Arkadin is proud to present this screening as part of Art House Theater Day! AHTD is an annual program of AHC that brings audiences together to celebrate all that art house theaters – and independent film – contribute to our…
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),…
Trippy, metaphysical sci-fi dream AUGUST IN THE WATER (1995) w/ Japanese sci-fi animation pre-show @ 4:30 pm — $5
“Trippy, metaphysical, an otherworldly gem…a hallucinatory analysis of coming-of-age malaise” – DAZED An indescribable mix of teen melodrama, New Age metaphysics, dreamy sci-fi, and creeping J-horror, Gakuryū Ishii’s AUGUST IN THE WATER is truly a film unlike any other. Moving…
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…
YACHT ROCK HAPPY HOUR — Music Videos, Drink Specials + Concert Ticket Giveaway!
Summer in the city is hot, so why not escape the sticky St. Louis summer for a few hours with some cool drinks and smooth jams at our YACHT ROCK HAPPY HOUR! Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Toto, Michael McDonald, and…
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…
Steamy French Thriller Classic LA PISCINE (1969) w/ ’60s French Pop Pre-Show @ 4:30 pm
“Involves four of the most outrageously photogenic actors to ever appear on screen… We sit and revel in the glamour of it all, waiting for those hormonal and homicidal impulses to boil over – as, of course, they do.” –…
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…