Classic Movies, Old AND New

General Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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If you're NOT a Student/Senior, you can save at least $3/movie by becoming a Cinema St. Louis member.
MORE INFO: https://cinemastlouis.org/membership
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/

December 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdBjtzqpPDKI3MewhPVqo0h6MU1j7XKM/view

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ADVANCE TICKETS:

This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.

NOTE: Until you select the desired quantity of tickets, ALL other fields will be "grayed out" and "unenterable".
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/310565/

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PARKING:

After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:

Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700

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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Director: Bob Clark Run Time: 98 min. Format: 4K DCP
Release Year: 1974
Starring: John Saxon, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey

Holiday movies are sentimental and uplifting, but surprisingly devoid of knife murders. BLACK CHRISTMAS—one of the most influential Hitchcockian slashers of all time—is here to help. When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey (ROMEO & JULIET), Margot Kidder (SUPERMAN), and Andrea Martin find themselves under attack from a foul-mouthed killer, it’s up to police chief John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) to even the odds. But what about Keir Dullea (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY), the brooding art-school pianist? Could he have something to do with the mutilation rampage? BLACK CHRISTMAS is a terrifying and demented holiday tradition that gets everything right. We’d expect nothing less from Bob Clark, the pioneering director of A CHRISTMAS STORY.

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 71% on the Tomatometer and a 76% on the Popcornmeter.

https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/black-christmas/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974_film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/black_christmas_4166

General Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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If you're NOT a Student/Senior, you can save at least $3/movie by becoming a Cinema St. Louis member.
MORE INFO: https://cinemastlouis.org/membership
******************************************************************************
Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/

December 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdBjtzqpPDKI3MewhPVqo0h6MU1j7XKM/view

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ADVANCE TICKETS:

This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.

NOTE: Until you select the desired quantity of tickets, ALL other fields will be "grayed out" and "unenterable".
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/310581/

***

PARKING:

After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:

Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700

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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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The Novel Neighbor and Hi-Pointe Theatre are teaming up for a festive edition of Movie Book Club!
Enjoy a screening of A Christmas Carol, then stay for a 30-minute book discussion on Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva.
Register here to reserve your spot for the book club — registration is not required to attend the film.
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About the book
A beloved, irresistible novel that reimagines the story behind Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic.

Charles Dickens is not feeling the Christmas spirit. His newest book is an utter flop, the critics have turned against him, relatives near and far hound him for money. While his wife plans a lavish holiday party for their ever-expanding family and circle of friends, Dickens has visions of the poor house. But when his publishers try to blackmail him into writing a Christmas book to save them all from financial ruin, he refuses. And a serious bout of writer’s block sets in.

Frazzled and filled with self-doubt, Dickens seeks solace in his great palace of thinking, the city of London itself. On one of his long night walks, in a once-beloved square, he meets the mysterious Eleanor Lovejoy, who might be just the muse he needs. As Dickens’ deadlines close in, Eleanor propels him on a Scrooge-like journey that tests everything he believes about generosity, friendship, ambition, and love. The story he writes will change Christmas forever.

About the author
Samantha Silva is the author of the novels Love and Fury and Mr. Dickens and His Carol, and a screenwriter who has sold projects to Paramount, Universal, and New Line Cinema. She lives in Boise, Idaho.
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JERRY SAYS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol_(1938_film) is my favorite MOVIE version of this story. My FAVORITE version, regardless of medium, is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvBL6DUby_U
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Lionel Barrymore was the ULTIMATE Scrooge, but by 1938 he no longer had the physical mobility to execute the role...
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_A_Christmas_Carol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_A_Christmas_Carol#Radio
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Based on A Christmas Carol, 1843 novella by Charles Dickens.

Director: Brian Desmond Hurst Run Time: 86 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1950
Starring: Alastair Sim, Brian Worth, George Cole, Glyn Dearman, Mervyn Johns

Ebenezer Scrooge, a curmudgeonly, miserly businessman, has no time for sentimentality and largely views Christmas as a waste of time. However, this Christmas Eve he will be visited by three spirits who will show him the errors of his ways.

