Arkadin Cinema & Bar

Arkadin Cinema & Bar Microcinema in South St. Louis City dedicated to programming repertory series and independent film!
(2)

07/19/2026

It's Intenational Ice Cream Day which means yous hould probably snag tickts to our screening of ICE CREAM MAN. Playing at Arkadin on Aug. 14 at 9 p.m.

Forget Eli Roth, we all know the one true Ice Cream Man stars a maniacal Clint Howard and was directed by the brilliant mind behind Edward Pen*shands. Howard stars as Gregory, the titular cold treats vendor, who just wants to sell the neighborhood children some ice cream. Unfortunately for him, the adults disrespect him, and the kids fear him. So, as any recently released mental patient would do, Gregory begins brutally murdering anyone who prevents him from having a happy, happy, happy day! An absurd, gory, and hilarious direct-to-video slasher powered by Clint Howard’s unleashed performance and featuring Olivia Hussey (Black Christmas), David Naughton (An American Werewolf in London), and Jan-Michael Vincent (Airwolf), Ice Cream Man is a bloody good treat for a hot August night.

“Shot on a shoestring budget of around $5,000 during a 10-day road trip to Deadhorse, Alaska, Jacob Gregor’s End of Hist...
07/18/2026

“Shot on a shoestring budget of around $5,000 during a 10-day road trip to Deadhorse, Alaska, Jacob Gregor’s End of History has more to say about the bleak state of American culture than most multi-million dollar films. Following an isolated man’s journey, whose mind is being deteriorated by media figures enacting more damage than society may realize, Gregor crafts a feat of American slow cinema, capturing the country in all its loneliness and degradation.” – The Film Stage

END OF HISTORY plays at Arkadin on August 15 at 7 p.m. Virtual Q&A with director will follow the film.

A nameless man (Matt Calhoun) obsessed with motivational and right-wing “manosphere” culture goes on a hollow road trip of non-discovery in this hypnotic feature by director Jacob Gregor. A microbudget two-man production made on a road trip from Chicago to Alaska, End of History is a bone-dry, satirically bleak character study about a flattening culture and landscape. Playing like some cursed collaboration between James Benning and Lex Fridman, Gregor’s film is at one hypnotically beautiful, repulsively fascinating, and shockingly funny—the rare film that truly understands our current moment of self-imposed isolation and desiccated masculinity.

A virtual Q&A with director Jacob Gregor will immediately follow the film.

This screening is presented in cooperation with Means TV.

You may have recently seen Johnny Knoxville on screen in the new/ final Jackass movie - but catch him in a completely di...
07/18/2026

You may have recently seen Johnny Knoxville on screen in the new/ final Jackass movie - but catch him in a completely different starring role in John Waters' A DIRTY SHAME. Playing at Arkadin Cinema on Friday, July 24 at 7 p.m.

After years of making surprisingly audience-friendly studio films, John Waters returned to his trash roots with this ludicrously entertaining s*x comedy that satirizes cultural conservatism with wicked glee. Tracey Ullman stars as Sylvia Stickles, an uptight convenience store owner who, after getting bonked on the head, is transformed into a s*x-crazed lunatic. As she goes on a nymphomaniacal rampage through Baltimore, Sylvia attracts the attention of Ray Ray (Johnny Knoxville), a s*xual healer and tow truck driver in search of the world’s greatest or**sm. Selma Blair is along for the ride as Sylvia’s go-go dancer daughter who performs under the name Ursula Udders due to her enormous N-cup breast implants. Thanks to its NC-17 rating (given for “pervasive s*xual content”) and some fairly shoddy marketing, A Dirty Shame was a flop in theaters and remains Waters’ final directorial effort to date. But “John Waters’ most underrated and prescient film” (Paste) is crying out for a cult revival. Full of big t**s and even bigger laughs, this raucous, racy delight might just be the best John Waters film you’ve never seen. Now…LET’S GO SEXIN’!!!

In honor of the film’s star, Johnny Knoxville, we present a Jackass pre-show, starting at 6 pm.

07/18/2026

Coming Wednesday....CAMP. Showing at Arkadin on July 22 at 7 p.m.

The Craft goes to camp in this dreamily atmospheric coming-of-age chiller from up-and-coming “Girl Horror” auteur Avalon Fast (whom you may have seen starring in recent Arkadin selection The Serpent’s Skin). Camp stars Zola Grimmer as Emily, a teen girl struggling with two recent tragedies, who takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp for troubled youth. Emily is taken in by the other counselors and initiated into their witchy ways, but there’s a voice out there in the woods Emily can’t ignore, telling her to go home. Winner of Best Feature in Fantastic Fest’s Next Wave competition, joining past awardees like It Follows and Timecrimes, Camp is an ethereal trip into the dark forest of female adolescence.

We’ve had a handful of seats open up for POLYESTER in glorious odorama! Get ‘em while their hot!
07/17/2026

We’ve had a handful of seats open up for POLYESTER in glorious odorama! Get ‘em while their hot!

