The Cholas are back! In 2022, the epic historical action adventure film PONNIYIN SELVAN 1 exploded into a massive international blockbuster for legendary South Indian filmmaker Mani Ratnam. Based on writings of author Kalki Krishnamurthy, the highly anticipated Tamil-language follow-up PONNIYIN SELVAN 2 takes up where the first installment left off, following Arulmozhi Varman in … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 20 with Harmony Korine‘s SPRING BREAKERS. Four frustrated college girlfriends (Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine) plot to fund their best spring break ever by burglarizing a fast-food shack. But that’s only the beginning. During a night of partying, the girls … Read more
Mysterious deaths occur in a village due to an unknown person’s occult practice. The whole town is scared of these killings. Will they find the person who causes the deaths? ,problems faced during the process is the rest of the story. Saturday, May 6 Final Screening! Doors 1:00 pm | Movie 1:20 pm *SHARP! Please … Read more
“Together again, huh?” Listen up, all you… Stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerf-herders of East Vancouver! To mark one of cinema’s most high holy of holidays – May (the) 4 – the Rio Theatre will be screening George Lucas‘ Original Trilogy STAR WARS films…. Back. To. Back. YES! A NEW HOPE, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and … Read more
“That’s no moon. It’s a space station.” This May (the) Fourth, join us at the Rio Theatre as we toast the holiest holiday among STAR WARS fans, with a prime time viewing of George Lucas‘ iconic 1977 film that started it all, A NEW HOPE. Stick around for a double bill, because we will be … Read more
A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER), SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force — Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra). After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco … Read more
Inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it, this wild thriller finds an oddball group of cops, criminals, tourists and teens converging in a Georgia forest where a 500- pound apex predator has ingested a staggering amount of cocaine and gone on … Read more
Dosed: The Trip of a Lifetime Book Signing and Q&A by Dr. Gabor Maté + Sound Healing by Theda Phoenix Join us at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, May 10 for a very special screening of the documentary DOSED: The Trip of a Lifetime, which includes Dr. Gabor Maté in attendance for a book signing … Read more
A LIFE ON THE FARM celebrates the odd life of an eccentric farmer in rural England named Charles Carson whose bizarre home movie has become a cult phenomenon around the world. Carson’s life and work are remembered by those who knew him best, and a new generation of fans reflect on the inspiring legacy he … Read more
Shot on 16mm, ENYS MEN is a mind-bending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast. A wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is … Read more
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