Cult icon, enigma, recluse… the life of Syd Barrett, founding member of Pink Floyd, is full of unanswered questions. Until now. Piecing together his comet-like rise to pop stardom, his creative and destructive impulses,breakdown, exit from the band and subsequent life alone, this feature length documentary is set against the social context of the explosive … Read more
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 that there is far more … Read more
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 to Fascist Italy in 1944 remains one of … Read more
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 a vicious lifestyle reflective of a brutal … Read more
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. Controlled by otherworldly parasites, the … Read more
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 9:45 pm BEDURULANKA 2012 (Clax, 2023 / 140 … Read more
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 into action, joining Indigenous leaders … Read more
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. *Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes n/a … Read more
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 by baby-stealing Satanists. Amplified by … Read more
“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 street hustler Mike Waters (Phoenix) works the … Read more
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