Arkadin Cinema & Bar

Arkadin Cinema & Bar Microcinema in South St. Louis City dedicated to programming repertory series and independent film!
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MĀRAMA plays at Arkadin this Sunday, June 28 at 5 p.m. “A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE! [Uses] gothic horror to tell a breathta...
06/25/2026

MĀRAMA plays at Arkadin this Sunday, June 28 at 5 p.m.

“A CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE! [Uses] gothic horror to tell a breathtaking, heart-wrenching tale of self-discovery and retribution.” – The Blogging Banshee

1859. When a young Māori woman (Ariāna Osborne, in a ferocious performance) is summoned from New Zealand to England, she uncovers a horrific colonial heritage, which she faces with vengeful fury. Combining folk horror dread and haunted house chills, MĀRAMA may be a genre unto itself—what first-time director Taratoa Stappard has called “Māori gothic horror.” Infused with traditional folklore from Aotearoa and a righteous hatred of English colonial devastation, MĀRAMA is an “eerie and disquieting bit of gothic horror delivered in a beautifully crafted, exquisitely rendered package” (The Last Thing I See).

Arkadin pops up at the best shop for all things floral in St. Louis, for MOONSTRUCK under the stars on Saturday, June ...
06/25/2026

Arkadin pops up at the best shop for all things floral in St. Louis, for MOONSTRUCK under the stars on Saturday, June 27 at 9 p.m.!

Grab your favorite lawn chair and head on down to 3201 Cherokee St. for a night of romance, laughs, and charm. PLUS! Surprise your sweetie or treat yourself with a bouquet add on.

A full moon, a New York City night, and love and music in the air… One of the most enchanting romantic comedies of all time assembles a flawless ensemble cast for a tender and boisterously funny look at a multigenerational Italian American family in Brooklyn, wrestling with the complexities of love and marriage at every stage of life. At the center of it all is a radiant Cher as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love bookkeeper whose feelings about her engagement to the staid Johnny (Danny Aiello) are thrown into question after she meets his hot-blooded brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage), and one night at the opera changes everything. Winner of the Academy Awards for best actress (Cher), supporting actress (Olympia Dukakis), and original screenplay by playwright John Patrick Shanley, this modern-day fairy tale is swept along on passionate Puccini melodies, and directed by master storyteller Norman Jewison with the heightened emotion to match.

Seating is not provided, so PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR!

Additional details:

Bouquet add-ons are $30 and can be purchased with a ticket at checkout.
You must have a ticket to enter the screening. Purchase of a bouquet does not provide entry.
Tickets for this screening can not be purchased with a Club Arkadin pass.
In case of inclement weather, this screening will be canceled and all tickets will be refunded.

There's something in the water. AND IT'S YOU! At our BYO-pool party screening of JAWS! Playing Friday, July 3 at 9 p.m. ...
06/25/2026

There's something in the water. AND IT'S YOU! At our BYO-pool party screening of JAWS! Playing Friday, July 3 at 9 p.m. on the backlot.

That's right, bring your own kiddie pool to the backlot for our annual screening of the most summer film known to man. And shark. The film that scared a generation out of the ocean, JAWS is ominous, iconic, and as entertaining as movies come. Powered by John Williams’ much-imitated, never-duplicated score, this seaside scorcher put Steven Spielberg on map, inspired a slew of j***y sequels, and seared itself into the subconscious of anyone who’s ever laid down a beach towel. And you can enjoy it the way it was meant to be seen: outside under the stars, with fireworks bursting around you, while you soak in your very own pool.

06/25/2026

Tonight is VHS Night! Bring in your best tape for a chance to have it show on the big screen and win a free bar tab! Doors open at 6 p.m. Pitches begin at 7:15ish p.m. and the show begins around 7:45 p.m.

Next Thursday, July 2 at 7 p.m. don't miss the presentation of SILVER BULLET. Young Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim) has an im...
06/25/2026

Next Thursday, July 2 at 7 p.m. don't miss the presentation of SILVER BULLET.

Young Marty Coslaw (Corey Haim) has an imagination and a love of life that far outpace his disabled legs. Buddying up with his Uncle Red (Gary Busey, never better), he scores a ride called the Silver Bullet, which is half wheelchair and half badass motorbike. And just in time, too, for his hometown of Tarker’s Mills has become the new stomping ground for a werewolf. Can Marty identify the monster in their midst, and outrun the devil to get home in time? Based on Stephen King’s Cycle of the Werewolf, Silver Bullet is one of the most charming entries in King’s storied catalog. Pitched perfectly between heartfelt horror and tongue-in-cheek camp, it’s a full-moon thrill ride that serves up the scares without ever skimping out on the fun.

“Surreal and psychedelic…a counterculture gem!” – Jacob Burns Film CenterFANTASTIC PLANET plays at Arkadin on Sunday, Ju...
06/25/2026

“Surreal and psychedelic…a counterculture gem!” – Jacob Burns Film Center

FANTASTIC PLANET plays at Arkadin on Sunday, July 5 at 6 p.m.

