notoriously

Frankenhooker

The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on February 9 with a screening of Frank Henenlotter’s (BASKET CASE, BRAIN DAMAGE) totally absurd (yet totally smart) 90s horror comedy FRANKENHOOKER. Given the recent success of Yorgos Lanthimos‘ not entirely dissimilar transmutation of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” POOR THINGS,

The Settlers

Chile, beginning of the 20th century. A wealthy landowner hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia. The expedition, composed of a young Chilean “mestizo,” an American mercenary, and led by a reckless British lieutenant,

Hundreds of Beavers

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS is a one of a kind indie gem! A charming mix of live action and computer animation (think Buster Keaton meets Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner), this wildly unusual slapstick epic follows a frostbitten battle between Jean Kayak and diabolical beavers – hundreds of them – who

Godzilla Minus One: Minus Color

GOJIRA!!! Japan’s beloved atomic lizard was revitalized in 2023 thanks to filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki’s awe-inspiring, explosive reboot of the kaiju icon, GODZILLA MINUS ONE. Hailed by critics and audiences alike (it is now the highest-grossing live action Japanese film ever in North America), its path of destruction is set to

Godzilla Minus One

GOJIRA!!! Japan’s beloved atomic lizard was revitalized in 2023 thanks to filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki’s awe-inspiring, explosive reboot of the kaiju icon, GODZILLA MINUS ONE. Hailed by critics and audiences alike (it is now the highest-grossing live action Japanese film ever in North America), its path of destruction is set to

Israelism (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A)

Two young American Jews – Simone Zimmerman and Eitan – are raised to defend the state of Israel at all costs. Eitan joins the Israeli military. Simone supports Israel on ‘the other battlefield:’ America’s college campuses. When they witness Israel’s mistreatment of the Palestinian people with their own eyes, they

Greg Sestero Presents: Big Shark

“Oh, hai Shark!” Join us at the Rio Theatre on Thursday, August 8 with host Greg Sestero – star of the pop-culture phenomenon THE ROOM and author of the best-selling memoir, THE DISASTER ARTIST – for a double billing of Tommy Wiseau‘s new film BIG SHARK, followed by

Nedelja: Canadian Premiere!

Scroll down for English. Film “Nedelja” prati život jednog od najomiljenijih pevača na ovim prostorima, Džeja Ramadanovskog. Inspirisan istinitim događajima, donosi priču o Džeju iz najranije mladosti pa sve do velikog uspeha koji je ostvario. Iako nije imao lako detinjstvo, koje je proveo uglavnom na ulici ili u popravnom domu,

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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