A talented stop-motion animator (Aisling Franciosi, who many genre fans may remember for her gut-wrenching performance in Jennifer Kent’s devastating THE NIGHTINGALE) becomes consumed by the grotesque world of her horrifying creations — with deadly results. With Stella Gonet, Tom York. “Weaving an eerily single-minded spell from the puppets’ squished jellybean faces and misshapen limbs, … Read more
Same as it ever was… The greatest concert film of all time, STOP MAKING SENSE brings to the screen Talking Heads at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December 1983: David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Chris Frantz, and Jerry Harrison, alongside an ecstatic ensemble of supporting musicians. Renowned filmmaker Jonathan Demme (‘Silence of the Lambs’) captures the band … Read more
STOCKHOLM is based on the absurd but true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The film follows Lars Nystrom, (Ethan Hawke) who dons a disguise to raid a central Stockholm bank. He then takes hostages in order to spring … Read more
STOCKHOLM is based on the absurd but true story of a 1973 bank heist and hostage crisis documented in the 1974 New Yorker article “The Bank Drama” by Daniel Lang. The film follows Lars Nystrom, (Ethan Hawke) who dons a disguise to raid a central Stockholm bank. He then takes hostages in order to spring … Read more
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, incorporates documentary, archival and scripted elements, recounting the actor’s extraordinary story in his own words — the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to the heights of stardom in 1980s Hollywood. The account of Fox’s public life, full of nostalgic thrills and … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a film series featuring some of the nominated films and performances being honoured by the Golden Globes, including STEVE JOBS, GRANDMA, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, SHAUN THE SHEEP, THE HATEFUL 8, TRAINWRECK, and LOVE AND MERCY. On January 10, we will be hosting a *free* Golden Globes 2016 … Read more
1957 film directed by Miyoji Ieki. Winner of the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.
Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly star as Brennan Huff and Dale Doback, two kind loser-ish grown, unemployed man-children who have something in common: they live at home. When their respective parents meet and decide to get married, they are forced to become roommates, and turn into jealous, competitive, and very territorial stepbrothers. Brennan’s constant … Read more
STATE ORGANS – VANCOUVER SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION by Taiwan Frogcast Taiwan Frogcast presents a special screening of the internationally acclaimed documentary STATE ORGANS, followed by a live panel discussion with director Raymond Zhang, producer Cindy Song, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee David Matas. Together, they will explore the making of the film, the value … Read more
“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 addition to the Rio Theatre’s ongoing Friday … Read more
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