Nothing else has ever looked or felt like director René Laloux’s animated marvel Fantastic Planet, a politically minded and visually inventive work of science fiction. The film is set on a distant planet called Ygam, where enslaved humans (Oms) are the playthings of giant blue native inhabitants (Draags). After Terr, kept as a pet since infancy, escapes from his gigantic child captor, he is swept up by a band of radical fellow Oms who are resisting the Draags’ oppression and violence. With its eerie, coolly surreal cutout animation by Roland Topor; brilliant psychedelic jazz score by Alain Goraguer; and wondrous creatures and landscapes, this Cannes-awarded 1973 counterculture classic is a perennially compelling statement against conformity and violence.

Next Monday, June 29, is $3 Mystery Movie Night! Playing at 7 p.m. This month’s Mystery Movie comes to you courtesy of t...
06/24/2026

Next Monday, June 29, is $3 Mystery Movie Night! Playing at 7 p.m.

This month’s Mystery Movie comes to you courtesy of the man we’re celebrating all summer long—the Pope of Trash himself…John Waters! A truly bizarre slice of ecstatic camp of the most garishly overwrought variety, this movie does everything John Waters spent his early career trying to achieve—only it does it unintentionally and with 500x the budget. This gonzo delight boasts an all-star pedigree: Never before have so many talented people made something so laughably deranged. Your jaw will be dropped! Your ribs will be tickled! Your gut will be busted! And your brain will be fried by this marvelous disasterpiece.

Tickets now on sale for July DRINKOLAS CAGE! This month our Friday, 9:30 p.m. DRINKOLAS showtime will be a BYO-pool part...
06/24/2026

Tickets now on sale for July DRINKOLAS CAGE!
This month our Friday, 9:30 p.m. DRINKOLAS showtime will be a BYO-pool party on the backlot (keeping with our Friday beach movies theme!).
Please take care when selecting your showtime at checkout: https://arkadin.square.site/shop/drinkolas-cage/6

One week from today presents IDIOCRACY. July 1 at 7 p.m. U.S. Army librarian Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) takes part in an ...
06/24/2026

One week from today presents IDIOCRACY. July 1 at 7 p.m.

U.S. Army librarian Joe Bauers (Luke Wilson) takes part in an experimental government hibernation program that goes afoul and results in Joe reawakening five hundred years later in a painfully stupid dystopia in the cult comedy Idiocracy (2006). The inept authorities are unable to identify Joe, leading to a correctional facility renaming him “Not Sure” before subjecting him to an aptitude test. Despite being of average intelligence in his own time, he returns the highest IQ in the world from this basic aptitude test in the year 2505. Soon the President of the United States, Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews) tasks “Not Sure” with fixing the country’s food supply, economy and massive dust storms within a week under threat of imprisonment.

Directed by Mike Judge (Beavis and Butthead, Office Space), Idiocracy was given a limited release by 20th Century Fox in 2006. The studio seemingly intentionally buried the film, providing virtually no movie trailers, ads or press kits, and resulting in a less than $500,000 box office in its limited theatrical run. However, the film has since gone on to garner a devoted cult fanbase with its parody of dysgenics, corporate sponsored politics and anti-intellectualism. Idiocracy also stars Maya Rudolph as Rita the s*x worker and Dax Shepard as Frito the Lawyer.

An American Idiot 250th Semiquincentennial Preshow starts at 6:30 pm.

Enjoy a night of family-friendly nostalgia and save the rainforest at the same time with this very special fundraiser sc...
06/23/2026

Enjoy a night of family-friendly nostalgia and save the rainforest at the same time with this very special fundraiser screening of FernGully: The Last Rainforest on July 15 at 6:30 p.m.! All ticket proceeds benefit !

Deep in the heart of the forest awaits a paradise filled with tiny sprites, winged fairies, tree spirits, and a menagerie of animals who live together in joyful harmony. The place is called… FernGully. And every ’90s kid remembers it for the film’s mystical charm, Robin Williams as a manic bat, and its haunting vision of environmental destruction embodied in Hexxus, a malevolent black ooze with the voice of Tim Curry! Perfect for kids, but just as resonant with adults, FernGully: The Last Rainforest combines the wonder and whimsy of a Disney movie with a surprisingly radical ecological message. Plus, it’s the film that reunited Cheech & Chong and features Robin Williams rapping. What’s not to love!

Doors open at 6 p.m., movie begins at 6:30 p.m.

Ticket prices start at $12, but you’re encouraged to give more! 100% of the ticket proceeds will go to Friends of the Rainforest, a St. Louis-based organization with a mission of inspiring kids and adults to protect and preserve the rainforest in Costa Rica and beyond.

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St. Louis, MO
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