“The perfect holiday rom-com, with just the right amount of Christmas magic…sweet and endearing with a hilarious cast and an excellent love story.” -Deseret News The premise of WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING sounds like some dark horror-thriller about obsession—Lucy, a lonely tollbooth…
“Brutal, uncompromising… one of the greatest and most unsung of American Christmas movies” –Slant Magazine Swift, brutal, and blackhearted, Allen Baron’s New York City noir Blast of Silence is a sensational surprise. This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment…
“A MODERN ANIME CLASSIC… a stirring celebration of inclusivity that remains ahead of its time.” -The Daily Beast In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas…
“A 100-minute thrill ride featuring an unhinged Liotta performance full of psycho charmer grace notes…PLUS IT’S A CHRISTMAS MOVIE” -Joe, Letterboxd Snowstorms, long delays, flu germs flying around. No one likes flying during the holidays. But at least there isn’t…
“A well-above-average ho-ho-ho-horror film with a shivery sense of winter weirdland and anarchic ultra-violence…a strong candidate to become a holiday favourite!” –Empire When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas.…
Christmas Specials from Hell returns to Arkadin to deeply antagonize you this yuletide season. Get in the holiday spirit by watching some weird, wild, and wretchedly awesome Christmas Specials on the big screen while drinking some cheap drinks from our…
This screening will be introduced by Truman State University professor Bob Mielke, author of THREADS, a study of the film published by Die Die Books. Prof. Mielke’s book will be available for purchase at the screening. Upon its 1984 premiere…
“The Coen brothers’ snowbound noir is still a work of gleaming brilliance!” –Guardian Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers (Joel directs, Ethan produces, they both write) to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper that’s simultaneously a comedy of…
Something magical must happen in the frozen white north of Finland. They produce incredibly rich, captivating and surprisingly sinister fantasies with apparent ease. On Dec. 12, Arkadin brings you two vastly underseen masterpieces from Suomi, a New Wave snow-globe “Alice…
“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…
