Mae West in I'M NO ANGEL (1933) presented by Forbidden Hollywood
2025-05-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
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Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.

In 1933’s I’M NO ANGEL, the second of two pre-Code movies that she wrote as well as starred in, the voracious and voluptuous Mae West plays Tira, a sideshow dancer who accumulates fame—and men—with her popular lion taming act. Reteaming her with her She Done Him Wrong costar Cary Grant, I’M NO ANGEL centers West in a denser, more radically feminist plot that plays up her intelligence and sexual adventurousness while tackling the institutions that seek to take away women’s agency. A comedy sprinkled with risqué music numbers and witty one-liners— including some of West’s most iconic quotes, like “when I’m good, I’m very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better”—I’M NO ANGEL is credited with saving Paramount from bankruptcy, and with being one of the key factors that eventually led to the strict enforcement of the Production Code.

Arkadin 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.

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.

I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OK (2006)
2025-05-07 19:00 - 21:00
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“Witty, playful, romantic, tragic…a whole chocolate box of emotions in a highly decorative wrapping” – Variety

An underseen and rarely screened offbeat romance from Park Chan-wook, the director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden, I’M A CYBORG BUT THAT’S OK is a surrealistic yet deeply empathetic study of mental illness that plays like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest if it were directed by Wes Anderson (in the best way possible). Firmly convinced she is a cyborg, Young-goon (Lim Soo-jung) plugs her body into an electrical outlet to recharge. She survives the electric shock and is admitted to a mental hospital, where the doctors assume she attempted suicide. There, she embarks on a search for the meaning of her existence as a human-machine: she receives signals from the radio, seeks advice from her bedside lamp, and converses with the vending machine. Since cyborgs don’t eat, she licks batteries to meet her energy needs. The doctors are at a loss. Only Il-sun (Rain), a fellow patient, gains access to the now severely malnourished patient, and a tender romance develops between them. A surprisingly tender outing from the filmmaker who gave us the notoriously brutal “Vengeance Trilogy,” I’M A CYBORG is charming, tender, and visually arresting.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

POLICE SQUAD! Happy Hour -- Best Eps + Drink Specials!
2025-05-09 16:30 - 18:45
August 30

:

5:00 pm

–

6:45 pm

$9
plus $1.50 popcorn & drink specials!

During Arkadin happy hours, we offer curated entertainment on the big screen in a looser, loungier atmosphere than a normal film screening. We keep the lights up a bit. No ticket required; you can drop in or drop out any time you like. Totally FREE plus drink/snack specials at the bar!

It sounded like a can’t-miss when the team behind Airplane! migrated to TV in 1982 for the half-hour cop-show parody Police Squad!, but the series floundered in the ratings, and was cancelled after only six episodes. Then, six years later, the characters returned in the hit feature comedy The Naked Gun. Though its star has been eclipsed by the wildly successful film series, Police Squad!, which stars deadpan comedy genius Leslie Nielsen as Lt. Frank Drebin, remains a must-see compendium of sight gags, puns, and ingenious gags. Unfortunately, it’s nowhere to be found on streaming! But we’ve got it for you, served up for you on the big screen! For FREE! With drink specials!

Arkadin 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.

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.

TOP SECRET! (1984) -- Val Kilmer stars in this hilarious cult-classic spy spoof
2025-05-09 19:00 - 20:45
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“[This] rock ‘n’ roll spy spoof may be the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team’s [Airplane!, The Naked Gun] most consistent work… Val Kilmer is ridiculously charismatic!” – The AV Club

In this outrageous comedy from the guys who brought you Airplane!, Val Kilmer (in his feature film debut) is Nick Rivers, America’s hottest rock idol-turned-super-spy. Nick must race against time to save the world from destruction from the ultimate super weapon—the Polaris Mine. Though something of a flop in its day, TOP SECRET! has rightfully earned cult classic status due to its ingenious sight gags, wordplay and ultra-charismatic lead performance by Kilmer. Packed with a joke a second, as well as action, romance, and random musical interludes, TOP SECRET! manages to do for war epics and Elvis flicks what Airplane! did for disaster movies and The Naked Gun did for police procedurals.

This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s mini-tribute to the great Val Kilmer!

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN (2024) w/ virtual director Q&A -- SOLD OUT!
2025-05-09 21:00 - 23:00
THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. WAITLIST OPENS 1 HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME.

