Movies

The Matrix (25th Anniversary Screening!)

“There is no spoon.” Join us at the Rio Theatre for a much-needed, big screen re-visitation of the Wachowski‘s landmark 1999 blockbuster, THE MATRIX – one of the most influential, martial-arts fueled, futuristic cyber-punk sci-fi fantasies ever made. Set in 1999, Keanu Reeves stars as Thomas A. Anderson

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

In visionary director Terry Gilliam‘s long-awaited fantasy THE MAN WHO KILLED DON  QUIXOTE, Adam Driver plays Toby, a cynical but supposedly genius film director who finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker… Who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic

The Man Who Fell to Earth

“Well I’m not a scientist… But I know all things begin and end in eternity.” Join us on Monday, January 8 as we toast, honour, celebrate and remember David Bowie, a man whose genius encompassed the worlds of music, fashion, the visual arts, and cinema – on his birthday. In

The Maltese Falcon

“The stuff that dreams are made of.” Though he was already well established as one of Hollywood’s top screenwriters of the era, John Huston successfully pivoted to the director’s chair with his debut feature THE MALTESE FALCON, the genre-defining 1941 “film noir” which he adapted from Dashiell Hammett‘s 1930 novel

The Maine

THE MAINE With guests The Wrecks and The Technicolors Sunday, April 8 THE RIO THEATRE, Vancouver All Ages / General Admission Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm Facebook Presale: Wed, Jan 24 at 10am – Thu, Jan 25 at 10pm Password: HYPE Public on Sale:

The Magicians (Het Geheim)

Kids Culture Film Series is very pleased to bring another Reel 2 Real top choice film to Vancouver! – The Magicians –  SUNDAY JANUARY 24th 1:45pm

The Lure

In this bold, genre-defying horror-musical mashup — the playful and confident debut of Polish director Agnieszka Smoczynska — a pair of carnivorous mermaid sisters are drawn ashore in an alternate ’80s Poland to explore the wonders and temptations of life on land. Their tantalizing siren songs and otherworldly aura make

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Something has arrived. … And something will survive. Join us at the Rio Theatre for a Friday prime time double bill of Steven Spielberg’s JURASSIC PARK + JURASSIC PARK: THE LOST WORLD on Friday, May 8 Friday, May 8 JURASSIC PARK Movie 9:15 JURASSIC PARK: THE

The Lost World of Industrial Musicals

Get ready for the mutant offspring of Broadway and business!  For decades, corporations commissioned “industrial musicals” — original shows about selling bathtubs, tractors, gasoline, and everything else — only for insiders at conventions and sales meetings.  Industrials expert Steve Young, a former “Letterman” and “Simpsons” writer, screens some of the

The Lost Boys

Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die… It’s fun to be a vampire. The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween classics continues on Monday, October 28 with everyone’s favourite teen vampire thriller, Joel Schumacher‘s star-studded (the two Coreys!) pop-culture touchstone THE LOST

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.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

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