“Gory and grotesquely twisted… a gleefully icky holiday horror romp that pushes all the right buttons.” – Fangoria Largely dismissed when it arrived on Christmas Day 2006, this gleefully gory sequel to Bob Clark’s timeless slasher classic is ripe for…
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (1990)
“Burton’s modern fairytale has an almost palpably personal feel: it is told gently, subtly and with infinite sympathy” – Daily Telegraph An eccentric fairytale for the weirdo in all of us, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS might be the most personal film Tim…
Lynne Ramsay’s MORVERN CALLAR (2002) w/ Aphex Twin pre-show presented by Lost in the Arthouse
“A mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last.” -Glenn Kenny, Premiere The Christmas season was never bluer than it is in Lynne Ramsay’s oblique masterpiece of dislocation MORVERN CALLAR. The film opens on Christmas morning as the…
TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) presented by Dark Dream Cinema
“One of the best of Amicus’s anthologies, maintaining the right balance between ghoulish horror and tongue-in-cheek humor.” J. Watts, Cinema Essentials The first film adaptation of the legendary EC horror comics, Amicus’s Tales from the Crypt provided the midway point between the demise of…
World Wide Magazine presents A Granite City Tumbleweed Christmas
The World Wide Magazine Christmas tradition continues at Arkadin! Jim Varagona of The Pete Parisi Archives will introduce a handful of World Wide Magazine Christmas clips and then segue into episode 169 of World Wide Magazine from 1995: Vanessa Vargo…
Jim Jarmusch’s NIGHT ON EARTH (1991) w/ Tom Waits pre-show presented by Strange Brew
NIGHT ON EARTH contains five vignettes linked together by parallel narratives of bizarre taxi rides. The film tells the individual stories of taxi drivers and their unique passengers over the course of one night in five different cities: Los Angeles, New York…
Cecil B. DeMille’s epic of orgiastic excess THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932) presented by Forbidden Hollywood
Deemed “some of the boldest censor-bait ever attempted in a motion picture,” Cecil B. DeMille’s 1932 comeback after a string of flops finds the director known for his opulent epics working at his most unhinged and horniest. THE SIGN OF…
KNIFETIME: A Cheesy Lifetime Movie Roast featuring… DEADLY MILE HIGH CLUB (2020)
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
EMANON (1987) presented by St. Louis Video Society
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…
Mind-melting mashup HELLO DANKNESS (2022) — Friday Night WTF!
“A fresh and unforgettable cinematic experience. Built from samples of movies, public speeches, famous songs, and even memes… stitched together to create a vivid representation of American culture before and after the 2016 elections… You’ve never seen a film quite…