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“Part gross-out comedy, part paranoid thriller, part twisted love letter to Toronto… The atmosphere in the audience [at the premiere of The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man] was electric as everyone in the room realized they were watching a new cult classic in real time.” – The Toronto Star

Inspired by a real-life series of incidents in which a man dressed as a construction worker dropped liquid feces onto unsuspecting students at the University of Toronto and York University, THE PEE PEE POO POO MAN tells the story of a paranoid young man who launches a bizarre crime spree against the citizens of Toronto. This psycho-spiritual thriller comedy starring Rishi Rodriguez, Spencer Rice (Kenny vs Spenny), and Paul Bellini (Kids in the Hall) is a truly singular experience in weirdcore underground what-the-fuckery.

Stick around after the film for a virtual Q&A with the man responsible for this madness, director Braden Sitter.

Arkadin 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.

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.

Alfred Hitchcock's SPELLBOUND (1945)
2025-05-10 17:00 - 19:00
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“The first picture on psychoanalysis is also a tale of suspense, and Hitchcock embellishes it with characteristically brilliant twists” – Time Out

“The secret recesses of the mind are explored with brilliant and terrifying effect” (New York Herald Tribune) in this fascinating psychological thriller from Alfred Hitchcock. Featuring powerful performances from Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck, this masterpiece of mystery, romance and suspense boasts an Oscar-winning score by Miklós Rózsa and a haunting dream sequence designed by Salvador Dalí. Bergman plays Dr. Constance Peterson, is a dedicated psychiatrist who puts all her passion into her work — until she falls in love with the mysterious Dr. Edwardes (Peck). When it becomes clear that Edwardes is an amnesiac who may or may not be a cold-blooded murderer, Constance must decide whether to turn him in…or risk her life by trying to unlock the dark secrets in his mind.

Though its depiction of psychological concepts like the guilt complex and amnesia may now seem dated, the film nonetheless looks surprisingly forward-thinking at year 80. Not only was it the very first Hollywood production to explore psychoanalysis in depth, it does so through the lens of a female psychologist bristling against a male-dominated world. With its rich, complex performances by two of Hollywood’s greatest stars, its surrealist touches from one of art history’s most notorious and beloved personalities, and its characteristically twisty-turny plot courtesy of the Master of Suspense, SPELLBOUND is ripe for rediscovery.

SPELLBOUND is playing as a double feature with Mel Brooks’ underappreciated Hitchcock parody HIGH ANXIETY, which draws heavily on its psych-hospital plot. Tickets are $9 each or $15 for the double feature. Make your selection at checkout.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

Mel Brooks' underappreciated Hitchcock parody HIGH ANXIETY (1977)
2025-05-10 19:30 - 21:15
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“A riotous spoof of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers that doubles as a loving tribute to the master of suspense, Brooks reached his comedy peak with High Anxiety!” – Chuck O’Leary

Like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks’ underappreciated HIGH ANXIETY is not only a hilarious gag-filled spoof but a loving homage to its source material, in this case the classic thrillers of Alfred Hitchcock. Drawing heavily on the plot from Spellbound (which, not coincidentally, is playing just before HIGH ANXIETY), Brooks himself stars as Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Richard Thorndyke who takes over the Psycho-Neurotic Institute for the Very, Very Nervous. After discovering his predecessor died under suspicious circumstances, the events take a murderous turn as Thorndyke is accused of the crime and left with a full blown case of High Anxiety. Featuring many of the comedy greats from Brooks’ stable, including Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman and Cloris Leachman, HIGH ANXIETY parodies practically every classic from the Master of Suspense: Psycho, The Birds, Vertigo, North by Northwest and many, many more (not to mention the odd jab at Vincente Minnelli’s The Cobweb, playing later this month at Arkadin!). Hitchcock himself was so impressed by Brooks’ parody, he sent Brooks a gift-wrapped case of six very expensive bottles of Château Haut-Brion with a note thanking him for this “splendid entertainment.”

HIGH ANXIETY is playing as a double feature with the Hitchcock classic SPELLBOUND, from which it draws heavily for its psych-hospital plot. Tickets are $9 each or $15 for the double feature. Make your selection at checkout.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

SERIAL MOM (1994) -- Celebrate Mother's Day with John Waters!
2025-05-11 16:00 - 18:00
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“Sharply funny, wonderfully snarky, and a better satire of our true crime obsession than most anything this century—it remains a prescient, properly fun film without compare. It’s worth seeing for how titanically good Turner is alone.” – The Stranger

The Pope of Trash satirizes the dark heart of suburban normalcy in this wicked black comedy. Kathleen Turner plays wholesome suburban mom Beverly, a picture-perfect homemaker whose fascination with serial killers transforms her into a Good Housekeeping murder queen who kills anyone and everyone who fails to live up to her standards. Featuring appearances by Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Mink Stole, Suzanne Somers, Traci Lords and Patty Hearst, SERIAL MOM gleefully skewers conformity, suburbia, and (perhaps most presciently) America’s obsession with true crime. Grab your own mama and bring her to the movies for a Mother’s Slay that’ll leave you in stitches…if Beverly doesn’t get you first!

