The End of America (tour) is upon us. The WTO/99 + Hello Dankness double bulldozer continues unabated. Check out one of these December dates and look for much more in 202666. Dec. 5 - St. Louis @arkadincinema.bsky.social Dec. 13 - Seattle @nwfilmforum.bsky.social Dec. 14 - Oklahoma City @ OFX

Astonishing, incendiary, and eerily prescient, Ian Bell’s WTO/99 is a searing account of the 1999 World Trade Organization protests in Seattle depicted entirely through archival footage. Screens this Friday and Saturday at @arkadincinema.bsky.social — my review: bit.ly/3Y6RvXe

Next month from Forbidden Hollywood @arkadincinema.bsky.social we’re screening Cecil B. DeMille’s bonkers 1932 biblical epic THE SIGN OF THE CROSS. Dec. 1 at 7 PM. Tickets: bit.ly/3LoaJEU

🚨 NOVEMBER AT ARKADIN 🚨

HALLOWEEN NIGHT @ ARKADIN SUSPIRIA and DRINKOLAS are both sold out, but you can still drop by for some trick-or-treating fun 4:30-7pm. Classic Goosebumps eps in the theater, free candy for trick-or-treaters in the lobby. And it's all kid-friendly!

TODAY @ ARKADIN NOROI: THE CURSE "The scariest movie ever made and it has no jump scares" -Cracked A faux-documentary folk horror chiller from Japan that crescendos with an absolutely batshit finale. 5 pm $7

TODAY @ ARKADIN NOROI: THE CURSE "The scariest movie ever made and it has no jump scares" -Cracked A faux-documentary folk horror chiller from Japan that crescendos with an absolutely batshit finale. 5 pm $7

TONIGHT @ ARKADIN 4:30-6:45pm: Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Happy Hour! 7pm: Don Coscarelli's immortal classic PHANTASM (1979) 9pm: The best worst movie ever made, TROLL 2 (1990)

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On Oct. 15, support a worthy cause while taking in one of the greatest splatterfests of the 1980s! All ticket proceeds for DEMONS (1985) support Hester's Hope in honor of Eddie Hester, a huge fan of this amazing film!

On Oct. 15, support a worthy cause while taking in one of the greatest splatterfests of the 1980s! All ticket proceeds for DEMONS (1985) support Hester's Hope in honor of Eddie Hester, a huge fan of this amazing film!

TODAY @ 3 PM -- $7 George Franju's haunting, beautiful masterpiece of horror EYES WITHOUT A FACE. A chilling gothic fairytale made with pure cinematic poetry.

TODAY @ 3 PM -- $7 George Franju's haunting, beautiful masterpiece of horror EYES WITHOUT A FACE. A chilling gothic fairytale made with pure cinematic poetry.

COMING OCT. 25 𝘼𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙢𝙖'𝙨 𝙈𝙊𝙉𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙈𝘼𝙎𝙃 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙣! 🎫ALL-DAY PASS — $22 👕T-SHIRT — $25 𝘚𝘗𝘌𝘊𝘐𝘈𝘓 𝘋𝘌𝘈𝘓 𝘍𝘖𝘙 𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘉 𝘈𝘙𝘒𝘈𝘋𝘐𝘕 𝘔𝘌𝘔𝘉𝘌𝘙𝘚: 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘵!

TODAY AT ARKADIN Ready to have your mind blown? Come to tonight's screening of SHe at 5 pm -- a stop-motion horror WTF-er set in a totalitarian world of shoes! Director Shengwei Zhou will join us via Zoom for a Q&A.

TODAY AT ARKADIN Support Operation Food Search (@OPFoodSearch) and see a film the NY Times recently named one of the greatest of the 21st century! Agnes Varda's "profound, uncommonly tender" doc THE GLEANERS & I @ 3:30 pm!

TODAY AT ARKADIN Support Operation Food Search (@OPFoodSearch) and see a film the NY Times recently named one of the greatest of the 21st century! Agnes Varda's "profound, uncommonly tender" doc THE GLEANERS & I @ 3:30 pm!

Tonight at Arkadin!

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This week at Arkadin! Don’t miss our #314day for weirdos this Friday!

Tonight at Arkadin!

Have you heard about our #314day festivities? This 314 Day, Arkadin celebrates our fair St. Louis by presenting a night of entertainment made by and for the real heroes who make this town go ’round…the weirdos!

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Today at 7 pm join us for BAMBOOZLED, an incendiary satire by Spike Lee screening as part of Arkadin’s “Offbeat Black Comedies” series, a collection of wonderfully peculiar films made by African-American directors. An hour-long pre-show of comedy shorts by Black filmmakers starts at 6 pm.

