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Before Netflix singlehandedly re-ignited the fad with Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and that one Kimmy Schmidt special, filmmakers and carnival-barking money-grubbers throughout the ages had experimented with the idea of interactive cinema — an audience of people collectively deciding where the…
“Exceptional performances, packed with social commentary, M is a nail-biting thriller that is brought to life through its expert direction and techniques. A prime example of a must-see classic masterwork that is ahead of its time.” - Kristy Strouse Berlin is gripped…
"The Dark Knight's Most Underrated Movie...a campy, visually sumptuous take on the characters, with thrilling action sequences and standout performances." -Comic Book Resources Help us pay a fond farewell to one of Hollywood's most mercurial stars by enjoying one of…
"Using superimpositions, rapid and insistent visual patterns, fantasy sequences, and the visual flamboyance of actors impersonating mad people, A Page of Madness builds an atmosphere of astonishing intensity." - Chris Fujiwara A visionary masterpiece once thought lost forever, A PAGE…
“The Greatest Heist Movie Ever Made...one of those rare movies that promised the moon and the stars and delivered in every imaginable way” - Gerardo Valero, RogerEbert.com One of the definitive films of the 1990s, Michael Mann's HEAT is an…
In 1933’s I'M NO ANGEL, the second of two pre-Code movies that she wrote as well as starred in, the voracious and voluptuous Mae West plays Tira, a sideshow dancer who accumulates fame—and men—with her popular lion taming act. Reteaming…
“Witty, playful, romantic, tragic...a whole chocolate box of emotions in a highly decorative wrapping” - Variety An underseen and rarely screened offbeat romance from Park Chan-wook, the director of Oldboy and The Handmaiden, I'M A CYBORG BUT THAT'S OK is…
“ rock 'n' roll spy spoof may be the Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker team's most consistent work... Val Kilmer is ridiculously charismatic!” - The AV Club In this outrageous comedy from the guys who brought you Airplane!, Val Kilmer (in his feature film…
"Part gross-out comedy, part paranoid thriller, part twisted love letter to Toronto... The atmosphere in the audience was electric as everyone in the room realized they were watching a new cult classic in real time." - The Toronto Star Inspired…
“The first picture on psychoanalysis is also a tale of suspense, and Hitchcock embellishes it with characteristically brilliant twists” - Time Out "The secret recesses of the mind are explored with brilliant and terrifying effect" (New York Herald Tribune) in…
“A riotous spoof of Alfred Hitchcock thrillers that doubles as a loving tribute to the master of suspense, Brooks reached his comedy peak with High Anxiety!” - Chuck O'Leary Like Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks' underappreciated HIGH ANXIETY…
"Sharply funny, wonderfully snarky, and a better satire of our true crime obsession than most anything this century—it remains a prescient, properly fun film without compare. It's worth seeing for how titanically good Turner is alone." - The Stranger The…
This May, we visit FIST CITY for the LAST TIME. That's right—all good things must come to an end, and, in this case, FIST CITY ends with an almighty strange passion/vanity project hybrid. FORCE OF THE NINJA (1988) is a…
"An exciting comedy!" - Battleship Pretension Mary Pickford plays a "tomboy of the tenements" in this comedy drama, which she also wrote. Filmed over ten weeks, LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY was shot entirely on a set created by art director John…
Betty's Books and Arkadin Cinema & Bar are teaming up to bring you a special NANA book club! Come to watch the first few episodes of the cult-classic anime and enjoy a discussion about NANA after the showing. NANA, beloved…
“So valuable because it contains so little of the theatrics common to pop culture depictions of mental illness... The fundamental story, the core narrative of a young woman forced to confront her fundamental ambivalence towards life in a very strange…
"It’s intentionally cheesy, delightfully demented, entirely over-the-top, and makes no apologies for its juvenile jokes and abundant gore." - Film Threat From gonzo indie filmmaker Steven Kostanski, director of PG: Psycho Goreman, comes this fun, frenzied late-night pizza party of…
Arkadin is excited to present this very special screening of Vincente Minnelli's underseen psychiatric drama THE COBWEB with a preceding talk on THE HISTORY OF THE ASYLUM IN MISSOURI by Felix Vincenz, former CEO of the Forensic Treatment Center in…
Author Elise and her husband Allan are thrilled to be new homeowners of a cabin overlooking a lake–until Elise’s former friend, Geena, and her husband, Lee, move in next door. Years ago, Geena stole Lee from Elise, bringing their friendship…
Across America (2024) follows Chad Caruso, a skateboarder from Long Island, who challenges himself to skateboard alone across the United States - more than 3,000 miles. Director John Testa documents Caruso's 57-day journey as he travels from Venice Beach to Virginia Beach, ultimately earning…
