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“A unique and provocative film, ironic, funny, crazy and moving” -Newsweek In this captivating and philosophical film directed by Louis Malle, actor and playwright Wallace Shawn sits down with his friend the theater director André Gregory at a restaurant on…
This month, our $3 Mystery Movie crosses over with our Offbeat Black Comedies series as we presented a truly outrageous and wonderful horror-fantasy-comedy-musical hybrid that must be experienced to be believed. As jubilant as it is bizarre, this truly singular…
Tickets go on sale January 29 at 8 am.
“ONE OF THE MOST BRUTAL, SICK, UNPLEASANT, AND STOMACH-CHURNING FILMS TO BE MADE. That it is artfully shot, well-acted, philosophically poignant, and mannered only seems to add to the discomfort levels. There are no films like this one, and, should…
In honor of our screening of RATS!, which features a soundtrack chockfull of bangers licensed from Epitaph Records, we present our SCREAMO HAPPY HOUR! Featuring the best in screamo, emo, metalcore, post-hardcore, and punk, this happy hour will help you…
"One of the craziest, funniest films audiences will see anywhere" -Moviemaker Magazine It’s 2007 in Pfresno, Texas. Raphael is in county jail following an arrest for graffiti. He’s a good kid. It’s just graffiti. So you can’t blame Raphael for…
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT. Join the On Cinema family on March 2 for a LIVE evening of celebration, traditional values, and of course, movie magic. Oscar Fever is here! Hosted by actor, director, screenwriter, songwriter, recording artist, self-taught attorney, healer and…
“Single lives, twin beds, and triple bromides in the morning,” is the holy state of matrimony, modern style, according to Sylvia Sidney’s Joan Prentice in 1932’s “Merrily We Go to Hell.” The drama opens with heiress Joan’s meet-cute with alcoholic…
Lifers: A Local H Movie is a hybrid concert film that not only documents the performance but also the communal excitement and experience of a group of fans going to a live rock concert. Starring Chicago (by way of Zion), Illinois' cult…
Due to popular demand, we've added a second chance to see LIFERS with Local H's Scott Lucas! Lifers: A Local H Movie is a hybrid concert film that not only documents the performance but also the communal excitement and experience of a…
This screening is sold out. “A horror film that will haunt your waking hours for weeks. Every frame of It Follows is stamped with nameless dread.” -Total Film After a devastatingly bad date, suburban everyteen Jay finds herself trapped in a race…
Get your folksy ass out of here, we're gettin' synthetic tonight with a curated collection of synth-tastic tunes by our favorite synth-pop artists. From Berlin to Japan, Yazoo to Yaz, Yellow Magic Orchestra to Yello, we've got it all. We'll…
"Campy, with over-the-top 80s style, and catchy, but ridiculous, musical numbers... EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY has slowly been climbing the ranks of Cult Classics as it is rediscovered by old and new generations. If you ever need a shot of…
"This is Pasolini via early John Waters, including a lengthy scene of joyous coprophagia... Shit-eating aside, the sex acts are unsimulated, with a Christ-shaped dildo memorably venturing where angels fear to tread, and plenty of bondage and threesomes and so…
"Provocative, highly controversial...arguably most finely wrought work. It brings together politics, sexuality, society, art, and the irredeemable inauthenticity of bourgeois life." -Guardian With Teorema (a.k.a. Theorem), a coolly cryptic exploration of bourgeois spiritual emptiness, Pier Paolo Pasolini moved beyond the poetic, proletarian…
"This is Pasolini via early John Waters, including a lengthy scene of joyous coprophagia... Shit-eating aside, the sex acts are unsimulated, with a Christ-shaped dildo memorably venturing where angels fear to tread, and plenty of bondage and threesomes and so…
This screening is sold out. We will open the wait-list at 12:30 PM. “Big-hearted... effortlessly riveting. Offers a vision of compassion as a way of life.” -The Hollywood Reporter Author and wildlife rehabber Terry Masear has an ambitious goal: to…
In March, FIST CITY delivers…a low-budget, regional, revenge-o-matic that has never been released on DVD or Blu Ray! THE COURIER OF DEATH was directed and self-financed by Tom Shaw, a porn shop mogul with a desire to make Portland into…
Reteaming actress Louise Brooks and director G.W. Pabst (Pandora's Box), DIARY OF A LOST GIRL is a wonderfully salacious adaptation of Margarethe Bohme's scintillating novel, in which the naive daughter of a middle class pharmacist is seduced by her father's…
"Aggressive, confrontational, and scolding...punishes the audience for its casual bloodlust by giving it all the sickening torture and mayhem it could possibly desire.” -Scott Tobias, The AV Club Michael Haneke, the austere Austrian, takes on America with an English language…
First up, we've got a FREE happy hour devoted to legendary cable access show LEPERS DISEASE TV. A freewheeling mix of oddball comedy sketches and live concert footage, Lepers TV is an invaluable document of the local '90s music scene…
Pete Parisi's dream was to get his St. Louis public access show World Wide Magazine to bigger audiences. Back in 1994, he had a job at local station KPLR channel 11 manning the control boards and cutting to commercials, especially during…
At this family-friendly sing-along screening, the audience is encouraged to belt out all the wonderfully catchy tunes from this beloved Walt Disney classic. Lyrics will appear at the bottom of the screen during musical numbers to help you along. An…
The first annual Amateur Movie Day is an international event dedicated to promoting nonprofessional filmmaking preserved by archives and collectors. Before YouTube, user generated content, and fan films, enthusiastic if self-trained filmmakers were working with friends and by themselves to…
