Movies
The Wicker Man (50th Anniversary 4K Restoration)
The summer solstice is has been revered in countless cultures, many of which incorporate mystical and pagan rituals to mark the important date on the calendar. On Wednesday, June 21, we’re going to mark it Rio Theatre-style, with a screening of Robin Hardy‘s endlessly unsettling 1973 classic, THE WICKER MAN.
The Wicker Man
Not. The. Bees. Nicolas Cage provides one of his most inspired, Nicolas Cage-iest performances ever in director Neil LaBute’s “unintentionally hilarious” 2006 remake of the 1973 British cult-horror classic. Set on a remote, mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest (aka Bowen Island,
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 Well (Director in Attendance for Q&A)
Oscar-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis (BLACK ICE) makes his narrative feature debut with the taught, dystopian sci-fi thriller THE WELL, which premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2025. In a world where environmental collapse has left survivors to fight over the precious remaining resources, a young
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