Movies
The White Crow
Director Ralph Fiennes captures the raw physicality and brilliance of iconic Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. Inspired by the book “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life” by Julie Kavanaugh, the film charts the iconic dancer’s famed defection
The Whale
From filmmaker Darren Aronofsky (BLACK SWAN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) comes THE WHALE, the story of a reclusive English teacher (Brendan Fraser, in an Oscar-winning performance) living with severe obesity who attempts
The Weirdo Hero
Join us here at The Rio Theatre August 31st for the Red Carpet Premiere of “The Weirdo Hero“. Doors 9pm/ Movie 9:30pm Come early to get your seats! Tickets $12 in advance/ $15 at the door +19 for entry with 2 pieces of ID. Fully licensed bar. All ages welcome in the
The Wedding Singer (25th Anniversary Screening!)
“Hey, psycho – we’re not gonna discuss this, OK, it’s over. Please get out of my Van Halen t-shirt before you jinx the band and they break up.” Join us at the Rio Theatre as we kick off the Just For Laughs Vancouver festival with a very special,
The Way, My Way (With Filmmaker Q&A)
Based on Bill Bennett´s best selling Camino memoir of the same title, THE WAY, MY WAY is a movie about a man walking the 800km Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain, searching for meaning – not realizing it was right in front of him, one step at a time.
The Warriors
“Can you dig it?” We’re getting into the summer groove with a prime time double bill featuring not one, but two phenomenally stylish cult-classics from iconic filmmaker Walter Hill: THE WARRIORS and STREETS OF FIRE. See one, or see ’em both for one sweet price! Come out and
The Walrus and the Whistleblower
Phil Demers is a part-time mailman who lives in a bungalow across the creek from MarineLand, the iconic amusement park in Niagara Falls, where he had his dream job as an animal trainer for over a decade. He swam with killer whales and ran the show, until he quit and
The VVitch
“Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?” There’s evil in the wood…. In the exquisitely made and terrifying debut film from writer-director Robert Eggers (THE NORTHMAN, THE LIGHTHOUSE), the age-old concepts of witchcraft, black magic and possession are innovatively brought together to tell the intimate and riveting story of
The Void
Join us at the Rio Theatre for THE VOID, the latest feature from the Executive Producer of 2016’s breakout historical horror drama THE WITCH, and writer/director Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie – perhaps best known for their work as part of the celebrated Canadian genre collective Astron-6 (MANBORG, FATHER’S DAY).
The Visitor
One of our favourite annual events that we adore participating in and being a part of is Italian Day on the Drive. Like everyone in Vancouver, we have really missed this East Vancouver tradition over the past two summers! Our friends at The Italian Day Festival