Movies
Soaked in Bleach
Benjamin Statler’s SOAKED IN BLEACH examines the events behind Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain’s death, as seen through the eyes of private investigator Tom Grant. In 1994, Grant was hired by Cobain’s wife Courtney Love to track down her missing husband days before his body was found at their Seattle home.
Snatch
“Yes, London. You know: Fish, chips, cup ‘O Tea, bad food, worse weather, Mary F***Ing Poppins… London!“ The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on March 15 with British filmmaker Guy Ritchie‘s super stylish, wildly kinetic 2001 crime caper SNATCH. Illegal boxing promoter Turkish convinces gangster Brick Top
Snakes On A Plane
The Rio Theatre‘s Friday Late Movie series continues on April 1 with (no joke!) SNAKES ON A PLANE, one of the all-time so-bad-it’s-good, and yet-we-love-it examples of campy, B-movie goodness ever… Which makes it a pretty perfect pick for late night viewing. In this FBI agent Nelville Flynn
Smoking Causes Coughing
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
Smokey and the Bandit
A race car driver tries to transport an illegal beer shipment from Texas to Atlanta in under 28 hours, picking up a reluctant bride-to-be on the way. Tuesday, September 25 Doors 6:15 pm | Movie 6:45 pm Tickets $10 advance HERE | $12 at the door *Rio Theatre
Smiley Face #FridayLateNight
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on April 19 with Gregg Araki‘s 2007 comedy SMILEY FACE, featuring Anna Faris in a criminally underappreciated turn as as struggling but perpetually stoned actress who is having…. “a day.” Jane (Faris) She has several important tasks on her list, including
Smile
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter (Sosie Bacon) starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can’t explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality. “Turn up your
Slow West
Michael Fassbender “does his best Clint Eastwood” in SLOW WEST, an unusual western from newcomer John Maclean. Winner of the coveted World Cinematic Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the film “…veers between the iconic and the bizarre… an absurdist, episodic road movie that itwes more to surreal
Slow Food Story: Wine + Film Night
The Rio Theatre is pleased to present another night featuring a truly fine pairing: Wine + Film! As part of Italian Heritage Month in Vancouver, we’re highlighting several films of Italian origin including director Stefano Sardo’s acclaimed documentary SLOW FOOD STORY, which is based on the best-selling book (not to
Sleepy Hollow (25th Anniversary Screening)
“Villainy wears many masks, none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.” The Rio Theatre continues its deep dive into Halloween movie goodness with a 25th Anniversary screening of Tim Burton‘s ultra-goth, ultra-spooky, ultra-romantic SLEEPY HOLLOW. Based on Washington Irving’s classic tale “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” Burton’s