The live, smash hit epic comedy returns for more monstrous merriment (and snacks!) - it's The Critical Hit Show: A Live Improvised Epic Fantasy at The Rio Theatre! Join Vancouver's best comedic performers at the Rio Theatre for your favorite ...[more]

Written and directed by Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) and based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft, COLOR OUT OF SPACE premiered to rave reviews at TIFF 2019 - and is headed to the Rio Theatre's screen in January as part ...[more]

"Come Together" and get your "Ticket To Ride" to "Twist and Shout" at Beatles Live Band Nerdlesque! Vancouver's pop culture burlesque troupe, 'The Geekenders' and Canada's Premiere Tribute to The Beatles, 'The Fab Fourever', are teaming up to ...[more]

Picking up where his taboo-busting SHIVERS left off, RABID is the next-level iteration of legendary Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg’s obsession with sexual body horror as a late-nite creature feature. Former adult film star Marilyn Chambers ...[more]

Almost 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, ...[more]

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and pioneer of time-lapse photography, Louie Schwartzberg (Moving Art, Wings of Life, Mysteries of the Unseen Worlds 3D Imax), Fantastic Fungi is an immersive experience that will inspire a shift in consciousness ...[more]

From Robert Eggers, the visionary filmmaker behind modern horror masterpiece THE VVITCH, comes this hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s. Robert Pattinson and Willem ...[more]

From a screenplay by Shia LaBeouf, based on his own experiences, award-winning filmmaker Alma Har'el brings to life a young actor's stormy childhood and early adult years as he struggles to reconcile with his father through cinema and dreams. ...[more]

Written and directed by Richard Stanley (HARDWARE) and based on the short story "The Colour Out of Space" by H. P. Lovecraft, COLOR OUT OF SPACE premiered to rave reviews at TIFF 2019 - and is headed to the Rio Theatre's screen in January as part ...[more]

Meow, meow. Jellicle cats unite! What's left to be said about CATS that hasn't already been said? The long-awaited, and much maligned, feature film adaptation of the blockbuster musical CATS finally lands at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, ...[more]

Paul Anthony's Talent Time happens at the Rio Theatre on the first Thursday of every month. It's Vancouver's favourite and longest running variety show - now in its 12th season! On Thursday, February 6, Talent time presents "What's the Price of ...[more]

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and pioneer of time-lapse photography, Louie Schwartzberg (Moving Art, Wings of Life, Mysteries of the Unseen Worlds 3D Imax), Fantastic Fungi is an immersive experience that will inspire a shift in consciousness ...[more]

KURTIS CONNER Live Friday, February 7 Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:00 pm Advance tickets $35 SOLD OUT! *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry and bar service. **All seating is General Admission. ***Sorry, Rio Theatre Groupons and passes n/a for this ...[more]

The Rio Theatre's Friday Late Night Movie series continues on Friday, February 7 with Ant Timpson's (TURBO KID, THE GREASY STRANGLER) feature directing debut, the BC-lensed horror thriller COME TO DADDY, starring Elijah Wood. Norval’s (Wood) ...[more]

Directed by award-winning filmmaker and pioneer of time-lapse photography, Louie Schwartzberg (Moving Art, Wings of Life, Mysteries of the Unseen Worlds 3D Imax), Fantastic Fungi is an immersive experience that will inspire a shift in consciousness ...[more]

Recently remastered for its 20th anniversary, PERFECT BLUE is the groundbreaking (and rarely screened) first film from the legendary director Satoshi Kon that follows the story of rising pop star Mima, who has quit singing to pursue a career as an ...[more]

The Rio Theatre's annual Oscar party returns, featuring the live televised broadcast of the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, February 9. Get ready for the best buttery popcorn Vancouver has to offer, as well as trivia, our own Oscar ...[more]

Meow, meow. Jellicle cats unite! What's left to be said about CATS that hasn't already been said? The long-awaited, and much maligned, feature film adaptation of the blockbuster musical CATS finally lands at the Rio Theatre on Wednesday, ...[more]

"Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine." Can there be anything said about CASABLANCA that hasn't already been said? Sitting comfortably at the #1 spot on the American Film Institute's '100 Greatest Love ...[more]

Tired of swiping left on the dating apps? Join us for the Rio Theatre Dating Game! A hilarious LIVE game show hosted by Patrick Maliha. Want to get out and have some fun meeting other singles, live and in person? Not only will we have fun ...[more]

It takes two to tango this Valentine's Day at the Rio Theatre! Following last year’s sold out show, the highly-anticipated Burlesque Duos returns to the Rio's stage on Friday, February 14. This beloved (not to mention popular!) annual East ...[more]

"Stop thinking about what everyone wants, stop thinking about what I want, what your parents want! What do you want Allie?" Hey girl... We tried to think of the most romantical Friday Late Night Movie we could think of for Valentine's Day, 2020, ...[more]

GKIDS proudly presents the highly-anticipated new film from director Makoto Shinkai and producer Genki Kawamura, the creative team behind the critically-acclaimed, global smash hit YOUR NAME. The story is set during the summer of Hodaka's high ...[more]

"You know, the only thing that kills the demon... is love." Before becoming one of contemporary cinema's most acclaimed and culturally relevant directors, Quentin Tarantino had a little luck penning some scripts and stories that would eventually ...[more]

Get loaded! Daniel Radcliffe continues exploring the depths of the unexpectedly weird and wonderful in writer-director Jason Lei Howden's (DEATHGASM) latest, GUNS AKIMBO. This high-energy, super stylish genre trip is getting the big screen ...[more]

The live, smash hit epic comedy returns for more monstrous merriment (and snacks!) - it's THE CRITICAL HIT SHOW! Join Vancouver's best comedic performers at the Rio Theatre for your favorite #DNDLive comedy on the last Wednesday of every month ...[more]

FIRST PERSON PLURAL Special Preview Screening Followed by Q&A with director Eric Tretbar On Thanksgiving Day, two Minneapolis filmmakers—the son of a Somali imam and daughter of a white Baptist preacher—fall in love through their lenses and ...[more]

"I'll fill you in later, Moneypenny." The Gentlemen Hecklers (aka comedians Harris Anderson, Eric Fell, Patrick Maliha and Rachel Schaefer) provide live, hilarious commentary for the best bad, cheesy, or so bad-they're-good in a cheesy-kinda-way ...[more]

Gotta get to the show.... Paul Anthony's Talent Time happens at the Rio Theatre on the first Thursday of every month. It's Vancouver's favourite and longest running variety show - now in its 12th season! Show details coming soon! Thursday, ...[more]

Join us for a crazed, cartoon cornucopia featuring a curated collection of Titmouse animators' own short-short-short animated films. Friday, March 13 Doors 7:00 pm | Show 8:00 pm Advance tickets $8 | $8 door *Must be 19+ w/ID for entry ...[more]