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SUMMARY:SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD (2010) w/ Garage Rock pre-show @ 6:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Edgar Wright’s love letter to geekdom is still wildly inventive and imaginative” – Vulturehound \n\n\n\nStylish\, self-aware\, and drop-dead funny\, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD remains\, over 15 years after its initial lackluster theatrical release\, a monumental touchstone in the annals of geekdom. Adapted by Edgar Wright with pop culture-addled ADHD panache\, SCOTT PILGRIM stars Michael Cera as the eponymous slacker who meets the (literal) girl of his dreams\, hair dye fiend Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead)\, but in order to be with her\, he must defeat her seven evil exes\, a rogues’ gallery of comic book-style villains\, including an infamous skateboarder\, a vegan rock star and fearsome identical twins. Witty\, action-packed\, and packed with eye-popping video game visuals\, SCOTT PILGRIM is a bona fide 21st century cult classic. \n\n\n\nIn honor of Scott Pilgrim’s pop punk band Sex Bob-Omb\, come out early for a Garage Rock pre-show starting at 6:30 pm. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-2010-w-garage-rock-pre-show-630-pm/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:Animated Sci-fi Cult Classic HEAVY METAL (1981) w/ South Park parody pre-show
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Wild animation\, tons of blaring rock music\, and fanboy wish fulfillment fantasies of the freakiest order. Good campy fun.” – eFilmCritic \n\n\n\nBased on the deliciously horny sci-fi cult comic\, HEAVY METAL combines stunning visuals\, hard rock music\, and a series of mind-bending stories into the cinematic equivalent of one of those epic murals painted on the side of a ’70s Econoline van. In this booberific space adventure anthology\, an eerie green ball magically transports us into a series of tales taking place in the past\, the future\, and the world beyond — telling stories of super space heroine Taarna; the hard-boiled exploits of Harry Canyon\, cab driver of the future; and the adventures of Den\, whom the green ball changes from an introverted teen into a macho hero. Produced by Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman\, overseen by Canadian animator Gerald Potterton\, and featuring voice work from comedy legends John Candy\, Harold Ramis\, Joe Flaherty\, and Eugene Levy\, this groundbreaking animation extravaganza is the ultimate preteen boys’ fantasy come to life.  \n\n\n\nCome out early for a pre-show featuring the quintessential Heavy Metal parody\, South Park’s “Major Boobage” beginning at 5:38 pm. \n\n\n\nEach month\, DRAWN VISIONS presents an outré gem from the wild\, wonderful world of animation. Focusing on the strange\, the underseen\, and the unclassifiable\, this series proves cartoons aren’t just for kids\, they’re for total freaks too! \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/animated-sci-fi-cult-classic-heavy-metal-1981-w-south-park-parody-pre-show/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:Absurd\, Heartfelt Animated Doc ENDLESS COOKIE (2025) -- new release!
