“Some documentaries just feel like a sock in the jaw. Ian Bell’s fiery and explosive archival picture WTO/99 is that kind of film. Built on local news footage, MiniDV videocassettes, CCTV images, and more, Bell’s charged film… takes viewers back…
WTO/99 (2025) — new release!
“Some documentaries just feel like a sock in the jaw. Ian Bell’s fiery and explosive archival picture WTO/99 is that kind of film. Built on local news footage, MiniDV videocassettes, CCTV images, and more, Bell’s charged film… takes viewers back…
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB (1996) presented by Girlhood
Girlhood is a semi-regular series hosted by Arkadin co-owner Sarah Baraba that spotlights stories of sisterhood on the silver screen. “Exhilaratingly woman-positive and funny!” – On The Issues Starring powerhouse comediennes Diane Keaton (RIP), Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler, THE…
$3 MONDAY MYSTERY MOVIE: A Night of Very Strange Documentary Shorts About Very Odd People
For this month’s $3 Mystery Movie, we’re switching things up a bit, delivering you not one but several films: each one a short documentary about some real oddballs. A couple of these might be considered minor classics within the vague…
A man investigates his own murder in… D.O.A. (1950) — $3
“A breakneck, almost berserk spin on the classic detective yarn” – Eddie Muller, host of TCM’s Noir Alley How’s this for a premise?: A mysterious stranger pours a toxin into a man’s drink, and now the man has only a…
Dark fantasy masterpiece EXCALIBUR (1981)
“A near-perfect blend of action, romance, fantasy and philosophy, finely acted and beautifully filmed” – Variety In the early 1980s, visionary director John Boorman (Zardoz) delivered one of the greatest fantasy films of all time, a hard-edged, R-rated treatment of…
Soviet Fantasy Adventure ILYA MUROMETS (1956, a.k.a. The Sword and the Dragon)
“Packing an astonishing amount into ninety minutes, Ilya Muromets is much more than its fantasy label indicates. You get a huge-scale period war film, a love story, a musical and a creature feature with that three-headed dragon rearing up in…
Heath Ledger in A KNIGHT’S TALE (2001)
“Tremendous, infectious fun, with a rocking soundtrack” – Radio Times This Black Friday at Arkadin…Heath will rock you. Starring Heath Ledger as a lowborn squire masquerading as a nobleman, A KNIGHT’S TALE is a truly delightful, profoundly unserious riff on…
HANKS-GIVING King of the Hill Potluck — FREE!
It’s HANKS-giving time again, folks, and you know what that means — a mini-marathon of classic King of the Hill Thanksgiving episodes with a leftovers potluck! “King of the Hill had a strong run…from its third season in 1998 to Season…
Weirdo Estonian Folk Horror NOVEMBER (2017) — 𝔉𝔬𝔩𝔨 ℌ𝔬𝔯𝔯𝔬𝔯 𝔄𝔯𝔬𝔲𝔫𝔡 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔩𝔡
“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…