Movies
The Others (2024 Restoration)
In 1945, Grace Stewart (Nicole Kidman) in an and her two children live an unusually isolated existence behind the locked doors and drawn curtains of a secluded mansion on one of the Channel Islands. The arrival of mysterious new servants and her apparently war-fatigued husband Charles, raise the unworldly feeling
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
The notorious final film from Pier Paolo Pasolini, SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM has been called nauseating, shocking, depraved, pornographic . . . It’s also a masterpiece. The controversial poet, novelist, and filmmaker’s transposition of the Marquis de Sade’s eighteenth-century opus of torture and degradation
Polaris (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)
An Eco-Action Fantasy Thriller Set in a Frozen World. Filmmaker Kirsten Carthew‘s breathtaking, bold, and all-female eco-action fantasy POLARIS unravels with a stunning visual language all its own. Against the backdrop of a post-apocalyptic future, the world has upended. In this barren, frozen time during forever-winter, women endure
The Faculty
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on September 8 with a back-to-school viewing of Robert Rodriguez‘ THE FACULTY on September 8. To the students at Harrington High, the principal and her posse of teachers have always been a little odd, but lately they’ve been behaving positively alien.
CANCELED: Bedurulanka 2012
BEDURULANKA 2012 is an upcoming Indian Telugu-language Dramedy film directed by Clax. It is bankrolled by Ravindra Benerjee Muppaneni under Loukya Entertainments. It stars Kartikeya Gummakonda, Neha Shetty, Ajay Ghosh, Srikanth Iyengar, L. B. Sriram in pivotal roles. Thursday, August 24 CANCELED Doors 9:15 pm | Movie
Coextinction
The acclaimed documentary COEXTINCTION follows two female filmmakers as they fight alongside Indigenous leaders and scientists to protect a critically endangered species of orca, their interconnected and collapsing ecosystem, and human life in the Pacific Northwest. After a mother orca carries her dead calf for 17 days, two filmmakers spring
The 42nd Annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)
The 42nd annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will be returning to the Rio Theatre September 28 – October 8. Details, including a full slate of incredible programming, showtimes, and ticketing information will be available soon. For more info and for all advance ticket purchased, head to www.viff.org.
Satan Wants You (With Filmmaker Q&A)
SATAN WANTS YOU is a feature documentary about the shocking story of how a young Canadian woman and her psychiatrist helped ignite the global Satanic Panic conspiracy with their bestselling memoir, “Michelle Remembers.” Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory therapy to uncover Michelle’s childhood abduction
My Own Private Idaho
“I always know where I am by the way the road looks…” Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix star in director Gus Van Sant‘s seminal meditation on the nature of innocence as two young men living on the fringes of society peddle their bodies for sex. Amiable, none-too-bright gay
Lissa’s Trip
Sofia Vassileva takes us on a wild ride through the transformed streets of Los Angeles as an actress who accidentally drops a lot of acid and tries to get to her audition anyway. Loosely inspired by Homer’s “Odyssey,” the film follows Lissa as she encounters bizarre characters and situations that