The Heroes of Halyard

Presented by System Entertainment Canadian Premiere The film “The Heroes of Halyard” is inspired by historical events. In the spring of 1944, at the end of the Second World War, the largest single rescue operation of American and the Allied Air Forces’ pilots in the history of world aviation, known as “The Operation Halyard”, was … Read more

The Hateful Eight

Eight strangers. One deadly connection. Join us at the Rio Theatre for director Quentin Tarantino’s eighth feature film THE HATEFUL EIGHT, opening on Friday, January 8. Tarantino has assembled a star-studded cast for his latest epic, including regulars like Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, and Michael Madsen as well as Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kurt Russell, … Read more

The Harder They Come (50th Anniversary Screening! 4K Restoration)

With a piece in his hand, he takes on the man! The epochal cultural moment that first brought reggae to the international stage, made Jimmy Cliff a star — and demonstrated how music can change the world. Fifty years on, THE HARDER THEY COME is still electric with the feeling of discovery.  This SCARFACE-y blend … Read more

The Happytime Murders

No Sesame. All Street. THE HAPPYTIME MURDERS is a filthy comedy set in the seedy underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives with a shared secret, one human (Melissa McCarthy) and one puppet, are forced to work together again to solve the brutal murders of the former cast of a … Read more

The Happy Film

A special Vancouver screening of THE HAPPY FILM, hosted by co-director Stefan Sagmeister and presented in association with RGD. Q&A with Stefan Sagmeister to follow. Doors 5:30 pm | Film 6:30 pm *Please note: This event is SOLD OUT. Please arrive early / on time in order to ensure a great seat! New York designer … Read more

The Hangover

We’re swoooooning over Bradley Cooper lately, thanks to everything having to do with his phenomenal job as director and star in A STAR IS BORN, and felt the time was right to revisit the first time he got on our swooooony radar with a Friday Late Night Movie screening of his breakout performance in the … Read more

The Handmaiden

From Park Chan-wook, the celebrated director of OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE, THIRST and STOKER, comes a ravishing new crime drama inspired by the novel ‘Fingersmith’ by British author Sarah Waters. Having transposed the story to 1930s-era colonial Korea and Japan, Park presents a gripping and sensual tale of a young Japanese Lady living on a secluded … Read more

The Handmaid’s Tale

To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8, the Rio Theatre will be screening director Volker Schlöndorff’s (THE TIN DRUM) adaptation of Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood‘s chilling of dystopian thriller THE HANDMAID’S TALE. In a futuristic, theocratic and dystopian United States, Offred (Natasha Richardson) is forced to become a handmaid — a sexual slave that … Read more

The Guardians Of Christmas

Кожна мрія має збутися! Намагаючись з’ясувати, хто тепер опікується зимовими святами в Україні, три легендарні чарівники — Святий Миколай, Санта Клаус і прадавній Дух Зими — сперечаються і наввипередки здійснюють бажання маленької Віри. Але Віра хоче, щоб Різдва взагалі не існувало! Свято, з усіма його атрибутами, зникає з міста і з пам’яті людей. Замість колядок … Read more

The Grizzlies

Miranda de Pencier won the Directors Guild of Canada’s award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement for this inspiring, true Canadian sports story. Set in a small Arctic town struggling with the highest suicide rate in North America, a group of Inuit students’ lives are transformed when they are introduced to the sport of lacrosse. With Jack … Read more