“✩✩✩✩✩ – It’s the overblown carnality that makes it such a perfect adaptation of the source material, and that still leaps from the screen today.” -Screenhub

Romeo + Juliet will be playing simultaneously in Arkadin’s indoor and outdoor theaters. Choose your favored venue when you buy tickets!

In 1996, Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge, Elvis) updated Shakespeare’s timeless romantic tragedy for the MTV generation. From the moment the Capulets and Montagues are introduced via the evening news, and the rival gangs engage in a semi-automatic “sword” shoot-out, Luhrmann’s restlessly post-modern interpretation of the teen romance to end all others never lets up. The vibrant colors and costumes, florid “Verona Beach” settings, souped-up pace, watery balcony interlude, and kinetic widescreen cinematography culminate in a neon-lit death scene that alone was worth the Oscar nomination for Best Art Direction. The diverse soundtrack, including 1990s alternative rock, dance music, and a choral cover by Prince matches the equally eclectic cast. Powered by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes’ youthful chemistry in the leads as well as a stable of perfectly cast character actors in side roles including Brian Dennehy and Paul Sorvino as opposing patriarchs, Paul Rudd as Juliet’s fiancé, and John Leguizamo as a scene-stealing Tybalt, Romeo + Juliet steam-rolled to box-office success and thenceforth earned its place as a time-filling staple of edgy high school English classes everywhere.

This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s Weird Shakespeare series, featuring off-kilter adaptations of the Bard’s work.

THEATER POLICIES

All seats are first-come, first-served.

The theater opens one hour prior to showtime, except for “Happy Hour” events when the theater will open at the event’s 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.