It’s a story of sacrifice, separation — and the strength it takes to reunite. Each year, thousands of Filipina women come to Canada as domestic workers, leaving behind their own families to care for others. When Strangers Re-Unite follows three families as they navigate the emotional and cultural challenges of reuniting after years of separation. … Read more
Join us for another Studio Ghibli double bill night, featuring Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE followed by Hayao Miyazaki’s HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE. Both features will be screened in Japanese with English subtitles. All ages welcome! Sunday, August 2 WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE – Doors 4:30 / Movie 5:00 HOWL’S MOVING CASTLE – Movie 7:00 … Read more
“I’ll have what she’s having.” Join us at the Rio Theatre as we pay tribute to the late, great filmmaker and actor Rob Reiner by dimming the lights and firing up the projector for a screening of one of our all-time favourite movies of his, WHEN HARRY MET SALLY. In the pantheon of romantic comedies, … Read more
From the writing-directing team of Jemaine Clement (FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS) and Taika Waititi (JOJO RABBIT, HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE, THOR: Ragnarok) comes a bloody high-larious tale in which an endearingly un-hip quartet of kiwi vampire friends reveal to us or, rather, to the documentary crew that’s filming them, the details of their daily-make that … Read more
“I’ve written a letter to Daddy…” Beyond the actual onscreen chemistry (and legendary off screen fireworks) between icons Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in Robert Aldrich‘s WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE? lies the film itself – a bona fide, highly creepy-campy, edge-of-your-set thriller about a former child star who torments her paraplegic sister in … Read more
What A Wonderful World “Ala je lep ovaj svet“ CANADIAN PREMIERE Every day, movie theaters are filled with audiences eager for a contemporary and warm love story, brought to the screen by Andrija Kuzmanović and Anđelka Prpić. Hence the fantastic success of this film, which was seen by more than 20,000 viewers in just one … Read more
The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It’s the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there’s still a summer’s worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who struggles to keep order while she falls in love with the local astrophysics … Read more
Welcome to Westworld, where nothing can go wrong…go wrong…go wrong…. In the wake of the enormous success of the TV series ‘Westworld,’ we have been absolutely inundated with requests to screen the original sci-fi classic upon which it is based – and we’re doing just that on Wednesday, January 4! Yul Brenner, James Brolin and … Read more
“Just play it cool, boy… Real cool.” In anticipation of Steven Spielberg‘s upcoming WEST SIDE STORY, we felt the time was right to re-visit the incomparable 1961 film adaptation – and tip our hat to the late, great composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Buoyed by Robert Wise‘s dazzling direction, Bernstein‘s magnificent score, and Stephen Sondheim‘s … Read more
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