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The film is as heartfelt as it is absurd and the conversations and stories are so riveting I found myself almost in trance as I watched this doc. I can’t wait to watch it again.” – Marya E. Gates \n\n\n\nWinner of the Contrechamp Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival\, Seth and Peter Scriver’s freewheeling animated documentary follows Peter—an artist and storyteller from the Shamattawa First Nation—through a series of shaggy dog tales about growing up with his white half‑brother Seth in 1980s Toronto\, and later raising his own children in the remote north. There are chicken heists\, Sasquatch sightings\, trapping mishaps\, and children’s chaotic adventures—woven together with accounts of police profiling\, land grabs\, and the haunting legacy of residential schools. Peter’s storytelling is mirrored in the film’s loose\, surreal cartooning\, where wry humor sharpens into satire to evoke the long shadow of life under Canada’s First Nations policies. At once personal and political\, comedic and fraught\, the film offers a disarmingly profound portrait of race\, identity\, and the complex bonds of family.  \n\n\n\nPlus\, a pre-show of classic Canadian animation precedes the film at 6:30 pm. \n\n\n\n\nIt is a picture infused with love — both for family\, and for the creative act (the film took nearly a decade to complete). It is also a generous invitation into the heart of a sprawling extended family. Wendy Ide\, Screen International \n\n\n\n\nEndless Cookie may be the strangest\, most seemingly nonsensical documentary in some time. But there’s one truth to a whackadoodle odyssey like this one: you will definitely have a story to tell afterwards.Pat Mullen\, POV magazine \n\n\n\n\nWhat presents itself outwardly as a freewheeling\, surreally animated selection of anecdotes\, stories\, and observations is able to speak eloquently about the indigenous experience\, both in big Canadian cities and on rural reservations.Andrew Parker\, The Gate \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/absurd-heartfelt-animated-doc-endless-cookie-2025-new-release/
CATEGORIES:New Releases & Restorations,Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:VIDEODROME (1983) w/ Cronenberg Shorts pre-show @ 6 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Fusing the body horror he began to explore in early work like Shivers and Rabid with the cyber-terror and media anxiety he would mine in films like The Fly and eXistenZ\, Videodrome presages the dark web\, 4chan\, Bumfights\, Pornhub\, and nearly half a century’s worth of illicit ‘entertainment.’ Not every horror movie needs to hold up to be a classic. But\, like most Cronenberg movies… it’s still ahead of the curve.” – The Ringer \n\n\n\nWhen Max Renn goes looking for edgy new material for his sleazy cable TV station\, he stumbles across the pirate broad­­cast of a hyperviolent torture show called “Videodrome.” His attempts to unearth the program’s origins send him on a hallucinatory journey into a shadow world of right-wing conspiracies\, sado­masochistic sex games\, and bodily trans­formation. Starring James Woods and Blondie’s Debbie Harry\, VIDEODROME is one of the most original and provocative works from writer-director David Cronenberg\, and features ground­breaking makeup effects by Academy Award winner Rick Baker. (Criterion Collection) \n\n\n\nCome out early for a pre-show spotlight Cronenberg’s short work\, an hour of rarely screened treats from the master of body horror\, starting at 6 pm. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/videodrome-1983-w-cronenberg-shorts-pre-show-6-pm/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260109T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260109T224500
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
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SUMMARY:David Cronenberg's SCANNERS (1981) -- Friday Night WTF!
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Night WTF screenings are cheap\, weird\, and out of control! Cult trashterpieces\, so-bad-they’re-good crapfests\, movies that make you ask “What the hell am I watching?!” — we’ve got ’em all on Friday night. \n\n\n\n“Scanners is a genre classic\, a masterpiece in its own spooky way…It’s a hard-edge\, no-nonsense science fiction thriller.” – Kenneth Turan \n\n\n\nWith SCANNERS\, David Cronenberg plunges us into one of his most terrifying and thrilling sci-fi worlds. After a man with extraordinary—and frighteningly destructive—telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation\, he discovers he is far from the only possessor of such strange powers\, and that some of the other “scanners” have their minds set on world domination\, while others are trying to stop them. A trademark Cronenberg combination of the visceral and the cerebral\, this phenomenally gruesome and provocative film about the expanses and limits of the human mind was the Canadian director’s breakout hit in the United States. (Janus) \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/david-cronenbergs-scanners-1981-friday-night-wtf/
CATEGORIES:Friday Night WTF,Weird Canada
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260110T183000
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
