THE BAT is one of the best and most enjoyable examples of the popular old dark house genre. A stylish combination of laughs and thrills, Mary Roberts Rinehart’s classic had thrilled audiences on stage before it came to the screen…
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THE BAT is one of the best and most enjoyable examples of the popular old dark house genre. A stylish combination of laughs and thrills, Mary Roberts Rinehart’s classic had thrilled audiences on stage before it came to the screen…
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“A vicious satire that remains as sharp as ever” -Scott Tobias, Guardian In 1991, Bret Easton Ellis’ novel American Psycho took the literary world by storm with its shocking depiction of the excesses of the 1980s as told through the devious actions of…
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“THX 1138 feels like a hypnotic dreamscape, so luminously stark, from its white-on-white abstract sets to the wide-eyed, bald, near catatonic residents of this world.” -Washington Post A chilling exploration of the future is also a compelling examination of the present…
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"What our nightmares have accustomed us to see in dreams, Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange shows us in broad daylight. It is one of the most unsettling films in the whole of cinema." -London Evening Standard Being the adventures of…
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THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. Starting at 2 pm, Anthony Oliveira, a keeper from the Saint Louis Zoo's Insectarium, will show off moth specimens in the lobby and provide an introductory talk on moths and blacklighting. In the dense forests…
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This double feature is co-presented by Cinematic Void, which helps organize January Giallo screenings each year at cinemas around the country. This year, Arkadin pulls on its black gloves and joins the movement with two absolute essentials. See either film…
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"THE LOBSTER is often startlingly funny in the way it proposes its surreal conceits, and then upsettingly grim in the way it follows through on them. It’s not quite that suicide, mutilation and murder are treated as jokes, but more…
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Love conquers all in FIST CITY this month! It's a tale as old as time...Boy meets Girl (and cat), Boy and Girl run afoul of two corrupt, sleazy cops, Boy and Girl also piss off the yakuza, Boy and Girl…
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"A stop-motion masterpiece over 7 years in the making...Stop what you’re doing and watch this beautiful passion project." -Polygon Produced over the course of seven years by self-taught filmmaker Takahide Hori, JUNK HEAD is a lovingly crafted, painstakingly animated stop-motion…
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We will be playing a mystery VHS tape, and it’s up to you what we’ll see! This month, you’re encouraged (though not required!) to bring a holiday tape! Bring in a VHS tape, and you’ll get in FREE! It can…
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“A+. THE ANIMATRIX is a keeper! it reaches the excitement of Spirited Away...a joy for the animation fan to watch” -The Anime Guide From the creators of The Matrix, this groundbreaking collection of nine short films from seven of the…
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“One of the greatest science fiction films of all time... a dazzling combination of radical political messaging, kick-ass action sequences and a brilliant premise.” -Rolling Stone The Wachowskis' mind-bending, bullet-dodging existentialist action movie posits that observable reality is really a…
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“A remarkable accomplishment... it only gets better with time!” -USA Today From the ingenious humans at Pixar came the tender-hearted story of…a machine – imbued with so much feeling that it won over audiences in the year of its release,…
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This screening is presented by the Washington University Libraries in celebration of Public Domain Day! The film will be projected from a 16mm print. On January 1, 2025, the Marx Brothers enter the public domain with their first feature, THE…
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“Taut, powerful... The Handmaid's Tale casts a spell, even as it spells out its dire warning.” -The Seattle Times Before it served as the basis of for the acclaimed Hulu series, Margaret Atwood's seminal feminist dystopian novel was controversially adapted…
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“A cold, distant vision of the terrors that might result from a world without print... has a powerful emotional impact” -Richard Schickel, Time Ray Bradbury's best-selling science fiction masterpiece about a future without books takes on a chillingly realistic dimension…
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When thieves rob the garage sale of suburban mom Marcia, a struggle ensues, and one of the thieves is killed. Unbeknownst to Marcia, the dead thief’s lover returns, masquerading as a kind neighbor – with a vengeful plan to destroy…
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"A really remarkable feat . . . such a delightful superceding of the source material that it feels like it should be considered the primary text." -Zane Gordon-Bouzard, Letterboxd Welcome to your new favorite Stephen King adaptation. A found footage…
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“ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS YOU’VE NEVER SEEN in an urban steampunk dystopia... sci-fi fantasy reinvents the language of film!” -Anton Bitel, BFI Writer/director Esteban Sapir offers a cautionary tale of media control in this highly stylized thriller that draws…
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Relax with some cheap drinks at chill vibes at our Vaporwave Happy Hour. Featuring vibey videos from the likes of Skylar Spence, Macintosh Plus, New Dreams Ltd., James Ferraro, Oneohtrix Point Never and more, plus a vast buffet of vaped-out…
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THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. A WAITLIST WILL OPEN 1 HOUR BEFORE THE SCREENING. "One of the 1980s greatest sci-fi films—or greatest films, period." -Dennis Harvey Visually spectacular, intensely action-packed and powerfully prophetic since its debut, BLADE RUNNER is a…
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From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, POSSESSOR is an arresting sci-fi thriller about elite, corporate assassin Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people’s bodies to execute high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into…
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“This influential vision of an overpopulated future has a horrific plausibility that's hard to shake off.” -Urban Cinefile SOYLENT GREEN is landmark screen science-fiction, a riveting entertainment and a cautionary tale that holds a mirror to a tomorrow rife with…
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“There is just no way not to love this movie.” -Detroit Free Press On January 26, 2025, Paul Newman would have turned 100 years old. Help us celebrate this iconic Hollywood titan, racing enthusiast, philanthropist, and salad dressing tycoon with…
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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…
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Tickets go on sale January 29 at 8 am.
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In honor of our dear departed David Lynch, Arkadin is presenting a very special night devoted to his most monumental creation, Twin Peaks. We'll be serving up (damn fine) coffee and cherry pie (from the place where pies go when…
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Both shows are SOLD OUT. But you can still get in! Join the waitlist by arriving up to 1 hour before the showtime. There is a good chance you will be able to get you into the 9 pm show!…
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The first and perhaps still the most faithful adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella, THE LITTLE PRINCE was a Soviet-Lithuanian production that captures the sparkling balance of melancholy and whimsy in this classic tale. This simple story tells of…
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“Busy, boundless and brilliantly bonkers...a madcap Marxist adventure comedy!” -Irish Times Directed by The Coup's Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU is a contemporary satirical classic, a Marxist takedown of capitalist exploitation wrapped in a workplace comedy with a massive…
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Bite our shiny metal asses and come on out for some cheap drinks and classic episodes of everyone's favorite animated sci-fi sitcom featuring a crab man, a hard-drinking robot, and a one-eyed space pilot. It's FUTURAMA, of course! Indulge your…
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THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. A WAITLIST WILL OPEN ONE HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME. “One of the most misunderstood movies ever! A ruthlessly funny and keenly self-aware sendup of right-wing militarism” -The Atlantic From the bridge of the Fleet Battlestation Ticonderoga,…
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Both shows are SOLD OUT. But you can still get in! Join the waitlist by arriving up to 1 hour before the showtime. There is a good chance you will be able to get you into the 9 pm show!
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"Funny, poignant and moving, this quirky and clever film oozes heart and insights into human nature.” -Birmingham Post Australian animator Adam Elliot has pioneered a deeply personal style he calls "Clayography," a combination of claymation and biography, that was recently…
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