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Spirited Away OLD

Over twenty years, after its release, Hayao Miyazaki‘s SPIRITED AWAY still remains one of the most explosively original and enchanting animated films ever made – and it’s even better on the big screen! Enter a captivating world of witches, dragons and spirits, in a critically-acclaimed story that became a worldwide

Spirited Away

Since its release in 2001, Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY still remains one of the most explosively original and enchanting animated films ever made – and it’s even better on the big screen! Enter a captivating world of witches, dragons and spirits, in a critically-acclaimed story that became a worldwide phenomenon.

Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation (A #SavetheRio Fundraiser!)

Our friends Spike & Mike are creating a specially curated night of animated goodness – just for the Rio Theatre! All proceeds to directly benefit the #SavetheRio fund. Saturday, July 28 Doors 10:45 pm | Show 11:15 pm Advance tickets $15 HERE | $18 at the door

Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation

At long last, Spike and Mike’s Festival of Animation returns to the Rio Theatre – just in time for the Holidays! Get your stocking stuffed with a very special Sick & Twisted Christmas Show featuring some filthy old seasonal chestnuts and a few new nuggets of wicked goodness thrown in

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

This year’s Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature,  SPIDER-MAN: INTO SPIDERVERSE is a “marvel,” indeed! Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind THE LEGO MOVIE and 21 JUMP STREET, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018, Best Animated Film, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse). After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the

Spice World (With The Spice Gurlz Live Drag Shadowcast!)

Spice up your motherfudging life! Get your platform shoes, British accents, and Union Jack dresses ready because on Tuesday, July 30 we’re toasting #VanPride with not one, but two screenings of SPICE WORLD – with a live drag shadowcast featuring Vancouver’s own amazing Spice Gurlz! Everybody’s favorite 90’s

Spice World

Spice up your motherfudging life! This screening is the movie only with no live drag show! Get your platform shoes, British accents, and Union Jack dresses ready because SPICE WORLD, starring everybody’s favorite 90’s girl group (everyone else was such a wannabe, right?), is getting the

Spencer

The marriage of Princess Diana and Prince Charles has long since grown cold. Though rumors of affairs and a divorce abound, peace is ordained for the Christmas festivities at the Queen’s Sandringham Estate. There’s eating and drinking, shooting and hunting. Diana knows the game. But this year, things will

Speed Racer

In 2008, The Wachowskis brought the classic anime TV series to the big screen with their highly stylized and spirited take on of SPEED RACER, which is making a pit stop in our Friday Late Night Movie series on March 31. Fearlessly hurtling down the track, careening around, over and

About The Rio

Voted the #1 Independent Theatre in Vancouver, the Rio Theatre is a multimedia venue featuring arthouse, mainstream and cult-classic cinemas as well as live entertainment. Built in 1938, the Rio has been fully restored with a state of the art digital projector, surround sound, a huge stage and 420 luxurious seats.

1660 East Broadway, Vancouver, BC

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