Arkadin 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.

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.

FORCE OF THE NINJA (1988) presented by Fist City
2025-05-12 19:00 - 21:00
Fist City is a monthly series by The Saint Louis Video Society that pulls the most obscure, weird and rarely seen/ screened VHS Tapes from their archive and brings them to the Arkadin screen…for FREE!

This May, we visit FIST CITY for the LAST TIME. That’s right—all good things must come to an end, and, in this case, FIST CITY ends with an almighty strange passion/vanity project hybrid.

FORCE OF THE NINJA (1988) is a little-known ninja film, shot in Tucson, by the director of DEMONWARP and NEW YEAR’S EVIL, Emmett Alston. This film falls in-between two other ninja films directed by Mr. Alston, the Sho Kosugi vehicle 9 DEATHS OF A NINJA (1985), and a 3 NINJAS-knockoff, LITTLE NINJAS (1993), so this isn’t his first, or last, ninjitsu rodeo. FORCE OF THE NINJA pits a kindhearted ninja against a craven group of mercenaries who have kidnapped a teenage heiress to the Japanese royal family. Only thru sheer cunning, and an amazing array of ninja skills, can our hero (played by the avuncular Doug Ivans) rescue this girl and dismantle the evil organization. A film that’s equal parts child-like, almost a live-action GI Joe episode, and wildly violent, it’s a heady combination to close out over a year of programming for FIST CITY.

Please join us as we say farewell, and also share more info about June’s VHS SWAP MEET and the new film series from SAINT LOUIS VIDEO SOCIETY!

Pre-show at 6:30 pm, featuring ninja deep cuts, trailers, and more!

Arkadin 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.

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.

Mary Pickford in LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY (1925) presented by Silents, Please! STL
2025-05-14 19:00 - 21:00
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This film is presented by Silents, Please! STL and will feature a special introduction from SPSTL’s Kate Stewart.

“An exciting comedy!” – Battleship Pretension

Mary Pickford plays a “tomboy of the tenements” in this comedy drama, which she also wrote. Filmed over ten weeks, LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY was shot entirely on a set created by art director John D. Schulze at the Pickford Fairbanks Studio. Co-starring William Haines and a wide-ranging, multi-ethnic cast, the film met with huge critical and commercial success upon it’s original release, proving fans and critics alike wanted the then 33-year old Mary to stay a child forever.

Arkadin 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.

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.

Manga X Anime: NANA Book Club + Anime Screening presented by Betty's Books
2025-05-15 19:00 - 22:00
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Betty’s Books and Arkadin Cinema & Bar are teaming up to bring you a special NANA book club! Come to watch the first few episodes of the cult-classic anime and enjoy a discussion about NANA after the showing.

NANA, beloved for its characters and honest portrayal of early adulthood, follows two twenty-year-old girls both named Nana, who meet by chance on a train and become best friends. Since its inception, NANA and its creator, Ai Yazawa, have developed a devoted following, and if you’re interested in delving into the NANA-verse, or exploring other works by Yazawa, Betty’s Books will have tons of manga options available for purchase before and after the showing. So come on down for a manga & anime bonanza!

You can purchase the first volume of NANA from Betty’s Books here!

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.

MY SO-CALLED LIFE Angsty Hour -- Classic Eps + Drink Specials!
2025-05-16 16:30 - 18:45
August 30

:

5:00 pm

–

6:45 pm

$9
plus $1.50 popcorn & drink specials!

During Arkadin happy hours, we offer curated entertainment on the big screen in a looser, loungier atmosphere than a normal film screening. We keep the lights up a bit. No ticket required; you can drop in or drop out any time you like. Totally FREE plus drink/snack specials at the bar!

A groundbreaking depiction of the realities of teen life on network TV, maybe MY SO-CALLED LIFE was too good to last. Though it was infamously cancelled after just one season, this uncommonly smart teen drama’s influence ripples to this very day. Not only did it make a star of its lead actress, Claire Danes, it set the standard for smart, emotionally honest teen dramas that would influence everything from Gossip Girl to 13 Reasons Why. So come on out, grab a drink, and let’s all get a little angsty with Angela Chase and the ever-discontented students of Liberty High.

