“In Spring Breakers, Harmony Korine bores into a contested, deeply American topic — the pursuit of happiness taken to nihilistic extremes — but turns his exploration into such a gonzo, outrageously funny party that it takes a while to appreciate…
Esther Williams in MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID (1952) w/ Aquatic Dancing Pre-Show @ 5 pm
“Truly one of the most beautiful films of the 1950s…a gorgeous Technicolor spectacle complete with multi-colored smoke, leaping water curtains, and a co-ed group of synchronized swimmers that brought a new dimension to Busby Berkeley’s highly precise style.” – From…
KNIFETIME: A Cheesy Lifetime Movie Roast featuring… PSYCHO STORM CHASER (2021)
When a hurricane hits the Brody Peninsula, nurse Abby has a decision to make: attempt to move the comatose Hannah out of her family home or stay and weather the storm. Abby decides the safer of the two options is…
DANGER: DIABOLIK (1968) — Mario Bava’s swingin’ psychedelic masterpiece w/ Beastie Boys pre-show @ 6:30 pm
“ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS EVER MADE! Striking, kinetic, sexy, absurd… revels in its casual anarchy.” – Empire Produced by the legendary Dino De Laurentiis (Barbarella) and directed by the Godfather of Cult Cinema, Mario Bava (Blood and Black Lace),…
Janice.Click presents SHREK CRACK + LEECH — Missouri-made weirdo double feature w/ live filmmaker Q&A
Missouri-born and -bred video filmmaker Janice.click presents a weirdo double feature you ain’t gonna wanna miss! The filmmakers will be on hand for a Q&A to answer for their crimes. SHREK CRACK (dir. Janice.click)“Mike Myers said this was okay to…
Body Horror Shocker SOCIETY (1989) — Friday Night WTF — $5
After producing Stuart Gordon’s hit Re-Animator, Brian Yuzna turned his hand to directing with 1989’s SOCIETY, and gave birth to one of the ickiest, most original body horror shockers of all time. Teenager Bill Whitney (Billy Warlock) has always felt like…
FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)
“An all-time teen comedy classic!” -InSession Film The wild world of adolescence has rarely been captured with as sharp an observational eye as in this refreshingly smart, frank spin on the teen comedy by director Amy Heckerling (Clueless) and screenwriter…
DROWNING BY NUMBERS w/ Peter Greenaway Shorts Pre-Show @ 6:30 pm
“A surreal, satirical descent to the dark side of English gamesmanship. It is a brilliant black comedy.” – Maclean’s Before his international breakthrough The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, writer/director Peter Greenaway – “one of the most distinctive, provocative…
SOLD OUT — Charlie Chaplin’s THE GREAT DICTATOR (1940) presented by Silents, Please! STL
THIS SCREENING IS SOLD OUT. WAITLIST OPENS 30 MIN. BEFORE SHOWTIME. In his controversial masterpiece The Great Dictator, Charlie Chaplin offers both a cutting caricature of Adolf Hitler and a sly tweaking of his own comic persona. Chaplin, in his first pure…
LOVE GOD (1997) presented by STL Video Society w/ Underground Cinema Pre-Show @ 6:30 pm
“Dazzling, frustrating and altogether original, LOVE GOD isn’t afraid to jump-start a fresh new way of approaching cinema.” – Steven Puchalski, Shock Cinema Magazine July’s SAINT LOUIS VIDEO SOCIETY PRESENTS selection, LOVE GOD (1997), is a reality-bending experiment in digital filmmaking—from innovative and iconoclastic director Frank…