“Haunting, beauteous... meditates on mankind's place in the cosmos, the wonders of God, and the timeless immanence of evil.” -The New York Times This mesmeric parable of societal collapse is an enigma of transcendent visual, philosophical, and mystical resonance. Adapted…
“The best Leprechaun movie...elevates bad movies into an art form” -Variety Arkadin continues its annual tradition of defiling St. Patty's Day with some bloody Leprechaun action! After bringing you a double feature of the OG and second entries in 2023…
“The most beautiful and terrible film — sublime visually — beyond all experience, beyond all hope.” - Thea Porter It’s been called “harrowing” (The Guardian), “seriously disturbing” (Blu-ray.com) and “part documentary, part primal scream” (Screen Slate). More than half a century later, it remains…
We will be playing a mystery VHS tape, and it’s up to you what we’ll see! Bring in a VHS tape, and you’ll get in FREE! It can be absolutely anything — a forgotten bargain-bin B-movie, a Hollywood classic, an…
"Twists horror and erotica into something completely new" - Rolling Stone A Cannes Film Festival sensation and Palme d'Or winner, TITANE is a feverish and jaw-dropping ride from the mind of Julia Ducournau (RAW). When seven-year-old Alexia smashes her head…
“Gloopy, slimy, gory, bloody, and messy... A brutal descent into complete madness” - Bloody Disgusting Three years ago young Tony watched with horror as his father was taken into the night sky by a mysterious blinding light and never seen…
"The Queen of Underground Cinema" -New York Press As part of Arkadin's Female Filmmakers on the Edge series, Arkadin presents a double feature from "the Queen of Underground Cinema," Sarah Jacobson! Jacobson's punk-spirited DIY films from the 1990s combine B-movie…
"★★★★★ - Fun, scary, and suspenseful from start to finish." -Cole Smithey Easily the tensest, twistiest, tastiest suspense film from the late-'80s/early-'90s domestic thriller boom, Philip Noyce's DEAD CALM is a three-hander at sea, a sexy, dangerous shocker set amidst…
"Wow, this is one of the most thrilling discoveries in recent memory... kaleidoscopic cinematic poetry...beautifully sharp monochrome with ominous sounds. Estonian masterpiece. Leida Laius is one of best auteurs nobody knows." - Tettyo0910, Letterboxd A tragically underseen gem of folk-tale…
When ten-year-old Eric’s older brother Max drowns, Eric’s mother Briana, takes the death of her favorite son, especially hard and spirals into a dark depression. Eric, already haunted guilt over not saving Max and desperate for attention, begins spending time with the…
Before we revisit the satirical majesty of Josie and the Pussycats, let's raise a toast to girls, girls, girls! Girl groups, that is. Female musicians banding together to make a glorious noise. From the Spice Girls to The Supremes, The…
“A misunderstood masterpiece! A fiendishly clever satire ahead of its time an unabashedly feel-good gag-a-minute romp in which the power of pure friendship saves the day.” - Collider In this boldly satirical adaptation of the popular 70's animated series (itself based…
"My films are for everyone. I include myself, for I believe that I am a part of, not apart from humanity; that nothing I may feel, think, perceive, experience, despise, desire, or despair of is really unknowable to any other…
“A living, breathing nightmare committed to celluloid.” - Chris Alexander During a cricket match at an insane asylum between the patients and the local villagers, one of the inmates, Crossley (Alan Bates, in a tour-de-force performance of seething malevolence), tells…
For this month's mystery movie, Arkadin brings you a wonderfully deranged documentary — can a film be called a "documentary" when it's full of nothing but woo-woo hokum? — that you'll not soon forget. This uncut blast of psychotronic nuttery…
The Best Thing Ever is a “Legendary punk performance art ensemble” composed of Noah Britton, Alex Billig, and Jen Page. Their tours included 2006's The Bathroom Tour, where the band performed exclusively in bathrooms around New England, 2010's Animals Tour,where the band performed exclusively…
The Trip is a radical psychedelic film that follows Paul (Peter Fonda) as he embarks on his first LSD trip. Directed by "the king of cult" Roger Corman, written by Jack Nicholson, and starring New Hollywood icon Peter Fonda, the film's kaleidoscopic journey down the…
“Classic supernatural horror with effective frights. Its strengths lie in its offering of underrepresented lore.” -JordyReviewsIt.com Sam is an Indian American high school girl who wants nothing more than to fit in. She’s embarrassed by her parents, her culture, and…
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen." Before Arkadin presents one of Alfred Hitchcock's most terrifying shockers, The Birds, we offer a chance to see some of his wonderful work on the smaller screen. Boasting the most iconic silhouette in TV history,…
"Hitch’s much misappreciated follow-up to Psycho is arguably the greatest of all disaster films — a triumph of special effects, as well as the fountainhead of what has become known as gross-out horror." - The Village Voice The master of suspense Alfred…
“A raw and unsettling phantasmagorical vision. A deeply impactful film.” - Severed Cinema A recovering alcoholic’s journey lurches into a nightmare tailspin during a global crisis. Sober for only a few months, her sanity erodes as the demon in her…
“One of the best films to release this year...a contemplative, moving must-see.” - Geek Vibes Nation WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE is the first feature film from Freddie Wong and Matthew Arnold, co-founders of RocketJump and co-creators of the cult classic…