In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters, whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, s
Since she was a little girl, Sook-hee was raised to be a deadly assassin. She gladly accepts the chance to start a new life when South Korea’s Intelligence Agency recruits her as a sleeper agent, with the promise of complete freedom after ten years of service. But soon after taking
You’re invited to the film premiere of THE VILLAGE OF LOVERS, a feature documentary exploring the radical research community of Tamera in Portugal. Local filmmaker Ian MacKenzie will be in attendance to premiere the film and host a Q&A afterwards. Thursday, June 22 Doors 6:30 pm |
Join us at the Rio Theatre on November 17 & December 2 for a special presentation of Wojtek Smarzowski‘s KLER, starring Arkadiusz Jakubik, Robert Wieckiewicz, Janusz Gajos, and Jacek Braciak. Three Catholic priests meet to celebrate the anniversary of an event which could have taken their lives. Their experiences and
THE ROAD FORWARD is a film about first nations activism in Canada. The screening is a fundraiser for Queen Alexandra’s Wishing Tree free store. The Wishing Tree provides food, toiletries, household items, clothing, transit passes, and more for families in need. Thursday, January 17 Movie 6:30 pm *Time
Badass 10 is coming live to the Rio – The Tenth Annual International Vancouver Badass Film Festival and Script Competition goes live at East Vancouver’s historic Rio Theatre for a pre-Halloween live experience you can’t download and the indie film community event of the horror season! It’s the genre film
After building an empire with bootleg alcohol, legendary crime boss Al Capone (Robert De Niro) rules Chicago with an iron fist. Though Prohibition agent Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) attempts to take Capone down, even his best efforts fail due to widespread corruption within the Windy City’s police force. Recruiting an
Join us at the Rio Theatre for director Geoff Redknap‘s gripping debut, the dramatic sci-fi thriller THE UNSEEN. Shot in BC, the story follows a man, who years earlier, mysteriously abandoned his family and isolated himself in a small northern town who returns for one last chance to reconnect with
Nicolas Cage stars as… Nick Cage in the action-comedy THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT. Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, the fictionalized version of Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal). Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage
A sinister, twisted twist on the classic Brothers Grimm Cinderella story, THE UGLY STEPSISTER follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful and enchanting stepsister Agnes in an attempt to earn Prince Julian’s affection – at any cost. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal