CHUNKY SHRAPNEL is a feature length live music documentary from the prolific Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard. Literally bringing the audience onto the stages of their 2019 tour across Europe & the UK, CHUNKY SHRAPNEL offers a uniquely immersive experience never before captured on film. A musical road movie dipped in … Read more
Join us at the Rio Theatre as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Canadian rock music legend Neil Young‘s iconic album, “Harvest,” with screenings of the new documentary NEIL YOUNG: HARVEST TIME. Created between January and September 1971, this docu-film takes us on an intimate journey to Young’s farm in Northern California for the ‘Harvest … Read more
Oscar-winning Chilean director Sebastián Lelio (A FANTASTIC WOMAN, GLORIA) excels in telling stories centred on the lives of ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances, and THE WONDER is no exception. Here, he turns his lens back to Victorian-era Ireland in a psychological thriller inspired by the 19th century phenomenon of the “fasting girls,” and adapted from … Read more
What happens when an object of suspicion becomes a case of obsession? Winner of Best Director at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, THE HANDMAIDEN) returns with a seductive romantic thriller that takes his renowned stylistic flair to dizzying new heights. From a mountain peak in South Korea, a businessman plummets to his … Read more
What A Wonderful World “Ala je lep ovaj svet“ CANADIAN PREMIERE Every day, movie theaters are filled with audiences eager for a contemporary and warm love story, brought to the screen by Andrija Kuzmanović and Anđelka Prpić. Hence the fantastic success of this film, which was seen by more than 20,000 viewers in just one … Read more
The Rio Theatre’s Friday Late Night Movie series continues on August 1, with a 25th Anniversary screening of the cult-classic fan-fave that’s just in time for Vancouver Pride Weekend, the sapphic coming-of-age comedy BUT I’M A CHEERLEADER. Megan considers herself a typical American girl. She excels in school and cheerleading, and she has a handsome … Read more
There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight. #MonsterMonday returns on November 14 with a look at Damien Leone‘s original 2016 slasher feature TERRIFIER, starring the now iconic character of Art the Clown, a maniacal clown who terrorizes three women on Halloween night. “David Thornton stays in rôle as fun-loving mime artist, so … Read more
With MOONAGE DAYDREAM, Brett Morgen (The Kid Stays in the Picture, Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane) presents a genre defying immersion into the art and sounds of David Bowie. Considered one of the greatest artists of our time, David Bowie has been moving culture for over 50 years. MOONAGE DAYDREAM is the first film … Read more
Yes, we’re as excited as you are for the third installment of Ti West‘s bloody amazing franchise, MAXXINE, hitting movie screens on Friday, July 5! So yes, of course, we’re going to revisit both X (2022), and its prequel PEARL (2022), with a double bill screening on Friday, June 28! Following the breakout success of … Read more
Presented by System Entertainment and Art Live Released in 2022 and based on a true story, the Serbian historical biographical drama A CROSS IN THE DESERT (“Sveta Petka – Krst U Pustinji”) follows the a pious girl named Paraskeva, who became Saint after spending 40 years of her life in the Jordan desert fighting temptations, … Read more
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