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SUMMARY:I'VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING (1987) presented by Girlhood
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGirlhood is a semi-regular series hosted by Arkadin co-owner Sarah Baraba that spotlights stories of sisterhood on the silver screen. \n\n\n\n“So fresh\, so funny\, so charming\, it amazes the heart.” – Judith Crist \n\n\n\nPolly doesn’t need much. She’s perfectly content to spend her days people-watching\, snapping photos and transforming her tiny apartment into a make-shift darkroom. And daydreaming. Boy\, does she love dreaming. Unfortunately that doesn’t pay the bills\, so she finds work via a temp agency as an assistant. Also unfortunately\, she’s not good at that and has bounced from position to position. But\, for whatever reason\, her new boss at an art gallery has taken a shine to her and offers her a full time gig. She quickly puts her boss on a pedestal and becomes completely enamored with the art scene. Polly decides to anonymously submit some of her own photographs to the curator in hopes of winning her admiration\, only to witness her ripping her work to shreds. Now disenchanted\, Polly also finds herself in over her head when she unintentionally uncovers an unsavory secret at the gallery that could ruin her boss.  \n\n\n\nAn offbeat and heartfelt first feature from filmmaker Patricia Rozema\, I’VE HEARD THE MERMAIDS SINGING captures the highs and lows of finding your footing in adulthood with dreamy surrealistic touches and a delightfully whimsical flair.  \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/ive-heard-the-mermaids-singing-1987-presented-by-girlhood/
CATEGORIES:Girhood,Recurring Series,Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260110T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260110T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251203T203357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T215756Z
UID:8801-1768071600-1768078800@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:PEACHES GOES BANANAS (2024) w/ Peaches pre-show @ 6:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“An extraordinary piece of filmmaking. Shot over 17 years\, it mingles intimate personal moments with visceral concert footage.” – Eye on Film \n\n\n\nFor 17 years\, director Marie Losier has followed the trailblazing\, provocative\, and taboo-shattering career of artist and musician Peaches. From her early life\, to her ascent towards becoming a queer feminist icon\, her story is one that has defied expectations and exemplified fearless exploration and rebellion. PEACHES GOES BANANAS is an intimate portrait of this singular artist. Capturing her thrilling live shows\, artistic process\, close relationships with her family\, and her rise to fame\, the film is a “poetic… two-decade long conversation between two artists” (The Upcoming). \n\n\n\nBefore the show\, starting at 6:30 pm\, we’ll be mixing up some of Peaches’ best and most outrageous music videos and concert clips. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/peaches-goes-bananas-2024-w-peaches-pre-show-630-pm/
CATEGORIES:New Releases & Restorations,Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251212T210804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T210951Z
UID:8866-1768590000-1768597200@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY (1996) w/ "Kids in the Hall" pre-show @ 6 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“A deeply hilarious film…This satire of the pharmaceutical industry goes down like a miracle drug. It is as intensely weird and dark as it is full-throated funny.” – The Globe and Mail \n\n\n\nForget SNL\, Lorne Michaels’ greatest gift to comedy will always be those crazy crossdressing Canucks: Dave Foley\, Bruce McCulloch\, Kevin McDonald\, Mark McKinney\, and Scott Thompson. Or as they’re collectively known\, The Kids in the Hall. Having revolutionized sketch comedy by wedding bizarrely memorable characters with Pythonesque surrealism and a punk-rock attitude\, the Kids turned their hand to the big screen as only they could: By crafting a deeply strange\, unsettlingly dark film about depression and pharmaceutical industry malfeasance that features gags about cancer\, pornography\, and suicide. (The film follows the hilarious fallout from the invention of Gleemonex\, a happiness drug that just so happens to put users into comas.) The result was a critical and commercial flop that put the final nail in the troupe’s already well-secured coffin. But in this age of mass chemical dependency\, the Kids’ one-and-only cinematic effort has aged like fine Prozac. Silly\, absurd\, and genuinely daring in way few comedy films are\, BRAIN CANDY is the perfect prescription for the winter blues. \n\n\n\nPlus\, starting at 6 pm\, we’ll have a pre-show featuring some of the best clips from the legendary original Kids in the Hall sketch show! \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/kids-in-the-hall-brain-candy-1996-w-kids-in-the-hall-pre-show-6-pm/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260116T224500
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251212T214238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T214436Z
UID:8872-1768597200-1768603500@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:SKINAMARINK (2022) -- Friday Night WTF!
