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Explorers of the Year, a daring mother-daughter team and more at this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

by Shawn Conner in Events on January 18, 2018

A scene from Martina and Tania Halik’s Epic Coast Mountain Adventure.

With 40 shows in eight venues, this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival is the biggest yet. The annual event will screen 83 films, and host 44 speakers. These range from an Iranian woman who has become a symbol of moutain-climbing freedom, the first man to paddle-board across an ocean, and a mother-daughter team who spent five months traversing the Coast Mountains.

See below for more info on some of the guests coming to this year’s VIMFF.

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Explorers of the Year, a daring mother-daughter team and more at this year’s Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival

Five reasons to not miss The Descent this Sunday at the Rio

by Shawn Conner in Uncategorized on May 5, 2017

Cast of the 2006 British horror film The Descent. A special screening this Sunday at the Rio features director Neil Marshall introducing the film and answering questions after the screening.

Horror movie fans, or fans of nail-biting suspense thrillers featuring strong female leads, won’t want to miss a special screening this Sunday May 7 at the Rio Theatre (1661 E. Broadway).

The Vancouver independent will show The Descent, a classic of British horror, with director Neil Marshall in attendance. Here are four more reasons to catch the 1996 film in this special screening.

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Five reasons to not miss The Descent this Sunday at the Rio

Where to see holiday movies in Vancouver this Christmas season!

by Shawn Conner in Uncategorized on December 19, 2016

A scene from Bad Santa, a foul-mouthed holiday classic.

Traditionally, Christmas is a great time to catch up on movie-viewing – whether new films the studios have saved up for Oscar consideration, holiday blockbusters, or titles you might have missed that have made critics’ year-end best-of lists.

It’s also a good time to catch Christmas classics on the big screen. In Vancouver, the city’s arthouse theatres all have varied programs, from Cinematheque’s Essential Cinema to Vancity’s Best of 2016 to Rio Theatre’s – well, as usual, anything goes when it comes to the licensed East Vancouver moviehouse.

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Where to see holiday movies in Vancouver this Christmas season!

Where to see horror movies this month in Vancouver

by Shawn Conner in Uncategorized on October 5, 2016

Boris Karloff stars in the classic 1931 horror film Frankenstein.

Everyone likes a good scare, right? As befits our approach to Halloween, Vancouver’s independent theatres are rolling out the blood-soaked carpet to all those who appreciate fright films. Here are some highlights of what you can seen in the dark, with a roomful of strangers and only a pail of popcorn to stave off an ever-mounting dread.

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Where to see horror movies this month in Vancouver