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.

GIRL, INTERRUPTED (1999)
2025-05-16 19:00 - 21:15
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“So valuable because it contains so little of the theatrics common to pop culture depictions of mental illness… The fundamental story, the core narrative of a young woman forced to confront her fundamental ambivalence towards life in a very strange place, surrounded by other women who are just as strange as her, still resonates.” – Freddie DeBoer

In 1999, James Mangold turned Susanna Kaysen’s best-selling memoir about her stint in Claymoore Hospital’s South Bell psych ward into one of the unlikeliest cult hits in Hollywood history. While it met with mixed reviews and dismissal as “awards bait” upon its release, GIRL, INTERRUPTED has endured as an empathetic and unusually entertaining portrayal of mental illness, friendship, and social repression. Winona Ryder’s own struggles with anxiety and depression no doubt informed her deeply felt portrayal of Susanna Kaysen, who is hospitalized against her will following a suicide attempt. There, she meets a rogues’ gallery of young women, who are all “fucking crazy,” in Susanna’s words, but she’s drawn to the rebellious Lisa Rowe, a diagnosed sociopath. Jolie won an Oscar for her live-wire turn as Lisa, and it’s her energy played against Ryder’s neuroticism that really sells the film (though the deep-bench supporting cast, including Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, and Elisabeth Moss, certainly doesn’t hurt either!). The real-life Kaysen famously regarded the film as “melodramatic drivel,” but while it may not have portrayed her story with complete accuracy, its wry wit, dark humor, and socially conscious exploration of the psychiatric healthcare system nevertheless tapped into something deep for any of us who’ve also endured struggles with mental health.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

FRANKIE FREAKO (2024) -- Friday Night WTF! -- $6
2025-05-16 21:30 - 23:00
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Friday 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.

“It’s intentionally cheesy, delightfully demented, entirely over-the-top, and makes no apologies for its juvenile jokes and abundant gore.” – Film Threat

From gonzo indie filmmaker Steven Kostanski, director of PG: Psycho Goreman, comes this fun, frenzied late-night pizza party of a movie that riffs on the beloved ’80s microgenre of Gremlins knock-offs: your Ghoulies, your Munchies, your Critters. Workaholic yuppie Conor has a dilemma: no one in his life respects him! Not his boss, not his coworkers, not even his wife Kristina, who thinks he’s an uptight “square”! Conor sees no way out of this existential rut until one night while channel-surfing, he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Conor is entranced by Frankie’s promises of wild and freaky adventures, just a phone call away – could this be just the recipe to spice up his flavorless life? Though it received a limited release in 2024, this lovably silly splatterama has yet to break through the way it absolutely deserves to. Mark our words: FRANKIE FREAKO is the next late-night cult sensation waiting to happen!

Arkadin 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.

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.

Pop-Up Screening @ Flowers & Weeds: DAISIES (1966) -- Sold Out!
2025-05-17 20:00 - 21:30
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This screening will be held in the garden center at Flowers & Weeds, 3201 Cherokee Street. Please bring your own chair and beverages. Add on a bouquet of beautiful local blooms to your order by adding it to your cart after your tickets below!

The Czech New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce Daisies follows the misadventures of two brash young women, both named Marie. Believing the world to be “spoiled,” they embark on a series of pranks in which nothing—food, clothes, men, war—is taken seriously. Full of dazzling visual experimentation and giddily surrealist antics, Daisies is an aesthetically and politically adventurous film that remains one of the wildest rides in all of cinema.

Please note: This screening is NOT at Arkadin Cinema. It will take place in the garden center at Flowers & Weeds, located at 3201 Cherokee St.

THE COBWEB (1955) w/ pre-film talk on the History of the Asylum in Missouri by Felix Vincenz, former CEO of the Forensic Treatment Center
2025-05-18 16:00 - 19:00
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Arkadin is excited to present this very special screening of Vincente Minnelli’s underseen psychiatric drama THE COBWEB with a preceding talk on THE HISTORY OF THE ASYLUM IN MISSOURI by Felix Vincenz, former CEO of the Forensic Treatment Center in St. Louis.

