Q&A with director Mike McCarthy in-person following the screening. Mike will also be signing copies of his brand-new coffee table book published by Fantagraphics (also titled Teenage Tupelo), dedicated to the film.

In 1995, TEENAGE TUPELO became the first new movie ever released by legendary cult film distributor Something Weird Video. It remains a thrilling cult rarity, which is now accompanied by a brand-new coffee table art book by director Mike McCarthy published by Fantagraphics. An adopted child in real life, McCarthy imagines the life of his biological mother “D’Lana Fargo” circa 1962, with her getting impregnated by an Elvis-like singer named Johnny Tu-Note and being told by her domineering mother to the child away to McCarthy’s parents. In addition to the re-imagined adoption saga, this comedy-drama is told with the tropes of Sexploitation filmmaking and contains a certain amount of Elvis obsession. Starlet Topsy Turvy is showing her forbidden burlesque movie in Tupelo just as D’Lana becomes fast friends with The Manhaters, a girl gang who worship Topsy. D’Lana’s world and the fate of her unborn child get turned upside down when it is revealed that Topsy is an exact look-a-like for D’Lana.

“[A] phantasmagorical autobiography…utterly unique, history’s first postmodern grindhouse film.” -Gregory J. Smalley, 366 Weird Movies

Book signing sponsored by Left Bank Books.

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.

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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.