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SUMMARY:Racy rock 'n' roll satire THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1956)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“IRONIC! RACY! STUPEFYING! That was one of our top 10 movies! [Divine and I] used to watch It every year like families watch The Wizard of Oz” -John Waters \n\n\n\nIn 1956\, Frank Tashlin brought the talent for zany visual gags and absurdist pop-culture satire that he’d honed as a master Looney Tunes animator to the task of capturing\, in glorious De Luxe Color\, a brand-new craze: rock and roll. This blissfully bonkers jukebox musical tells the story of a mobster’s bombshell girlfriend—the one and only Jayne Mansfield\, in a showstopping first major film role—and the washed-up talent agent (Tom Ewell) who seeks to revive his career by turning her into a musical sensation. The question is: Can she actually sing? A CinemaScope feast of eye-popping midcentury design\, The Girl Can’t Help It bops along to a parade of performances by rock-and-roll trailblazers—including Little Richard\, Fats Domino\, Julie London\, Eddie Cochran\, the Platters\, and Gene Vincent—who light up the screen with the uniquely American sound that was about to conquer the world. With raunchy gags that use popping milk bottles as a (barely) veiled cum shot\, this shockingly raunchy delight is one of John Waters’ favorite films and was a direct inspiration on Female Trouble\, Pink Flamingos (which features the title tune)\, and Cry-Baby. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films\, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However\, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media\, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com\, as well as through general internet searches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater Policies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll seats are first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThe theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime\, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.\n\n\n\nAll 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.\n\n\n\nTickets 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.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve purchased advance tickets\, when you arrive\, please give your name at the concession counter to check in. \n\n\n\nTickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n\nAll screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.\n\n\n\nPlease respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.
URL:https://arkadincinema.com/event/racy-rock-n-roll-satire-the-girl-cant-help-it-1956/
CATEGORIES:John Waters Says WATCH THIS FILM
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SUMMARY:Todd Haynes' POISON (1991) presented by Lost in the Arthouse
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLOST IN THE ARTHOUSE is a monthly series hosted by Arkadin co-owner Keith Watson that takes you to hidden corners of filmdom far from Hollywood. From must-see classics to obscurities waiting to be discovered\, these films stand at cinema’s bleeding edge. \n\n\n\nTodd Haynes may well be America’s greatest living filmmaker\, and POISON\, his second feature (following his brilliant and controversial Karen Carpenter biopic Superstar\, made with Barbie dolls)\, proves why. After winning the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival\, the film was viciously attacked by Christian conservatives like Dick Armey and Ralph Reed for its unapologetic gay erotic content. Little did these right-wing blowhards know\, they were inadvertently creating an arthouse hit! The film achieved far more lavish success than anyone could have expected of a low-budget work of transgressive erotic surrealism.  \n\n\n\nPOISON was inspired by the writings of French surrealist Jean Genet\, about whom Haynes wrote that he “held the world permanently in contempt\, vowing from an early age to reject it as it had rejected him. And his resolve is still inspiring me.” Haynes’ film interweaves a trio of tales\, each of which builds toward a devastating climax: “Hero\,” shot in mock TV-documentary style\, tells a bizarre story of suburban patricide and a miraculous flight from justice; “Horror\,” filmed like a delirious ’50s B-movie melodrama\, is a gothic tale of a mad sex experiment which unleashes a disfiguring plague; and “Homo” explores the obsessive sexual relationship between two prison inmates\, drawing on Genet’s own film\, the legendary art-porn Un Chant d’Amour. \n\n\n\nUnsettling\, unforgettable\, and wildly entertaining\, POISON became the quintessential work of a burgeoning movement that would come to be known as New Queer Cinema. It remains a potent expression of alienation\, deviance\, and disease. And if that’s not enough for you\, then maybe you’ll listen to John Waters\, who\, upon watching POISON\, said of Haynes: “He has restored my faith in youth.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis film is screening as part of Arkadin’s Pride Month-long spotlight on queer cinema. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films\, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However\, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media\, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com\, as well as through general internet searches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater Policies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll seats are first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThe theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime\, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.\n\n\n\nAll 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.\n\n\n\nTickets 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.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve purchased advance tickets\, when you arrive\, please give your name at the concession counter to check in. \n\n\n\nTickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n\nAll screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.\n\n\n\nPlease respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.