Tonight at Arkadin! An entire evening of awkward and awesome comedic duos.

Announcing march at Arkadin! Next month our focus is on two series - “Female Filmmakers on the Edge” and “Disruptive Guests.” Plus, for 314 Day we’ve lined up an evening of weirdo STL made right here in The Lou! Most tickets on sale now via Arkadin.square.site!

This March at Arkadin, Bruce LaBruce’s “brilliantly depraved” sexually explicit new thriller THE VISITOR. 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/the-vi...

Tonight at Fist City presents THE HIDDEN POWER OF DRAGON SABRE! A woefully underseen Shaw Bros. film with a mind-bending mix of backstabbing swordsmen and shocking twists amidst background scenery from what looks like STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE or STAR TREK: THE MOVIE. Free! No tix required!

Next month at @arkadincinema.bsky.social, Forbidden Hollywood celebrates Women’s History Month with a screening of MERRILY WE GO TO HELL (1932), a drama directed by Dorothy Arzner— the only female filmmaker working in the Hollywood studio system at this time. March 3 @ 7 PM. Tix: bit.ly/4jTfXp2

Grab your bestie and join us on Galentine’s Day for ROMY AND MICHELE’S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. Showing 2/13 at 7:30 pm. Arrive at 6 pm for plenty of girl power music videos in the theatre and treats from Heavenly Sinful Delights. 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/romy-a...

Showing Friday, Feb. 21 @ 7 pm BOTTOMS “A crass, queer cult classic in the making…Bottoms carves an instant groove for itself as a cult favorite and a battle cry of queer, female rage.” -The Mary Sue 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/bottom...

Next month from Forbidden Hollywood see MERRILY WE GO TO HELL, the only pre-code film by a female director. Showing March 3 at 7 pm. 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/merril...

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“Funny, poignant and moving, this quirky and clever film oozes heart and insights into human nature.” –Birmingham Post Showing this Saturday at 3:30 pm MARY AND MAX, from the animator behind the Oscar-nominated of MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, Adam Elliot

Join us Feb. 8 for SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959), a Jack Lemmon Centenary Celebration at 3 pm. Jack Lemmon Pre-Show @ 2:30 pm. “Nobody’s perfect, as the film’s immortal closing line has it, but some comedies are.” –Times (UK)

“One of the great rock movies—part fiction, party documentary—and entirely absorbing.” -Joshua Encinias, Brooklyn Magazine Next Wednesday from Strange Brew see RUDE BOY: THE CLASH. 7 pm.

“Funny, poignant and moving, this quirky and clever film oozes heart and insights into human nature.” –Birmingham Post Showing this Saturday at 3:30 pm MARY AND MAX, from the animator behind the Oscar-nominated of MEMOIR OF A SNAIL, Adam Elliot

Check out our February calendar! All tickets now on sale!

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Tomorrow, Monday Jan. 27 at 7 pm, join us for this month’s mystery movie! It’s one of our personal favorites, a groovy sci-fi comedy that’s clever, buoyant and really really funny. An irreverent madcap delight with some fascinating ideas to chew on as well. 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/3-myst...

Happy 100th birthday, Paul Newman! Come celebrate Newman’s life and legacy with one of his most beloved classics, his Best Picture-winning con artist caper film THE STING! THE STING plays today at 5 pm w/ a Paul Newman pre-show at 4:30 pm.

Happy 100th birthday, Paul Newman! Come celebrate Newman’s life and legacy with one of his most beloved classics, his Best Picture-winning con artist caper film THE STING! THE STING plays today at 5 pm w/ a Paul Newman pre-show at 4:30 pm.

Come and get it! SOYLENT GREEN plays today at Arkadin at 4 pm. 🎟️ arkadincinema.com/event/soylen...

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Join us at Vaporwave Happy Hour Friday from 4:30-6:30 pm! Featuring vibey videos from the likes of Skylar Spence, Macintosh Plus, New Dreams Ltd., James Ferraro, Oneohtrix Point Never and more, plus a vast buffet of vaped-out subgenres, such as Future Funk, Eccojams, and Simpsonwave.

First up in our February “Dynamic Duos” series is the moving stop-motion masterpiece MARY AND MAX (2009), by Australian animator Adam Elliot who was just nominated for an Academy Award for his new film Memoir of a Snail. MARY AND MAX plays Saturday, Feb. 2 at 3:30 pm.

1/30 at 6 pm join us for a free screening of THE LITTLE PRINCE (1966), a Soviet version of the classic tale. This simple story tells of an aviator who crashes in the desert only to find a small boy, a visitor from a distant planet who has come to Earth to find a friend.