07/17/2026

WITHDRAWAL plays at Arkadin on Saturday, August 1 at 5 p.m. Featuring a live pre-show performance by film composer Nicolette Emanuelle and post-show Q&A with writer/director/editor Aaron Strand and Emanuelle.

Artistic lovers Viv and Jay are trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent he**in addiction. When Viv's wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take her to rehab, the couple decides to go it alone with nothing but a suboxone prescription and each other. All they have to do is survive one harrowing night of withdrawal. As the hours tick by, physical, mental, and emotional torments send them searching through fractured memories, trying to figure out where it all went wrong.

Raw, unflinching, and surprisingly funny, Withdrawal was shot on miniDV in Athens, GA for a budget of $60k. Winner of 12 awards on the festival circuit including Best Feature/Best Director at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Actress at the Kanazawa Film Festival.

“A full-throttle action showcase that capitalises on its ‘90s flare and rides the wave right until the end.” – Loud and ...
07/16/2026

“A full-throttle action showcase that capitalises on its ‘90s flare and rides the wave right until the end.” – Loud and Clear Reviews

See POINT BREAK on Friday, July 31 at 7 p.m. at Arkadin Cinema.

Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze star in one of the greatest action movies of the 1990s! Point Break is a high-octane surf‑and‑sky thriller starring Reeves as rookie FBI agent Johnny Utah, who goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of charismatic, adrenaline‑junkie bank robbers led by the enigmatic Bodhi (Swayze). Between dawn surf sessions and gravity‑defying skydives, Utah’s loyalty frays as he’s seduced by their outlaw code and the intoxicating freedom they chase. Director Kathryn Bigelow blends pulse‑pounding action with philosophical heat, while the stars ignite the screen with kinetic ho******ic chemistry, while Lori Petty, John C. McGinley, and Gary Busey chew the luscious SoCal scenery. A cult classic that still thrills, Point Break is a raw, stylish rush.

In honor of Anthony Kiedis’ small role, we pay tribute to that equally iconic artifact of Gen X LA, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with a pre-show at 6 pm.

07/16/2026

Tonight! Bring out your best tape to VHS Night! Doors at 6 pm, submissions close at 7 pm. Program begins around 7:15 pm.

“I dare anyone not to take John Waters seriously after DESPERATE LIVING. He remains the visionary of camp and the den mo...
07/16/2026

“I dare anyone not to take John Waters seriously after DESPERATE LIVING. He remains the visionary of camp and the den mother of the bizarre… This film is a triumphant example of the most vital bad taste in America.” – The Village Voice

DESPERATE LIVING, part of our John Waters Retrospective, plays at Arkadin Cinema on July 30 at 7 p.m.

Following the unrepentant outrageousness of Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble, director John Waters brought his notorious trash trilogy to a fittingly twisted close with this antifascist fairy tale. After hysterical housewife Peggy Gravel (Mink Stole) murders her husband with the help of her fed-up housekeeper (Jean Hill), the newfound “sisters in crime” escape to the bizarro shantytown of Mortville, a depraved penal colony presided over by a despotic queen (Edith Massey) whose tyranny pushes her subjects to shocking revolt. Deviant cops, death by dog food, DIY surgery—Waters unleashes all this and more in an at once relentlessly warped and oddly moral vision of q***r rebellion.

In honor of the Desperate Living’s star, stripper Liz Renay, this film is presented with a vintage burlesque pre-show, starting at 6:30 pm

“Believe all the hype: This movie will melt your face off.” – Christy LemireMAD MAX: FURY ROAD plays on the Arkadin back...
07/16/2026

“Believe all the hype: This movie will melt your face off.” – Christy Lemire

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD plays on the Arkadin backlot on Sunday, July 26 at 8:30 p.m.
Presented by .brands and

A relentless, high-octane chase across a sun-scorched wasteland, Mad Max: Fury Road is undeniably one of the greatest action movies ever made. Director George Miller returned to his Mad Max roots and unleashed a visceral symphony of roaring engines, explosive stunts, and mind-blowingly kinetic visuals. Tom Hardy stars as the stoic Max while Charlize Theron is ferocious as Imperator Furiosa. The two form an unlikely alliance to rescue enslaved women from a tyrant’s citadel, sparking a thunderous rebellion in the process. With minimal dialogue, a thunderous score, and wildly inventive practical effects, Fury Road takes you on a breathless ride through a surreal wasteland in a raw, powerful and utterly exhilarating odyssey.

This outdoor screening is part of the Stoner Cinema series sponsored by our friends at Proper Cannabis and their product line Daily Driver.

Address

5228 Gravois Avenue, St Louis
St. Louis, MO
63116

Telephone

+13142212173

Website

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Arkadin Cinema & Bar posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Business

Send a message to Arkadin Cinema & Bar:

Shortcuts

Share

Category