Metro Vancouver Film Group

Unfortunately Meetup has a limited duration for events, so I’m reposting!

🎬 90s, Baby! @VIFF Theatre 🍿
Hi all, the VIFF Theatre is running a 90s series featuring a stacked selection of big hitters from the decade and cult favourites.
This event page is to help people connect at any screenings they might be attending.
There are season passes and 10 film packs available that’ll save money on multiple visits.

🎟️ https://viff.org/series/90s/

I’ve also created a Google Sheets page to add your name to any of the screenings:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OOJPsaK2aJSTtvEO2zu1MMpIjGs8mufQbtQGpU8_Ioc/edit?usp=sharing

The Comments section on the form can be used to plan any meetups, or you can also use the one on this page.
This event format is a test run for the 2026 Vancouver Film Festival that’ll take place later in the year, so any feedback is appreciated!

Some info regarding the VIFF screens:
VIFF Cinema - this is the theatres main and biggest viewing space with a 33ft screen. 169 seats that includes balcony seating. Comfy seats!
Wheelchair accessible spaces

Lochmaddy Studio Theatre - 17ft screen. Smaller college style auditorium screening space. 41 seats that fold down.

Any events created for this series will be in separated to make it easier to coordinate.

Enjoy! :D

The Cinematheque have sold out of tickets for this screening. I’ll keep RSVP open in case anyone has already pre-bought their tickets.

🎥 Niagara - July 30th @6:45pm
The Cinematheque

The Cinematheque is launching this year’s Noir Series with a Marylin Monroe Classic!

‘Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotten are a maniacally mismatched couple vacationing on the Ontario side of Niagara Falls in Henry Hathaway’s delectably tawdry thriller, a lurid Technicolor noir brimming with dark deeds and “a raging torrent of emotion”. Monroe, in a rare bad-girl role, is slip-clad Rose, a scheming vamp with murder on the mind.’

“Marilyn Monroe’s eroticism [in Niagara] is an act of violence, a distortion of the natural and expected heterosexual order so extreme as to appear destructive.”

• Philippa Snow, Artforum

For their opening Noir Movie, the theatre puts on a jazz courtyard shindig to precede the screening. Grab a drink, indulge in the snacks or grab some merch, it’s a great way to kick things off!
Entry to shindig is included with your ticket for Niagara. I’d recommend pre-booking as it sells out every year.

🎟️ This event has sold out!

This will be a collaboration event with Karen and friends from the Vancouver Foreign, Documentary and Independent Cinema Group!
I highly recommend checking them out :).
https://meetup.com/vancouverbuffs?member_id=361297181

Let’s plan to meet at the Courtyard Shindig at 6pm for some drinks and snacks before we head in!
We can get drinks after the showing if people wanna keep the discussions going :v).

See you there! 🔫

🎥 As part of their 90s film series the VIFF is showing a mystery movie followed by some trivia from that decade!

It won’t be a film that’s already featured within their series so sound off in the comments what you think the film could be!

Before the film I figured we can take a trip to Fritz (best poutine in town) as it’s right around the corner from the VIFF 😋.

🎟️ Grab your tickets here:
https://viff.org/whats-on/90s-mystery-movie-trivia-night/
I’d recommend grabbing a ticket early as this will likely sell out.

Let’s meet outside Fritz European Fry House (718 David Street) at 5:30pm, if the weather is nice we can chill out and eat at the Emery Barnes Park. We’ll plan to be outside the theatre entrance around 6:30pm.
VIFF theatre has a first come first serve for seats so we’ll join the line up before the doors open.
We can get drinks after the showing if people wanna keep the discussions going :v).

See you there! 😱

🎥 Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Screening time: 8:45pm @ The Rio Theatre.

Event date and time has been locked in!

After years of slapdash sequels and waning fandom, the Camp Miasma slasher franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director (Hannah Einbinder, Hacks) for resurrection. But when she visits the original movie's star (Gillian Anderson, The X-Files), a now-reclusive actress shrouded in mystery, the two women fall into a blood-soaked world of desire, fear, and delirium.

“With Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun further cements themselves as not just one of the defining voices in queer cinema, but one of horror’s most vital contemporary filmmakers.” - Dan Tabor - Cinapse

📽️ Trailer:
https://youtu.be/dimCiC_hdoA?si=xzRbAQDXYjz_N9pT

Looks very surreal and a meta-slasher starring Gillian Anderson should make for a perfect combination.
Also for anyone wanting to check out Jane Schoenbrun’s previous film ‘I Saw the TV Glow’, it’s currently free to stream on Tubi!

🎟️
https://riotheatretickets.ca/events/43544-teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma
Id recommend booking tickets ahead of time!

I was thinking Commercial Sushi (2575 Commercial Dr) for a pre-screening meal, so let’s plan to meet there for 7pm.
The doors for the film open at 8:15pm and The Rio work on a first come first serve basis for seat location, so we’ll wonder over just before that time to join the line up outside.

Looking forward to seeing you there! 🏕️ 🔪 💀