Set in the fictional “Castle House Clinic for Nervous Disorders,” Vincente Minnelli’s THE COBWEB is one of the more unusual American films of the 1950s: a star-studded, lavishly mounted Cinemascope melodrama about a set of drapes. Of course, a set of drapes is not always just a set of drapes: here, the seemingly banal selection of a new window treatment in the clinic’s library sparks a political feud that implicates the radical methods of the clinic’s new staff lead Dr. Stewart McIver (Richard Widmark) who espouses patient democracy, while exposing all sorts of backbiting and jealousies among both patients and staff. With a cast of screen legends that includes Lauren Bacall, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish, Charles Boyer, Fay Wray, and Susan Strasberg (in her film debut), THE COBWEB is also notable for its unique modernist score by Leonard Rosenman, the first twelve-tone music ever written for a motion picture. A film that questions the fine line between patient and doctor, THE COBWEB has rightly been called “the most elaborate treatment of the psychiatric profession in any Hollywood film to date” (Psychiatry and the Cinema).

Before the film, Felix Vincenz, the former CEO of the Forensic Treatment Center, will give a talk before the film on the History of the Asylum in Missouri.

When it was released, advertisements for THE COBWEB teased it as “The Story of the Strange Mansion on the Hill,” and so we’ve paired the film with a talk that touches on St. Louis’ very own clinic on the hill, the Forensic Treatment Center (formerly known as St. Louis County Insane Asylum), which still looms above South City at 5300 Arsenal St. Dr. Vincenz trained at the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas, which directly inspired the Castle Clinic in THE COBWEB. Dr, Vincenz currently serves on the faculty of University of Missouri-St. Louis.

For anyone interested in psychiatry, the asylum, or the history of St. Louis, this is a can’t-miss event!

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

KNIFETIME: A Cheesy Lifetime Movie Event featuring… DEADLY EX NEXT DOOR (2022)
2025-05-19 19:00 - 21:00
KNIFETIME is a series hosted by Allyson Spina where we revel in the cheesy glory of a bad Lifetime Original Movie! Featuring a special movie-specific drink special and wisecracking commentary from local comedians, this FREE one-of-a-kind event is the 2024 winner of St. Louis Magazine’s A-List Award for Best Movie Night!

Author Elise and her husband Allan are thrilled to be new homeowners of a cabin overlooking a lake–until Elise’s former friend, Geena, and her husband, Lee, move in next door. Years ago, Geena stole Lee from Elise, bringing their friendship to an end. Now, Geena wants to apologize for hurting Elise, and Elise reluctantly forgives her. But when Elise is attacked by a mysterious figure in the woods and accused of having an affair with Lee, she begins questioning Geena’s motives. The tension between the two couples culminates in Geena being murdered, seemingly at the hands of Allan. It’s not long, though, before Elise realizes someone else is behind all the mysterious things happening to her. Now, Elise must fight for her life if she ever hopes to clear Allan’s name of a crime he didn’t commit. Tianna Nori, Jack Grinhaus, Jean-Paul Najm, Brendee Serena Green star.

This month’s guest roaster: Zach Gerullis

Arkadin 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.

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.

ACROSS AMERICA (2024) w/ in-person Q&A with skater Chad Caruso + THE SEARCH FOR ANIMAL CHIN (1987) presented by Strange Brew
2025-05-21 19:00 - 21:00
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This film is presented by St. Louis’s long-running cult film series Strange Brew — winner of the 2025 A-List Award for Best Movie Night in St. Louis. Strange Brew programmer Jon Scorfina will provide an introduction.

Across America (2024) follows Chad Caruso, a skateboarder from Long Island, who challenges himself to skateboard alone across the United States – more than 3,000 miles. Director John Testa documents Caruso’s 57-day journey as he travels from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach, ultimately earning him a Guinness World Record. As Caruso navigates both physical and mental hurdles, the film explores themes of sobriety and mortality, providing a heartfelt portrait of the thoughts and ideas that shape his mindset. Across America is more than a skateboarding adventure—it’s a profoundly human exploration of resilience, self-discovery, and the universal quest for meaning.

Across America will be preceded with a screening of legendary skate video The Search for Animal Chin (1987). The Bones Brigade, a team of young skaters that includes Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain & Tommy Guerrero, embark on a quest to find the mythological first skateboarder Animal Chin who has gone missing. The team travels to far-flung locations including Hawaii and Mexico searching for Animal Chin, culminating in the discovery of Animal Chin’s secret ramp: a magnificent double half pipe. The Search for Animal Chin was the third Bones Brigade release, and is regarded as one of the first skate team videos to feature a narrative plot. It ultimately helped popularize skateboarding throughout the country in the 1980s.

The Strange Brew cult movie night is excited to host a double dose of skateboarding action, including the St. Louis premiere of the new documentary Across America (2024)with an introduction and post-film Q&A with skater and the subject of the film Chad Caruso, as well as an archival screening of The Search for Animal Chin (1987) on Wednesday, May 21 at 7 pm.