URL:https://arkadincinema.com/event/todd-haynes-poison-1991-presented-by-lost-in-the-arthouse/
CATEGORIES:John Waters Says WATCH THIS FILM
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SUMMARY:SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS (1965) + more Kuchar madness
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Really shows what an underground movie was! The first to do vulgarity in an almost opera style.” – John Waters \n\n\n\nAlong with Anger’s Scorpio Rising and Warhol’s Chelsea Girls\, Mike Kuchar’s SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS remains one of the most influential films of the ’60s American Underground. Mike and his brother George (who co-wrote Fleshapoids)\, were the godfathers of bargain basement cinema\, pioneering a hilariously campy\, lurid style between Ed Wood exploitation and Douglas Sirk melodrama that would have a massive impact on queer\, experimental\, and outsider cinema. With dialogue emblazoned directly on the film in comic book-style speech bubbles and costumes purchased from charity shops\, Mike Kuchar created a singular vision in the confines of his own apartment.  \n\n\n\nSet a million years in the future\, after “The Great War” has scourged the planet\, SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS imagines a garishly decadent future in which mankind has forsaken science for self-indulgence in all the carnal pleasures afforded by art\, food\, and lust\, while work is left to a race of enslaved androids… Until one rebellious male robot (Bob Cowan) tires of pampering his lazy masters\, and joins the humans in sin. Filled with camp exaggeration\, dialogue emblazoned directly on the film stock with speech bubbles charity-shop style\, and outrageous humor\, FLESHAPOIDS was one of the key influences on John Waters’ trash cinema. \n\n\n\nAs a bonus\, we present two classic featurettes from the Kuchar catalog. The Secret of Wendel Samson stars Pop artist Red Grooms in a dark\, surreal psychodrama of sexual desire and the entanglements of intimacy\, while The Craven Sluck tells a torrid tale of adultery and flying saucers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films\, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However\, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media\, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com\, as well as through general internet searches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater Policies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll seats are first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThe theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime\, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.\n\n\n\nAll 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.\n\n\n\nTickets 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.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve purchased advance tickets\, when you arrive\, please give your name at the concession counter to check in. \n\n\n\nTickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n\nAll screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.\n\n\n\nPlease respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.
URL:https://arkadincinema.com/event/sins-of-the-fleshapoids-1965-more-kuchar-madness/
CATEGORIES:John Waters Says WATCH THIS FILM
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SUMMARY:THE HONEYMOON KILLERS (1970)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Stoler is Divine\, Annie Wilkes\, Joan Rivers and Nurse Ratchet merged into one unforgettable performance. The film’s low budget\, often amateurish editing\, and hand-held camerawork blend beautifully and make the film into a work of art.” – Stefan Birgir Stefans \n\n\n\nMartha Beck (Shirley Stoler) is sullen\, overweight\, and lonely. Desperate for affection\, she joins Aunt Carrie’s Friendship Club and strikes up a correspondence with Ray Fernandez (Tony Lo Bianco)\, a charismatic smooth talker who could be the man of her dreams—or a degenerate con artist. Based on a shocking true story and shot in documentary-style black and white by the confident and inspired Leonard Kastle\, in what would be his only foray into filmmaking\, THE HONEYMOON KILLERS is a stark portrayal of the desperate lengths to which a lonely heart will go to find true love. THE HONEYMOON KILLERS was one of John Waters’ picks when he visited the Criterion Closet\, and he said Shirley Stoler’s performance was so vivid and raw that when he finally met her in person\, he was afraid she might kill him! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nArkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films\, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However\, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media\, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com\, as well as through general internet searches. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater Policies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll seats are first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThe theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime\, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.\n\n\n\nAll 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.\n\n\n\nTickets 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.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve purchased advance tickets\, when you arrive\, please give your name at the concession counter to check in. \n\n\n\nTickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n\nAll screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.\n\n\n\nPlease respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.
URL:https://arkadincinema.com/event/the-honeymoon-killers-1970/
CATEGORIES:John Waters Says WATCH THIS FILM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260629T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260629T210000
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SUMMARY:$3 MONDAY MYSTERY MOVIE: A Delirious Ultra-Camp Disasterpiece (and one of John Waters' favorite films!)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOn the last Monday of every month\, Arkadin chooses an underseen deep cut to inflict upon an unwitting audience. Though the genre and tone may change\, the price always remains the same: three measly bucks. You can’t afford not to get yourself a ticket!  \n\n\n\nThis month’s Mystery Movie comes to you courtesy of the man we’re celebrating all summer long—the Pope of Trash himself…John Waters! A truly bizarre slice of ecstatic camp of the most garishly overwrought variety\, this movie does everything John Waters spent his early career trying to achieve—only it does it unintentionally and with 500x the budget. This gonzo delight boasts an all-star pedigree: Never before have so many talented people made something so laughably deranged. Your jaw will be dropped! Your ribs will be tickled! Your gut will be busted! And your brain will be fried by this marvelous disasterpiece. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater Policies\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAll seats are first-come\, first-served.\n\n\n\nThe theater opens 30 minutes prior to showtime\, except for “Happy Hour” events and pre-shows when the theater opens at the listed start time.\n\n\n\nAll 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.\n\n\n\nTickets 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.\n\n\n\nIf you’ve purchased advance tickets\, when you arrive\, please give your name at the concession counter to check in. \n\n\n\nTickets are returnable by sending a request through the contact form located on our About Us page prior to showtime.\n\n\n\nWhen 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.\n\n\n\nAll screenings are held in our indoor theater unless indicated otherwise in the event description above.\n\n\n\nPlease respect your fellow movie-goers by remaining quiet and refraining from using your cell phone throughout the screening.
URL:https://arkadincinema.com/event/3-monday-mystery-movie-a-delirious-ultra-camp-disasterpiece-and-one-of-john-waters-favorite-films/
CATEGORIES:$3 Monday Mystery Movie,John Waters Says WATCH THIS FILM,Recurring Series
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