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Night WTF screenings are cheap\, weird\, and out of control! Cult trashterpieces\, so-bad-they’re-good crapfests\, movies that make you ask “What the hell am I watching?!” — we’ve got ’em all on Friday night. \n\n\n\n“A vessel for the brain’s most frightening hallucinations… it[‘s] one unsettling experience.” – B-Sides & Ballads \n\n\n\nWhat is SKINAMARINK? It can’t be described\, it must be experienced. And the only way to truly immerse yourself in its weird\, deeply creepy atmosphere is to see it in a pitch-black movie theater where director Kyle Edward Ball’s expertly crafted haunting\, experimental visual textures and haunting sound design can burrow their way deep into your soul. Following two children who wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished\, the film is\, depending on who you ask\, incredibly boring or gut-wrenchingly terrifying. But there’s no denying one thing: it’s one of the strangest\, most original horror films of our time. Who could have guessed that this unsettling little slice of ambient horror\, made for $15\,000 and inspired by experimental filmmakers like Michael Snow and Chantal Akerman\, could somehow climb its way into our collective unconscious. Come on out and bring someone you hate. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/skinamarink-2022-friday-night-wtf/
CATEGORIES:Friday Night WTF,Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260122T204500
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251214T220751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251214T220906Z
UID:8895-1769108400-1769114700@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:Denis Villeneuve's ENEMY (2013)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Denis Villeneuve’s shared dream of a film takes the simple premise of a man glimpsing his doppelganger while watching a movie and mines every bit of tension and oddity from it — there’s hardly a scene that doesn’t exude menace.” – Village Voice \n\n\n\nStylish and sinister\, Dune director Denis Villeneuve’s pulsating psychological thriller ENEMY is undoubtedly the French-Canadian auteur’s most daring and underseen work. Jake Gyllenhaal delivers one of the finest performances of his career in a dual role\, as listless history professor Adam Bell and the man’s doppelganger\, a low-rent actor whom Adam first spots in the background of a movie\, playing a bellhop. Thus kicks off an intensely off-kilter tale of suspense laden with surreal images\, Lynchian undertones\, and creeping dread\, all building to a shocking final image that has justifiably been suggested to be “the scariest ending of any film ever made” (David Ehrlich\, Film.com).   \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/denis-villeneuves-enemy-2013/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260123T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260123T204500
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251214T223623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T193732Z
UID:8899-1769194800-1769201100@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:PONTYPOOL (2008)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Fiercely intelligent and original…Riddled with nail-biting tension and scenes that are quite simply scary as hell.” – Dread Central \n\n\n\nDirected by veteran cult Canadian filmmaker Bruce McDonald (Hard Core Logo)\, PONTYPOOL arrived at a moment of zombie-film oversaturation and managed to prove there was still plenty of life left in this (un)dead genre. How? Not with big-budget effects or gimmicky thrills\, but by hitting on the terrifying idea of a virus that can only be stopped by willfully and knowingly descending into incoherent madness. When the hosts of a small-time morning radio show are forced to interpret and report the incoming news of a zombie apocalypse outside\, PONTYPOOL reveals that the plague is spread through language itself\, and only by completely ceasing to make sense of or comprehend one another can humanity possibly survive. Simultaneously produced as a radio play\, this minimalist\, mostly gore-less thriller never leaves the confines of the radio station\, yet it remains one of the smartest\, most original horror films of the 21st century. It’s no wonder Consequence of Sound dubbed it one of the 100 scariest movies of all time. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/pontypool-2008/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260123T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260123T223000
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251214T224619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251214T224858Z