A portion of ticket proceeds for this event will benefit Sk8 Liborius.

Arkadin 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.

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.

SHOCK (1946) -- celebrate Vincent Price's birthday weekend with a FREE screening of one of his earliest villain roles!
2025-05-23 18:00 - 19:30
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“Not only does Vincent give a great, measured performance, but Anabel Shaw gives a brilliant and exhausting performance as poor, persecuted Janet, and Lynn Bari is so good that you want to murder her due to how scheming and conniving she is. This film does not stop for breath!” – Pale Writer

Help us celebrate Vincent Price’s birthday (a bit early) with one of his most underseen treasures, 1946’s SHOCK. This shadowy horror-noir boasts one of Price’s earliest villain roles as well as one of his first lead turns. It also just so happens to fit beautifully into Arkadin’s theme this month, INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM! Price plays Dr. Richard Cross, who savagely beats his wife to death with a candlestick just minutes into the film. This villainous deed is witnessed by the unsuspecting Janet (Anabel Shaw), which sends her into…you guessed it: SHOCK! Dr. Cross conspires with his lover Elaine (Lynn Bari)—who also happens to be the head nurse of the psych hospital where he practices—to keep this poor young woman in a state of petrified silence, eventually having her committed to his hospital. As Cross and Elaine grow increasingly desperate to ensure her lips stay sealed, the film builds to a…ahem…shocking climax. SHOCK helped cement Price’s status as a master of elegant menace, with one reviewer describing his performance as “terrific, smooth, menacing, and as dangerous as a tiger’s paw.”

This screening’s on us — totally free! Tickets can be reserved using the button above.

We’ll have a Vincent Price pre-show at 5 pm as well as Vincent Price trivia (with prizes!) before the film.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

SHUTTER ISLAND (2010) -- 15th Anniversary!
2025-05-23 19:30 - 22:00
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“A divinely dark and devious brain tease…Scorsese has given us a new noir classic.” – The Los Angeles Times

Set in 1954, this “intense, gripping and unforgettable” (Richard Roeper) psychological thriller stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, who is sent to investigate the disappearance of a patient from an asylum for the criminally insane located on an isolated island. Nothing is what it seems in this gripping chiller as Daniels unravels a labyrinthine mystery involving mind-control experiments. Based on the best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane, SHUTTER ISLAND showcases Martin Scorsese’s masterful direction at its most deliciously pulpy and sneakily subversive. A seamless fusion of Cold War paranoia, Lewton-esque psychological horror, and seductive film noir, SHUTTER ISLAND has rightfully come to be recognized as one of the finest thrillers of the 21st century.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

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.

James Stewart in the heartwarming classic HARVEY (1950) w/ intro by mental health professional Kate Stewart -- $7
2025-05-24 14:00 - 16:30
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“This classic farce film is a wonderful and heartwarming adventure.” – Lydia Carrick

James Stewart gives one of his finest performances in this lighthearted film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Mary Chase. Stewart stars as the good-natured Elwood P. Dowd, whose constant companion is Harvey, a six-foot tall rabbit that only he can see. When Elwood’s sister Veta Louise (Josephine Hull, in an Oscar-winning performance) decides to put Elwood in a mental hospital, a hilarious mix-up occurs and she finds herself committed instead. It’s up to Elwood to straighten out the mess with his kindly philosophy, a bit of drink, and his “imaginary” friend. This popular classic, which now celebrates its 75th anniversary, has delighted audiences for generations with its subtly subversive call for radical acceptance.

This screening will be introduced by practicing mental health professional and film fanatic Kate Stewart, who also hosts the monthly silent film series, Silents, Please! STL.

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE ENCAMPMENTS (2025) -- SOLD OUT!
2025-05-24 17:00 - 19:30
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“An eye-opening, timely and provocative human rights documentary. A powerful protest for truth, justice and democracy, and a protest against war, hatred and fascism.” – Avi Offer

When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Encampments spring up at hundreds of campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today. (Watermelon Pictures)

After the film, Arkadin will host a panel of activists who participated in local pro-Palestine encampment protests.

