“ONE OF THE 25 GREATEST NOIRS OF ALL TIME! Deeply perverse, and immensely enjoyable for the ways writer Dudley Nichols and Fritz Lang run circles around the Production Code.” – Eddie Muller, host of TCM’s Noir Alley A psychologically complex…
George A. Romero’s moto-jousting epic KNIGHTRIDERS (1981)
“A BRILLIANT FILM, even though no one paid it much attention when it was released in 1981…Knightriders is about 50 percent scenes of kick-ass moto-jousting, 40 percent philosophizing around the campfire, and 10 percent lyrical shots of King William trying to…
TASKMASTER Series 20 Finale Watch Party — FREE!
Calling all St. Louis-area fans of the greatest show on television (or, um, Youtube in the U.S.), the one and only TASKMASTER! We’re hosting a watch party, and you’re all invited! Luxuriate in the last time to enjoy one the…
MARKETA LAZAROVÁ (1967) presented by Lost in the Arthouse
LOST IN THE ARTHOUSE is a monthly series hosted by Arkadin co-owner Keith Watson that takes you to hidden corners of filmdom far from Hollywood. From must-see classics to obscurities waiting to be discovered, these films stand at cinema’s bleeding…
Ida Lupino’s gripping noir classic THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)
“Absolutely assured in her creation of the bleak, noir atmosphere – whether in the claustrophobic confines of the car, or lost in the arid expanses of the desert – Lupino never relaxes the tension for one moment… Taut, tough, and…
EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!: DOGGIEWOGGIEZ! POOCHIEWOOCHIEZ! (2012) — Friday Night WTF — $5
“Holy f*cking sh*t, this is insane” – Sally Jane Black If you’re familiar with Everything Is Terrible!’s crate-digging mastery, you have some idea what you’re in for. If you don’t, strap in and get ready to blast off to the…
LEGEND (1985) w/ Bryan Ferry pre-show @ 6:30 pm
“A truly Freudian fairytale…exudes a disorientating, almost druggy, other-worldliness.” – Telegraph After changing the face of science fiction cinema forever with Alien and Blade Runner, director Ridley Scott turned his visionary eye to the fantasy genre, teaming with writer William…
Abel Gance’s anti-war epic J’ACCUSE (1919) presented by Silents, Please! STL
“One of the most terrible indictments against war which it is possible to imagine” -Kinematograph Weekly Five months after the armistice was signed that ended World War I, Abel Gance premiered his epic J’ACCUSE in Paris. Many of his Gance’s friends had…
OVER THE GARDEN WALL (2014) — Free Outdoor Screening (plus indoor screening added!)
WE HAVE ADDED AN INDOOR SCREENING AS WELL! GUESTS CAN SIT INDOORS OR OUTDOORS. “A cult classic and an annual favorite…perfectly captures the loneliness of autumn.” – Vox It’s Fall, and you know what that means…Time to (re)watch OVER THE…
Mel Brooks’ ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS (1993) w/ Mel Brooks on TV pre-show @ 3:45 pm
“Wild, anarchic, scatological delight!” – Variety No one achieves stupid humor with quite the brilliance of Mel Brooks, and they don’t come much stupider or more brilliant than ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS. Starring Cary Elwes as perhaps the most…