Movies
The Bad Batch
Filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour‘s sophomore effort takes a sharp detour from her breakthrough, self-described “Iranian Vampire Spaghetti Western,” A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, with a highly-stylized love story with undertones of social commentary – set in a cannibal commune in a future dystopia, somewhere in the desert wasteland of
The Babadook + WiHM’s 2016 Blood Drive PSAs
Join us at the Rio Theatre on Sunday, February 28 to recognize Women In Horror Month with a screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK, proceeded by this year’s bloody brilliant crop of WiHM’s blood-drive public service announcements. For seven
The Babadook (10th Anniversary Screening)
The Rio Theatre‘s series of Halloween classics continues with a 10th Anniversary screening of Jennifer Kent’s critically acclaimed (not to mention terrifying) take on every parent’s worst nightmare, THE BABADOOK. Released in 2014, the Australian indie horror film struck an immediate nerve among genre lovers, and in the decade since
The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Norwegian director André Øvredal (TROLLHUNTER) returns to theatres with his latest soon-to-be horror classic and first English language release, THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE, a film that finds itself squarely on the indie arthouse horror slab. A festival hit in 2016 (TIFF, 2nd Place in People’s Choice Midnight Madness; Fantastic
The Assassin
Following THE ASSASSIN’s rapturous reception at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, director Hou Hsiao-Hsien was awarded the Best Director award for this gorgeous, masterful martial arts film. Set in ninth-century China, THE ASSASSIN follows a female assassin (Shu Qi) who is ordered to take out a nobleman she was previously
The Art of Self-Defense
After he’s attacked on the street at night by a roving motorcycle gang, timid bookkeeper Casey (Jesse Eisenberg ZOMBIELAND, THE SOCIAL NETWORK) joins a neighborhood karate studio to learn how to protect himself. Under the watchful eye of a charismatic instructor, Sensei (Alessandro Nivola, AMERICAN HUSTLE), and hardcore brown belt
The Apprentice
THE APPRENTICE is a dive into the underbelly of the American empire. It charts a young Donald Trump’s ascent to power through a Faustian deal with the influential, infamous right-wing lawyer and political fixer Roy Cohn. With Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan. “A
The Apartment
“Shut up and deal.” In 1960, iconic filmmaker Billy Wilder (DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SUNSET BOULEVARD, SOME LIKE IT HOT, SABRINA, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH) became the first person to win Academy Awards as producer, director and screenwriter for the same movie. That movie was THE APARTMENT, starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, and
The Amazing Nina Simone
She was left out of Civil Rights history, erased by jazz critics, and forgotten by most Americans because no one knew how to categorize her greatness. But throughout the 1960s, Nina Simone was both loved and feared for her outspoken vision of Black Freedom. Her musical proclamations like Mississippi
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert
“That’s just what this country needs: A cock in a frock on a rock. “ Our Friday Late Night Movie series is getting dressed up and in the mood for Vancouver Pride 2022 with a screening of writer-director Stephan Elliot‘s glittering delight The Adventures of Priscilla,