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE ENCAMPMENTS (2025) -- second screening added!
2025-05-24 20:00 - 21:30
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“An eye-opening, timely and provocative human rights documentary. A powerful protest for truth, justice and democracy, and a protest against war, hatred and fascism.” – Avi Offer

When a group of students at Columbia University in New York launch a movement protesting the war in Gaza, they spark a nationwide uprising in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Encampments spring up at hundreds of campuses as students object to their own university’s investment in the US and Israeli arms industry. Featuring detained student activist Mahmoud Khalil, The Encampments takes viewers inside America’s student uprising with incredible intimacy and urgency. Professors, whistleblowers, and student activists shed light on a moment that captivated the nation’s attention and continues to make headlines today. (Watermelon Pictures)

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE SNAKE PIT (1948) w/ intro by scholar of in-patient mental health treatment Dr. Morgan Shields
2025-05-25 14:00 - 16:30
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“A drama that builds to a fever pitch of tension and holds itself there with superlative artistry.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Anatole Litvak’s classic adaptation of Mary Jane Ward’s book, THE SNAKE PIT is a harrowing portrait of a young woman (Olivia de Havilland, in a stunning, Oscar-nominated performance) whose life is torn apart when she suffers a mental breakdown and is admitted to an institution. A plea for understanding, a critique of contemporary conditions and treatments, and a superb melodrama, this is a film that both horrifies and touches. With its vivid depictions of electro-shock therapy and chaotic conditions inside a psychiatric hosptial, THE SNAKE PIT spurred legal reforms in psychiatric care throughout the country, helping to change the laws in 26 states, according to 20th Century Fox. A critical and popular hit upon its release in 1948, THE SNAKE PIT was nominated for six Academy Awards and was admired by the poet laureate of women’s mental health treatment, Sylvia Plath, whose classic novel The Bell Jar even took inspiration from the film.

This screening will be introduced by scholar of in-patient mental health treatment, Dr. Morgan Shields, Assistant Professor at Washington University’s Brown School of Social Work.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

$3 MONDAY MYSTERY MOVIE: A Thrilling Murder Mystery!
2025-05-26 19:00 - 21:00
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On 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!

This month, Arkadin brings you a truly unique and underseen mini-masterpiece of suspense that will leave you guessing till the last frame. With wry humor and a meta sensibility that can only be described as “De Palma-esque,” this ingenious little shocker remains little known, but is truly a must-see. A rare treat that deconstructs our relationship with cinema while flirting with the surreal but still manages to deliver a ripper of a climax, all we can say is that this particular mystery movie benefits enormously from being seen in a theater.

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.

Joan Crawford wields an ax in STRAIT-JACKET (1964)
2025-05-29 19:00 - 21:00
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“A stark, vicious little b-movie featuring a truly berserk and mesmerizing performance from bitch goddess extraordinaire Joan Crawford” – The Lobotomy Room Film Club

Film legend Joan Crawford is absolutely electrifying in this deliciously tawdry (yet disarmingly empathetic) shocker from B-movie maestro William Castle. Crawford stars as Lucy Harbin, who, upon discovering her husband in bed with another woman, chops up the couple with an ax — a brtual incident witnessed by her three-year-old daughter. After spending 20 years in a mental institution, Lucy is released into the care of her brother (Leif Erickson) with whom her still-traumatized daughter (Diane Baker) lives. But not long after she’s released, a spate of ax murders start occurring. Has Lucy returned to her Lizzie Borden-esque ways? Find out in STRAIT-JACKET’s rousing, blood-chilling finale!

Written by Robert Bloch (author of Psycho), and directed by Castle with gleefully lurid charm, it’s no wonder STRAIT-JACKET is a favorite of shockmeister John Waters, who excerpts this twisted mother-daughter psychodrama in his own film Serial Mom (which just so happens to be playing this Mother’s Day at Arkadin!).

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (1973) -- a rarely screened masterpiece of Polish surrealism w/ Polish animation pre-show @ 6 pm
2025-05-30 19:00 - 21:15
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“AN ABSOLUTE MASTERWORK… My jaw dropped at the sheer spectacle (in glorious—and I mean glorious—color) spread across the screen” – If You Want the Gravy

A visually stunning phantasmagoric journey through the labyrinth of the mind, THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM creates a cinematic universe composed with byzantine sets, hallucinatory images and a gallery of grotesque characters. Based on the interconnected short stories of Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, this magical-realist vision of pre-WWII Poland follows a young man named Józef (Jan Nowicki) on his journey through the through the many rooms of the remote sanatorium where his father (Tadeusz Kondrat) has stopped breathing, yet hasn’t died. Time seems to stand still in this strange place, where each room conjures new worlds composed of Józef’s memories, dreams and nightmares. This “fundamental milestone in the history of the cinematographical language” (Le Monde) dispenses with traditional narrative yet remains utterly gripping, fashioning an audiovisual mosaic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. If you enjoyed our screening last year of On the Silver Globe, you simply must see THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM.

