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“ gloriously scuzzy slice of urban sci-fi horror...C.H.U.D. isn’t just essential B-movie viewing. It’s a damp, strange, unexpectedly sharp little horror film that’s still growling under the city.” - Collider Before it described MAGA mouth-breathers and internet idiots, C.H.U.D. stood for Cannibalistic…
“A compelling, necessary piece of cinema that demands we find our humanity before the hourglass runs out.” - Next Best Picture From Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker Poh Si Teng (producer of the short St. Louis Superman), American Doctor follows…
“A bracingly intelligent and often beautiful work -- a chilling black comedy that tells its heartless story in a virtuoso style marked by visual elegance and dark, ironic wit. Anyone able to stomach its graphic imagery will find it an…
"The greatest kaiju movies ever made!" - Matt Draper After laying dormant for fifteen years, Gamera was rebooted for the big screen in a smash hit trilogy masterminded by director Shusuke Kaneko, writer Kazunori Ito (Ghost in the Shell) and…
“There is authenticity everywhere in this film, from the way people speak to the cruelty that sometimes occurs between best friends.” - The Herald In the 1980s there certainly was no dearth of preteen coming-of-age-cinema, but few that portray the purity, terror…
St. Louis’s own Bomb Squad Productions is taking over the Arkadin for a showcase of homegrown independent cinema. From gutbusting comedies to intense thrillers, the night promises a rollercoaster full of laughs, frights, and maybe even some tears. Whether it's…
“★★★★★ - Nothing can fully prepare you for onslaught of mind-melting WTFness and dangerous-for-all-involved whackadelic spectacle.” - vidscribbler, Letterboxd When a young boy decides to run away from home with his beloved pet duck Mr. Quack-Quack, the two find themselves…
"With their debut film Test Pattern, Ford announced themselves as an essential new voice in Black cinema, with a focus on the lives and struggles of Black women. Here, Ford tackles similar themes with a wider scope that includes Black femmes,…
"With their debut film Test Pattern, Ford announced themselves as an essential new voice in Black cinema, with a focus on the lives and struggles of Black women. Here, Ford tackles similar themes with a wider scope that includes Black femmes,…
"It has both the attention span and sexual imagination of a 13-year-old boy, and is littered with product placements and dick jokes. And yet, against all odds, Myers’s wacky step-and-repeat characters remain enduringly entertaining." - The Ringer "I put the…