Movies
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Marcel is an adorable one-inch-tall shell who ekes out a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie and their pet lint, Alan. Once part of a sprawling community of shells, they now live alone as the sole survivors of a mysterious tragedy. But when a documentary filmmaker discovers them amongst the
Starship Troopers
“The only good bug, is a dead bug.” Inexplicably, Paul Verhoeven‘s 1997 work of futuretastic sci-fi fantasy, STARSHIP TROOPERS – a movie about humans in a fascistic, militaristic future doing battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival – has become a cult-favourite, and a perfect
Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime (With Post-screening Q&A)
Join us on Monday, July 10 for an encore screening of DOSED: The Trip of a Lifetime, followed by a post-show talk-back and Q&A featuring filmmakers and people from the film. In the film, Laurie, a loving mother of four, is granted the right to legally use magic mushrooms to
Pump Up The Volume
Christian Slater stars in this teen drama as a loner student from the East who enrolls at a highly rated Southwest high school and secretly provokes a mini-rebellion in the student body via his pirate radio station. By day, Mark Hunter is a quiet, studious student at an ordinary suburban
Gaalipata 2
GAALIPATA 2 is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Yogaraj Bhat. A sequel to 2008’s GAALIPATA, it features an ensemble cast consisting of Ganesh, Anant Nag, Diganth, Pawan Kumar, Vaibhavi Shandilya, Samyuktha Menon and Sharmiela Mandre. Three college friends meet teacher
My Old School
One of the most talked–about documentaries when it world–premiered at Sundance, MY OLD SCHOOL unravels the astonishing true story of a mysterious new student who may not be who his Scottish classmates and
The Visitor
One of our favourite annual events that we adore participating in and being a part of is Italian Day on the Drive. Like everyone in Vancouver, we have really missed this East Vancouver tradition over the past two summers! Our friends at The Italian Day Festival
Studio 17: The Lost Reggae Tapes (Filmmakers in Attendance for Q&A!)
2022 marks Jamaica’s 60th anniversary of independence, and the Rio Theatre is paying tribute to that milestone with a very special #MusicMonday double bill featuring the acclaimed documentary STUDIO 17: THE LOST REGGAE TAPES (with filmmakers in attendance for Q&A!) and a 50th Anniversary screening of the groundbreaking cult-classic, THE
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
Nosferatu: 100th Anniversary Screening with The Invincible Czars
NOSFERATU is one of the most revered films in the history of cinema, and to celebrate its centenary, Austin’s “emperors of eclecticism,” The Invincible Czars, are bringing their updated soundtrack to the Rio Theatre for a live performance to accompany a screening of the film. There is simply