THE HOURGLASS SANTORIUM is not available on streaming, out of print on Blu-ray, and never released on Region 1 DVD. Your only (legit) chance to see this jaw-dropping masterpiece of Polish surrealism is right here at Arkadin!

A pre-show spotlighting the weird, wonderful world of Polish animation will start at 6 pm, so come out early for some extra mind-blowing entertainment!

Please note this film is playing twice, on May 30 and 31, at 7 pm. Select your date at checkout.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.

DRINKOLAS CAGE: A Monthly Nicolas Cage Movie Drinking Game Event -- SOLD OUT!
2025-05-30 21:30 - 23:15
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It’s DRINKOLAS CAGE! Our monthly surprise Nic Cage movie drinking game event. Each month we select a Cage film and write a drinking game for you to play along with.

We have two showtimes on the last Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm and 9 pm. Weather permitting, the late show will be outdoors during the months of April through October. PLUS starting in 2025, we present an encore show on the following Friday at 9:30 pm! (The Friday screening is indoors.)

This screening is sold out. Waitlist opens 1 hour before showtime.

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.

SHOCK CORRIDOR (1963) w/ intro by psychology professor Dr. Madeline Bruce
2025-05-31 16:00 - 18:15
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“A WILD EXPERIENCE! The most resonant exploitation movie of its era… Using a mental hospital as a microcosm of a country whose prosperous post-war facade is slowly cracking up is the sort of faux-lowbrow cunning that turns a nasty little B-movie into an enduring classic—not just unsane but undeniable.” – Adam Nayman, The Ringer

Described by critic Dave Kehr as “harsh, grotesque, and violent—and, incidentally, brilliant in a very original way,” some 60 years after its initial release, SHOCK CORRIDOR still grabs you by the throat and never lets go. In this wildly gripping thriller-noir, the great American writer-director-producer Samuel Fuller masterfully charts the uneasy terrain between sanity and madness. Seeking a Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett (Peter Breck) has himself committed to a mental hospital to investigate a murder. As he closes in on the killer, insanity closes in on him. Constance Towers costars as Johnny’s coolheaded stripper girlfriend. With its startling commentary on racism and other hot-button issues in sixties America and its daring photography by Stanley Cortez, SHOCK CORRIDOR has had far-reaching influence.

This screening will be introduced by Dr. Madeline Bruce, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Webster University and a clinical consultant at UTHealth.

Arkadin 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.

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.

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM (1973) -- a rarely screened masterpiece of Polish surrealism w/ Polish animation pre-show @ 6 pm
2025-05-31 19:00 - 21:25
BUY TICKETS

“AN ABSOLUTE MASTERWORK… My jaw dropped at the sheer spectacle (in glorious—and I mean glorious—color) spread across the screen” – If You Want the Gravy

A visually stunning phantasmagoric journey through the labyrinth of the mind, THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM creates a cinematic universe composed with byzantine sets, hallucinatory images and a gallery of grotesque characters. Based on the interconnected short stories of Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, this magical-realist vision of pre-WWII Poland follows a young man named Józef (Jan Nowicki) on his journey through the through the many rooms of the remote sanatorium where his father (Tadeusz Kondrat) has stopped breathing, yet hasn’t died. Time seems to stand still in this strange place, where each room conjures new worlds composed of Józef’s memories, dreams and nightmares. This “fundamental milestone in the history of the cinematographical language” (Le Monde) dispenses with traditional narrative yet remains utterly gripping, fashioning an audiovisual mosaic that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. If you enjoyed our screening last year of On the Silver Globe, you simply must see THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM.

THE HOURGLASS SANATORIUM is not available on streaming, out of print on Blu-ray, and never released on Region 1 DVD. Your only (legit) chance to see this jaw-dropping masterpiece of Polish surrealism is right here at Arkadin!

A pre-show spotlighting the weird, wonderful world of Polish animation will start at 6 pm, so come out early for some extra mind-blowing entertainment!

Please note this film is playing twice, on May 30 and 31, at 7 pm. Select your date at checkout.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, Arkadin presents INSTITUTIONALIZED: MENTAL INSTITUTIONS ON FILM, a series of movies that depict asylums, sanitariums, and psychiatric hospitals — some with unvarnished realism, others with surrealism, whimsy or horror. At several screenings, academics and mental health experts will introduce the film with a talk that unpacks the film’s treatment of mental healthcare and provides context on the history of psychiatric institutions.

Arkadin 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.

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.