UID:8903-1769202000-1769207400@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:So-bad-it's-brilliant cult classic THINGS (1989) -- Friday Night WTF! -- $5
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFriday Night WTF screenings are cheap\, weird\, and out of control! Cult trashterpieces\, so-bad-they’re-good crapfests\, movies that make you ask “What the hell am I watching?!” — we’ve got ’em all on Friday night. \n\n\n\n“An unforgettable DIY mind-melter\, perhaps the best to ever come out of the Great White North\, or anywhere else for that matter… Prepare yourself for something life-changing.” – Screen Slate \n\n\n\nThis movie is your new favorite drug. Somewhere in Canada\, three friends arrive at a house in the woods to watch TV and drink beer. Little do they know that they’ve stepped into a black hole to another dimension\, one that’s dripping with giant mutant bugs\, gore-soaked chainsaw battles\, and violence against all forms of logic. No words can prepare you for THINGS. Part hoser hangout comedy\, part DIY splatterfest\, this surrealistic non-sequitur from anti-reality\, will overtake your central nervous system with every emotion that’s essential to being alive—excitement\, hilarity\, outrage\, fascination\, confusion\, repulsion\, and exhilaration. If John C. Reilly as Dr. Steve Brule decided to make a Canuxploitation creature feature\, it would be…THINGS. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/so-bad-its-brilliant-cult-classic-things-1989-friday-night-wtf-5/
CATEGORIES:Friday Night WTF,Weird Canada
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260129T210000
DTSTAMP:20260417T084044
CREATED:20251215T184310Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251215T184312Z
UID:8916-1769713200-1769720400@arkadincinema.com
SUMMARY:Surreal cult comedy THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD (2003)
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Hilariously odd and prodigiously inventive\, it springs from the eccentric mind of Guy Maddin\, whose delirious visions have earned this singular Canadian filmmaker an international cult following.” – Newsweek \n\n\n\nOnly the mind of Guy Maddin could conjure up THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD\, in which a double-amputee beer baroness who wears aquarium legs filled with ale (Isabella Rossellini) invites musicians of all nations to compete in a grand competition to find the world’s most sorrowful tune. And if all that weren’t weird enough for you\, the film also packs in sleepwalkers\, nymphomaniacs\, a talking tapeworm\, and hockey teams who break into spontaneous serenades. The only thing zanier than the plot is Maddin’s style\, a delirious jumble of silent-film Expressionism\, pre-Code-era camp\, and a surreally comic tone all Maddin’s own. Kids in the Hall star Mark McKinney is hilarious as the fast-talking swindler representing America\, while Isabella Rossellini is truly delicious as the “Beer Queen of the Prairie.” Criminally underseen since it’s initial release\, THE SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD is a true gem for lovers of the wonderfully outlandish and hilariously bizarre. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/surreal-cult-comedy-the-saddest-music-in-the-world-2003/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:STRANGE BREW (1983) w/ SCTV pre-show @ 6 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“ONE OF THE BEST CANADIAN COMEDIES OF ALL TIME! As genuine in its affection for its working-class dimwits as it is ambitious in its cinematic surrealism\, Strange Brew leaves you with the best kind of hangover.” – The Globe and Mail \n\n\n\nBefore “Wayne’s World” there was “Great White North” with Bob and Doug McKenzie. A public access parody from legendary sketch comedy show SCTV\, the wildly popular recurring sketch featured Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas as the lovably dopey\, Molson-swilling McKenzie brothers\, drunkenly riffing on all manner of Canadiana. The sketch spawned a best-selling album and STRANGE BREW\, a feature-length comedy that maintains a rabid cult following thanks to its smart-dumb improv antics\, outlandish sci-fi B-movie tone\, and a bizarre plot inspired by\, of all things\, Hamlet. Written and directed by Moranis and Thomas\, STRANGE BREW features an evil brewmeister played by Max Von Sydow\, mind-controlled hockey-playing stormtroopers\, and a flying wiener dog named Hosehead. Silly\, surreal\, and sweet-natured\, STRANGE BREW has lost none of its charm over the decades. \n\n\n\nPlus\, come out early for an SCTV pre-show starting at 6 pm! \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/strange-brew-1983-w-sctv-pre-show-6-pm/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:Surreal cult horror classic THE MASK (1961) in 3-D!
