Microcinema in the heart of Bevo | 5228 Gravois Ave. | st. louis, mo 63116
Each Monday in June, we're bringing you a surprise wild and wacky film for just 5 bucks! To close out Pride Month, we're bringing you something to blow your mind -- a selection of avant-garde short films by queer filmmakers…
Both shows sold out. Waitlist opens one hour before each show. Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nic Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month we show a mystery Nic Cage…
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…
Created by filmmakers Robbie Martin and Kelly Porter, THTHNG: Desolation Unknown is the 1st part of a 3-part horror anthology homage to one of the greatest horror films of all-time. Desolation Unknown is also the first full length 'film' created…
Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research…
Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween, Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing. In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research…
" Cohen’s vicious portrait of wartime America as the land of opportunism, lip service, and raging (albeit spineless) jingoism skewers the hypocrisy of hawks and doves alike." -Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine Scripted by the legendary Larry Cohen (It's Alive, God…
This July 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of international superstar Bruce Lee’s tragic, unexpected passing. In commemoration of his remarkable legacy to film & martial arts, the Strange Brew cult film series is hosting an action-packed screening of Bruce Lee’s…
This screening is presented by Dark Dream Cinema, a monthly film series devoted to the creeping undercurrents of the arthouse scene, hosted by Michael Morlaine “This daring fun-until-it’s-not shocker starts from the genre’s central premise that everyday life is a wellspring of…
Drink specials! Music videos! Hangout vibes on our 3rd anniversary! Before we show Wet Hot American Summer on the backlot, we're hanging out inside with some classic '80s music videos. Come and chill out and request some of your favorite…
Celebrate our 3rd anniversary with a pool party on the backlot and a screening of the first movie we ever showed: WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER! Bring a plastic or inflatable kiddie pool, and we’ll fill it up, so you can…
Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’ celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have…
"Fascinating as the first 'serious' attempt to deal with Freudian psychoanalysis on the screen, Pabst's film is also notable for bringing a solid intellectual perspective to the 'expressionist' idiom of contemporary German movies." -Time Out Considered to be the first…
Come out for a FREE night of classic wrestling on the big screen! Taking place on March 21, 1991, World Championship Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling held the first of their three supershows that would rock the wrestling world…
Set in the heart of Uganda, two unlikely friends from opposite sides of the world unite over their shared love of Chuck Norris and gonzo 80’s action flicks. With sheer determination and an outrageous sense of humor, they team up to create…
Winner of Fantastic Fest 2016’s Audience Award! Welcome to Wakaliwood, Uganda: home of “DA BEST OF DA BEST MOVIES!” and the vanguards of DIY commando cinema. Under the guidance of writer/producer/director Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (IGG) and with producer/star Alan…
Set in the heart of Uganda, two unlikely friends from opposite sides of the world unite over their shared love of Chuck Norris and gonzo 80’s action flicks. With sheer determination and an outrageous sense of humor, they team up to create…
Welcome to Wakaliwood, Uganda: home of “DA BEST OF DA BEST MOVIES!” and the vanguards of DIY commando cinema. Under the guidance of writer/producer/director Nabwana Isaac Godfrey Geoffrey (IGG) and with producer/star Alan Ssali Hofmanis, this crack crew of self-taught…
KNIFETIME is a new 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 every month. Inspired by true events. Since she started working as a dressmaker…
"You will instantly know if this movie is for you based upon your reaction to the title—The VelociPastor. Did you laugh happily at the absurdity of that name? Or did your eyes roll to the back of your head so…
Calling all Vidiots! HEAD CLEANER THEATRE is a brand new, VHS-focused mixtape series curated and edited by Mark Willey taking you to the outer limits and lower depths of video “entertainment.” HEAD CLEANER THEATRE is sure to gooify your gray…
The Internet wants you to choose between Barbie and Oppenheimer on July 21st. Gatekeep! Counter Program, however, is giving you Double-Ds (Doris & Doris, that is) with two features by the venerable queen of exploitation, Doris Wishman. In Indecent Desires, a discarded doll gives a demented deviant the…
"The Soviets sent a man in space before the Americans, and made a Wes Anderson film before Wes Anderson." -Alexandru, Letterboxd A satirical comedy about the excessive restrictions that children face during their vacation in a Young Pioneer camp, Welcome,…
Drinkolas Cage! A monthly Nic Cage movie and drinking game event only at Arkadin Cinema & Bar. The last Wednesday of each month we show a mystery Nic Cage movie with an accompanying drinking game hand-written by us! Tickets are…
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…
"In just 90 minutes, Brian De Palma folds a ridiculous amount of narrative into Phantom of the Paradise, and yet it never feels rushed or overstuffed. Every moment is more inventive than the last, and there are elements of the director’s…
THIS SCREENING WILL NOW BE HELD INSIDE DUE TO HEAT "In just 90 minutes, Brian De Palma folds a ridiculous amount of narrative into Phantom of the Paradise, and yet it never feels rushed or overstuffed. Every moment is more inventive…
We'll be enjoying a witty, stylish, and remarkably risqué romantic comedy from Hollywood's "pre-code" era, when mores were looser, and films were often surprisingly salacious. Filled with ribald banter and sparkling sensuality, this offering features what may well be cinema's…
“Times Square (was) like what Riot Grrl was: Girls taking over the punk rock scenes.” - Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, founder of Riot Grrl In the first film of director Allan Moyle’s loosely-connected music trilogy (also including Pump…
“It is an enduring classic that has been imitated and alluded to numerous times its debut, but nothing has equaled or surpassed it.” -James Berardinelli, ReelViews Combining all of Hitchcock’s favorite motifs—voyeurism, obsession, forced perspective, and bombshell blondes—into a single film, Rear…
"Xanadu is the greatest movie musical ever made!...It offers nothing but pure wall-to-wall fun and nonsense to keep a smile on one’s face from the opening credits (which cleverly spoof the logo of Universal Pictures) through the end of the…
"What distinguishes the movie is its offbeat, semi-satirical sense of humour, seamlessly woven into its wacky thriller plot. But there are endless things to enjoy, from Robby Müller's crisp camerawork to a superb set of performances, from witty movie parodies…
Paul Reubens, the man behind Pee-wee Herman's too-small grey suit, was taken from us July 30, 2023. So let's celebrate the life, work, and countless laughs of this comedy genius with a curated selection of clips from Pee-wee's Playhouse, talk…
"What distinguishes the movie is its offbeat, semi-satirical sense of humour, seamlessly woven into its wacky thriller plot. But there are endless things to enjoy, from Robby Müller's crisp camerawork to a superb set of performances, from witty movie parodies…
"Xanadu is the greatest movie musical ever made!...It offers nothing but pure wall-to-wall fun and nonsense to keep a smile on one’s face from the opening credits (which cleverly spoof the logo of Universal Pictures) through the end of the…