Microcinema in the heart of Bevo | 5228 Gravois Ave. | st. louis, mo 63116
It's a pool party on the backlot! Bring a plastic or inflatable kiddie pool, and we'll fill it up, so you can enjoy this aquatic horror-comedy classic like you're at the beach! We should all be thankful for Steven Spielberg.…
At this screening, we'll be playing B-Movie Bingo! You'll get a bingo card with typical B-movie stuff (explosions, nudity, slow-motion death...you get the idea) — If you're the first to get Bingo, you'll win free concessions! Turns out a stuntman-turned-filmmaker…
EXCLUSIVE ST. LOUIS SCREENING! A dysfunctional sonic collective – a band devoted to the sounds of the culinary arts – navigates rivalries internal and external in this absurdly original feast for the sense from the singular Peter Strickland (In Fabric,…
This film is presented by Silents, Please! STL and will feature a special introduction from SPSTL’s Kate Stewart. KIDS OF ALL AGES ARE INVITED TO THIS SCREENING! "A brilliant combination of light and darkness, tenderness and violence and, yes, laughter and tears."…
★★★★★ - "I AM SO MAD I WAS NOT AN EXTRA IN THIS EXCEPTIONAL FILM." (Jourdain Searles) Where Steven Soderbergh’s Magic Mike cast a cold light on hustling and economic inequality, the sequel (directed by his longtime assistant director, Gregory Jacobs) replicates his…
It's Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nicolas Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month, we show a mystery Nic Cage movie and write an accompanying drinking game. Tickets are just…
"If there’s a thriller out there more exhilarating, sexier or packed with iconic moments than this one, we’ve yet to see it." (Time Out) This classic white-knuckler from suspense maestro Alfred Hitchcock stars Cary Grant as Madison Ave. ad executive…
Kid-friendly! All ages may attend this screening! " gloriously anarchic, ceaselessly inventive bliss machine" (Mike D'Angelo) Co-written by Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman, Pee Wee's Big Adventure marks the debut of director Tim Burton, who stamps the entire film with his quirky trademark style. The premise:…
Our friends at Silents, Please St. Louis are throwing a Buster Keaton party and everyone's invited...for free! Featuring Sherlock Jr. and a hand-picked selection of hilarious Buster shorts, this will be a night of pure silent-film delight. Kids of all…
"An over-the-top, sensibility-shaking, bubbling cauldron of gore-laden excessive exploitation trash!" (Diabolique Magazine) In the not-so-distant future, overburdened national budgets have forced the privatization of most government institutions. Even prisons have become franchised, commercial ventures. When mild-mannered Ricky avenges the death…
"THE GREATEST HORROR FILM OF ALL TIME — Snapshot of Vietnam-era outrage? Indictment of all-devouring capitalism? Blood-spattered redneck Theater of Cruelty? Yes to all, plus the screen’s most grueling portrait of mushrooming terror. Decades of sequels, remakes, and imitators can’t…
Event includes FREE Romanian food courtesy of Blip Blap Video! Although this bizarre work of genius from renowned Romanian fantasy director Elisabeta Bostan is the most popular children's film in the history of Romanian cinema, Veronica has rarely been screened outside of…
"A ravishing example of the incandescent grandeur of Swanson and Valentino." (Nick Schager) In 1950’s SUNSET BOULEVARD, aging silent star Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) proclaimed, “We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces!” In this 1922 film starring the aforementioned Gloria…
At this screening, we'll be playing B-Movie Bingo! You'll get a bingo card with typical B-movie stuff (explosions, bad acting, flying saucers...you get the idea) — When you get BINGO, you'll win a prize! With its incoherent plot, jaw-droppingly odd…
Please help us prevent Chronodecay by attending the ABELLON Premiere and Concert! St. Louis' newest underground short science fiction movie premieres on the backlot! ABELLON is inspired by a Nebula Award-winning novel and STL's film heritage. The film will be…
It's Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nicolas Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month, we show a mystery Nic Cage movie and write an accompanying drinking game. Tickets are just…
"A bold and feral black comedy, a bleak satire on corporate excess and capitalism." -Slant Magazine A "sci-fi fantasy with sleek, high-powered drive" (Time) about an indestructible high-tech policeman who dishes out violent justice, RoboCop established Dutch director Paul Verhoeven…
Part of our Labor Day I-70 series, for which we've partnered with our friends at Stray Cat Film Center in Kansas City to bring you a weekend of fist-pumping genre thrills. Catch Miami Connection here at the Arkadin Backlot on…
It's a night of bone-smashing, blood-spurting entertainment on the backlot as we hold a MORTAL KOMBAT tournament followed by a screening of the original 1995 film adaptation. The video game contest will begin as soon as the sun goes down…
It's Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nicolas Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month, we show a mystery Nic Cage movie and write an accompanying drinking game. Tickets are just…
