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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…
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…
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…
“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…
“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, with its sweeping galactic views, to the desolate terrain of planet Klendathu, teeming…
"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…
It's Shrek night, baby! Everyone's favorite grouchy green ogre takes over Arkadin this February 7 for an evening of fun, fairy tales and flatulence. It's a night to re-meme-ber! First up, from 4:30 pm to 7 pm -- Slurp some…
It’s Shrek night, baby! Everyone’s favorite grouchy green ogre takes over Arkadin this February 7 for an evening of fun, fairy tales and flatulence. It’s a night to re-meme-ber! First up, from 4:30 pm to 7 pm — Slurp some…
“Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.” -Times (UK) On February 8, 2025, Jack Lemmon would have turned 100 years old. Help us celebrate this beloved leading man, whose iconic work in both…
“A kids film everyone can enjoy... a film of substance, character, depth, and humor that doesn’t talk down to them.” -Cinema Crazed Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature, WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT is a hair-raising…
You've likely seen SAFETY LAST! -- maybe even THE FRESHMAN or SPEEDY, but have you seen GIRL SHY? Often overlooked in favor of the aforementioned Harold Lloyd gems, GIRL SHY is a fun and quirky romance, complete with awkward glances,…
It's Galentine's Day, and we're showing an all-time gal-pal classic, ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, plus we're hosting a high school reunion-style party before the film, starting at 6 pm! Featuring punch, name tags, and girl power music videos,…
"Few thrillers create as much sheer joy and happiness as Charade, in which Cary Grant spoofs his Alfred Hitchcock persona, Audrey Hepburn exudes her usual magnetic charm, and Paris is as scenic as ever." -San Francisco Chronicle Hollywood legends Cary…
"THE BEST MOVIE OF 2024! This hilarious, bloody film noir is the best movie of the year, one that Russ Meyer might have made if he had been a lesbian intellectual addicted to steroids." -John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray) From…
"THE BEST MOVIE OF 2024! This hilarious, bloody film noir is the best movie of the year, one that Russ Meyer might have made if he had been a lesbian intellectual addicted to steroids." -John Waters (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray) From…
“Albert and David Maysles’ cult documentary evokes horror, humour, disgust and pathos, often all in the same moment.” -Cinevue Meet Big and Little Edie Beale: mother and daughter, high-society dropouts, and reclusive cousins of Jackie Onassis. The two manage to…
“Doesn’t just hark back to The Kid; it formally revives the Chaplin classic in the street theater of Dinkins-era Greenwich Village...creat a wild spontaneity that can morph from riveting to fun to tense and alien in the space of a…
“Exhilarating…radically mischievous…visually arresting and capricious.” –The New York Times The Czech New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce Daisies follows the misadventures of two brash young women, both named Marie. Believing the world to be “spoiled,” they embark on a…
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…
Let's all get a little cringey together and relive middle school as it really happened, with all the bad fashion, awkward emotions, and painful insecurities of pubescent life. One of the funniest comedies of the last decade, PEN15 casts adult…
“A crass, queer cult classic in the making...Bottoms carves an instant groove for itself as a cult favorite and a battle cry of queer, female rage." -The Mary Sue An instant comedy classic, Emma Seligman's BOTTOMS is the "horniest, bloodiest high…
"There is a scene in this film where a character is defecated on by several people at the same time, and I dunno … I didn’t enjoy it." -Roger Ebert From the twisted minds of cult comedy heroes Tim Heidecker…
“Deserves to be respected as much more than a mid-career oddity in Lee’s filmography. It is a vital work that’s equal parts crystal ball and cannonball: glittering and prophetic, heavy and dangerous.” -Ashley Clark, Facing Blackness: Media and Minstrelsy in…
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…
"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…