Broadcast in the dying hours of Christmas Eve, the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas series was a fixture of the seasonal schedules throughout the 1970s and spawned a long tradition of chilling tales, which terrified yuletide viewers for decades to come.…
“So cute it’s almost physically painful to watch” -Daniel, Letterboxd Arkadin’s Christmas present to you is a FREE screening of a little-known yet aggressively adorable yuletide dinosaur kiddie movie from Japan! Made to capitalize on the success of Jurassic Park,…
“The perfect holiday rom-com, with just the right amount of Christmas magic…sweet and endearing with a hilarious cast and an excellent love story.” -Deseret News The premise of WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING sounds like some dark horror-thriller about obsession—Lucy, a lonely tollbooth…
“Brutal, uncompromising… one of the greatest and most unsung of American Christmas movies” –Slant Magazine Swift, brutal, and blackhearted, Allen Baron’s New York City noir Blast of Silence is a sensational surprise. This low-budget, carefully crafted portrait of a hit man on assignment…
“A MODERN ANIME CLASSIC… a stirring celebration of inclusivity that remains ahead of its time.” -The Daily Beast In modern-day Tokyo, three homeless people’s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas…
“A 100-minute thrill ride featuring an unhinged Liotta performance full of psycho charmer grace notes…PLUS IT’S A CHRISTMAS MOVIE” -Joe, Letterboxd Snowstorms, long delays, flu germs flying around. No one likes flying during the holidays. But at least there isn’t…
“A well-above-average ho-ho-ho-horror film with a shivery sense of winter weirdland and anarchic ultra-violence…a strong candidate to become a holiday favourite!” –Empire When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas.…
Christmas Specials from Hell returns to Arkadin to deeply antagonize you this yuletide season. Get in the holiday spirit by watching some weird, wild, and wretchedly awesome Christmas Specials on the big screen while drinking some cheap drinks from our…
This screening will be introduced by Truman State University professor Bob Mielke, author of THREADS, a study of the film published by Die Die Books. Prof. Mielke’s book will be available for purchase at the screening. Upon its 1984 premiere…
“The Coen brothers’ snowbound noir is still a work of gleaming brilliance!” –Guardian Leave it to the wildly inventive Coen brothers (Joel directs, Ethan produces, they both write) to concoct a fiendishly clever kidnap caper that’s simultaneously a comedy of…
