This whiskey-drinkin‘ Western matinee is presented by our friends at Switchgrass Spirits, who have devised some delicious specialty cocktails just for this event. Switchgrass will also be selling booze by the bottle — perfect for a Christmas gift or just a little liquid assistance to ease you through the holiday season.

This immortal western directed by Howard Hawks features an all-star cast, including the legendary hero John Wayne and legendary boozer Dean Martin. In what was arguably Howard Hawks’s finest western, and perhaps even his best film, Wayne, Martin, teenybopper Ricky Nelson, and beloved character actor Walter Brennan hole up in a sheriff’s office, there to protect a prisoner from a band of hired guns outside. Angie Dickinson plays Feathers, Wayne’s flirtatious romantic foil. But the subtly stylized setting soon becomes an arena for a moral battle, as the characters discover and test their resources of trust, skill, and courage, values poised against encroaching chaos. It’s American filmmaking at its finest—clean, clear, and direct—and it’s also the most optimistic masterpiece on film, valiantly shoring fragments against human ruin. Superb in every respect, from Wayne’s performance to Russell Harlan’s brilliant night photography. Rio Bravo was a major influence on filmmakers such as John Carpenter whose own thriller Assault on Precinct 13 is in many ways an urbanized remake of Hawks’ frontier classic.

“To watch Rio Bravo is to see a master craftsman at work. The film is seamless. There is not a shot that is wrong. It is uncommonly absorbing, and the 141-minute running time flows past like running water.” -Roger Ebert

“The movie is simultaneously an apogee of the classic Western style, with its principled violence in defense of just law, and an eccentrically hyperbolic work of modernism, which yokes both bumptious erotic comedy and soul-searing rawness to the mission.” -Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“A genre-defining gem [and] a uniquely entertaining work of art.” -Bradley Gibson, Film Threat

THEATER POLICIES

All seats are first-come, first-served.

The theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.

All ages are welcome at Arkadin except for Drinkolas Cage events, which are restricted to 21+. We follow the MPAA rating guidelines for all other films.

Tickets can be purchased using the BUY TICKETS link above. Upon ordering, you will receive a confirmation email from Square. Tickets may also be purchased on the day of the show at the concession counter.

If you’ve purchased advance tickets, when you arrive, please give your name at the concession counter to check in.

Tickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.

When an event is sold out, we reserve the right to release open seats to customers on the waitlist. If you have a pre-purchased ticket and arrive late and there is no seat for you, your ticket will be refunded.

All screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.

Please respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.