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"Absolutely assured in her creation of the bleak, noir atmosphere - whether in the claustrophobic confines of the car, or lost in the arid expanses of the desert - Lupino never relaxes the tension for one moment... Taut, tough, and…
LOST IN THE ARTHOUSE is a monthly series hosted by Arkadin co-owner Keith Watson that takes you to hidden corners of filmdom far from Hollywood. From must-see classics to obscurities waiting to be discovered, these films stand at cinema's bleeding…
What is Emanon? Or rather, WHO is EMANON?! Why he's a magical, mysterious homeless man played by writer/director Stuart Paul in one of the most bizarre vanity projects ever conceived. This "modern-day wino Christ" (LA Weekly) must help a very wealthy, sick…
“One of the most terrible indictments against war which it is possible to imagine” -Kinematograph Weekly Five months after the armistice was signed that ended World War I, Abel Gance premiered his epic J'ACCUSE in Paris. Many of his Gance's friends had…
Calling all St. Louis-area fans of the greatest show on television (or, um, Youtube in the U.S.), the one and only TASKMASTER! We're hosting a watch party, and you're all invited! Luxuriate in the last time to enjoy one the…
THIS MONTH'S FILM: Deadly Mile High ClubObsessed with a handsome student, a deranged flight instructor tries to destroy the people in his life and make him fall in love with her. Guest Roaster: Danielle Howard
“The right kind of fowl humor... You can’t quit this one cold turkey!” -Film Inquiry It's Shanks-giving time again as we ring in Thanksgiving with one of the most glorious Turkeys in cult cinema: the immortal THANKSKILLING! A demonic turkey…
"A BRILLIANT FILM, even though no one paid it much attention when it was released in 1981...Knightriders is about 50 percent scenes of kick-ass moto-jousting, 40 percent philosophizing around the campfire, and 10 percent lyrical shots of King William trying to…
"ONE OF THE 25 GREATEST NOIRS OF ALL TIME! Deeply perverse, and immensely enjoyable for the ways writer Dudley Nichols and Fritz Lang run circles around the Production Code." - Eddie Muller, host of TCM's Noir Alley A psychologically complex…
"Part Grimm fairy tale, part Eastern European folklore, and all fever dream...it's as beautiful as it is profoundly weird as fuck." - Rolling Stone Set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam, Rainer Sarnet’s third…