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“The dream sequences loom out at the audience with fever-dream intensity… [the 3D] makes utterly alien and peculiar imagery feel present and inescapable.” – MUBI Notebook \n\n\n\nShot in Toronto on a shoestring budget\, THE MASK (retitled Eyes of Hell for its American release) claims the distinction of being the very first feature-length Canadian horror movie.  But it’s no mere footnote in cinematic history; it’s a strange\, surreal trip that turns the act of wearing anaglyph 3D glasses into part of the theatrical experience: When Barnes’ voice intones the immortal words\, “Put the mask on\, now!\,” the audience puts on their glasses to witness the doctor’s visions\, a riot of psychedelic imagery rendered in bright\, blazing color. The film’s jolting nightmare imagery is spawned by an ancient tribal mask with the power to drive its wearers to madness. Will you escape with your sanity intact?  \n\n\n\nPremiering at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival\, this edition of THE MASK was digitally restored by the 3-D Film Archive from the best surviving 35mm film elements. The film will be presented in anaglyph 3D. Glasses will be provided. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \n\n\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/surreal-horror-cult-classic-the-mask-1961-in-3-d/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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SUMMARY:EXOTICA (1994) w/ Leonard Cohen pre-show @ 6:30 pm
DESCRIPTION:BUY TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“[A]rguably no other movie has woven so many arresting\, initially inexplicable strands into such a richly satisfying narrative tapestry. But that sort of gamesmanship\, however brilliant\, doesn’t explain the full-body chill I still get from the final shot\, 18 years and at least five viewings later… Only cinema can create an effect like this—any attempt to put the shot’s troubling implication into words would render it instantly banal… There might be four or five movies I love more than this one. There might be fewer.” – Mike D’Angelo \n\n\n\nOne of the defining independent films of the 1990s\, Atom Egoyan’s mesmerizing international breakthrough Exotica takes the conventions of the psychological thriller into bold new territory—unsettling\, dreamlike\, and empathetic. A coterie of lost souls—including a man haunted by grief\, a young woman with whom he shares an enigmatic bond\, an obsessive emcee\, and a smuggler of rare bird eggs—circles around the neon-drenched Toronto strip club of the film’s title\, a dreamlike locale where strippers dance hauntingly to the morose Casio-lounge strains of Leonard Cohen. With an everyone-is-connected plot reminiscent of (though much more satisfying than) films like Babel and Crash\, EXOTICA is\, as Roger Ebert called it\, “a movie labyrinth\, winding seductively into the darkest secrets of a group of people who should have no connection with one another\, but do.” These characters’ mysteriously interconnected histories form an obsessive cycle of sex\, pain\, jealousy\, and catharsis. The full emotional impact of the film’s puzzle-like construction doesn’t hit until the last piece is in place\, in the film’s immortal final shot.  \n\n\n\nA pre-show featuring concert clips and music videos of late\, great Canuck\, Leonard Cohen will start at 6:30 pm. \n\n\n\nTᕼIᔕ ᖴIᒪᗰ Iᔕ ᔕᑕᖇEEᑎIᑎG ᗩᔕ ᑭᗩᖇT Oᖴ ᗩᖇKᗩᗪIᑎ’ᔕ ᗯEIᖇᗪ ᑕᗩᑎᗩᗪᗩ ᔕEᖇIEᔕ\, ᖴEᗩTᑌᖇIᑎG OᖴᖴᗷEᗩT\, ᗰᗩᑭᒪE-ᗪᖇEᑎᑕᕼEᗪ ᗪEᒪIGᕼTᔕ ᖴᖇOᗰ TᕼE GᖇEᗩT ᗯᕼITE ᑎOᖇTᕼ. \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/exotica-1994-w-leonard-cohen-pre-show-630-pm/
CATEGORIES:Weird Canada
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