Aggro Dr1ft

In this sensual experimental elegy by visionary filmmaker Harmony Korine (KIDS, GUMMO, SPRING BREAKERS), spellbinding infrared photography evokes a dreamlike portrait of a tormented assassin. In the seedy domain of Miami’s criminal underbelly, a seasoned hitman embarks on the relentless pursuit of his next target. The movie is shot entirely through thermal lens as he … Read more

Perfect Days

Acclaimed writer director Wim Wenders‘ and co-writer Takuma Takasaki teamed up for PERFECT DAYS, a thoughtful and meditative ilm  depicting one man’s attempt to control his life. Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine hecherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. … Read more

Late Night with the Devil

October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to turn his fortunes around, Jack plans a Halloween special like no other, … Read more

Mad Max (45th Anniversary Screening)

As we all gear up for legendary filmmaker George Miller‘s hotly anticipated FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA to drop, we thought the time was right to revisit the very first entry in his storied franchise, the original MAD MAX. Set in a not-too-distant dystopian future, when man’s most precious resource — oil — has been … Read more

Femme

Experience Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (CANDYMAN) and George Mackay (1917) in the jaw-dropping queer revenge thriller from visionary directors Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping in FEMME. With his performances as Aphrodite Banks, Jules has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked … Read more

Me and Felix

From the producer of “My Thoughts Are Silent,” “Luxembourg, Luxembourg,” “Wild Field,” “Homeward,” “Atlantis.” ME AND FELIX (“Rock, Paper, Grenade”) is a story about relationships between children and adults broken by shaky 1990s in Ukraine. The boy Tymophii befriends a weird man named Felix. He’s the veteran of Afghan war, he has PTSD and he … Read more

Russian Consul (Canadian Premiere)

The main character of the film, Serbian psychiatrist Ilija Jugović, after the death of his patient in Belgrade, goes to Prizren, Kosovo, under the punishment of the Party, where he gets a job as a general practitioner in a local hospital. There he meets history professor Ljubo Božović, the self-proclaimed “Russian Consul“, an apparently psychiatric … Read more

Till All Are One: Transformers 40th Anniversary Event

“Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.” Join us at the Rio Theatre in May as we pay tribute to 40 amazing years of one of the most endearing aspects of any 80’s kids’ childhood… The Transformers! Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to celebrate 40 years of Transformers action, humour and … Read more

Hey, Viktor! FREE National Canadian Film Day Screening

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17 as we mark Reel Canada‘s National Canadian Film Day with a FREE screening of director Cody Lightning‘s new comedy HEY, VIKTOR! Lightning – who appeared as young Victor Joseph in Chris Eyre‘s groundbreaking 1998 feature SMOKE SIGNALS, a film that completely revolutionized Indigenous representation onscreen … Read more

David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ: FREE National Canadian Film Day Screening

Join us at the Rio Theatre on Tuesday, April 17 as we mark Reel Canada‘s National Canadian Film Day with a FREE (!) 25th Anniversary screening of iconic filmmaker David Cronenberg‘s quietly prescient work of dystopian fantasy sci-fi, EXISTENZ. Video game designer Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh) has created a virtual reality game called eXistenZ. … Read more