Knuckle up! On April 8, 2024, Saint Louis Video Society makes its triumphant return with a new film series — FIST CITY

FIST CITY explores the outer limits in action cinema—odd, obscure, low-budget, international, and more! FIST CITY is “auteur action”—filmmakers pushing the boundaries of cinema and good taste. FIST CITY is “vanity action” from aspiring superstars—writing/directing/starring in their self-made springboard to global acclaim. FIST CITY is “import/export action” from around the globe—made in hopes of breaking into new markets with brash, and sometimes rehashed, ideas. And most importantly, FIST CITY is “kick-ass action” that you won’t soon forget!

Director John Sjogren’s Super-8mm passion project, DISTURBING THE PEACE (1988), chainsaws straight through the gut of late-80s SOCAL culture. This blood-splattered, no-budget experiment in violence follows a pair of goons trying to survive the LA drug trade. Sjogren, with a clear affinity for Brian De Palma’s Scarface, points a lens at an ultraviolent world of psychotic enforcers, white-knuckle car stunts, misused power-tools, FBI wire taps, and more. DISTURBING THE PEACE is an almost unseen testament to a style of breathless, indie genre-filmmaking that is willing to throw everything (including human limbs) at the camera to see what sticks.

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.