This moving story from filmmaker Brian Desmond Hurst is considered by critics and audiences alike to be the definitive version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel “A Christmas Carol”.

Introduced by Charles Dickens and preceded by Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1948)—an 8-minute Technicolor gem presented on 35mm!

35mm print from the Chicago Film Society collection at the University of Chicago Film Studies Center.

NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has an 86% on the Tomatometer and an 89% on the Popcornmeter.

https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/a-christmas-carol-1951/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_(1951_film)

December 2025 Schedule
https://i0.wp.com/arkadincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cal.webp?w=1936&ssl=1

General Admission - $5

5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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Since this 50-seat theater DOES sell out its most popular events, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you buy your tickets online asap.

There is NO FEE for this service.
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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This film is presented by St. Louis’s long-running cult film series Strange Brew — winner of the 2025 A-List Award for Best Movie Night in St. Louis. Strange Brew programmer Jon Scorfina will provide an introduction.
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Based on The Golem by Gustav Meyrink.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golem_(Meyrink_novel)

HORROR FOR HANUKKAH: Silent German Expressionist Classic THE GOLEM (1920)

“The Golem, How He Came Into the World is a classic of horror cinema, a stunningly beautiful film (each frame is a little masterpiece in its own right) that exerted a huge influence on the genre films to come. It has an uncanny quality to it that few films of the time possessed and which a good many would kill for today.” – EOFFTV Review

Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, German director Paul Wegener created three films based on the myth of the Golem—a humanoid creature made of clay brought to life through magic—but only one of them, 1920’s THE GOLEM: HOW HE CAME INTO THE WORLD, survives. Fortunately, the surviving film is a masterpiece of German Expressionist terror. Wegener himself stars as the titular monster, who is brought to life by Rabbi Loew (Albert Steinruck) to protect his fellow Jews after they are banished from Prague by Emperor Luhois (Otto Gebühr). Recreating medieval Prague with armies of extras, stylized painted sets that recall The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and legendary cinematographer Karl Freund’s virtuosic camerawork, THE GOLEM anticipates later cinematic adaptations of Frankenstein, particularly in its depiction of a naturally gentle creature who turns to violence in a world he can’t quite comprehend and which refuses to understand him.

Each month, Arkadin presents a selection of FOLK HORROR AROUND THE WORLD, creepy folktales from all corners of the globe to give you the Sunday scaries.

The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 100% on the Tomatometer and a 72% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/horror-for-hanukkah-german-expressionist-horror-classic-the-golem-1920/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golem:_How_He_Came_into_the_World

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Cross_(play)

Deemed “some of the boldest censor-bait ever attempted in a motion picture,” Cecil B. DeMille’s 1932 comeback after a string of flops finds the director known for his opulent epics working at his most unhinged and horniest. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS tells the story of forbidden love between Roman prefect Marcus Superbus (Fredric March) and Christian woman Mercia (Elissa Landi) during the time when Ancient Rome was ruled over by the mad Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton). Any sanctimonious messaging in DeMille’s adaptation of the play of the same name is overrun by its brash portrait of excess and depravity. Whether it was the queer content—both in regards to Laughton’s portrayal of Nero and the lesbian seduction dance intended to sway the pious Mercia away from her faith—the brutal torture scenes and violent arena climax pitting everything from Amazon warriors to pygmies to an assortment of wild animals against each other (prompting reports of audience members fainting in shock), or the famous scene in which a nude Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert) bathes in milk, there was no shortage of sordid content in THE SIGN OF THE CROSS leading to film historian Mark Vieira referring to it as the most “controversial” film of the pre-Code era, and to the creation of the Catholic Legion of Decency that ultimately contributed to its end.

“Cecil B. DeMille’s insanely lavish treatise on the decline and fall of Western Civilization… was made in 1932, shortly before the Production Code fell so heavily on Hollywood, and DeMille seizes the opportunity to indulge the full range of his perversity one last time… Thoroughly mad and immensely enjoyable.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 50% on the Tomatometer and a 64% on the Popcornmeter.

https://arkadincinema.com/event/cecil-b-demilles-epic-of-orgiastic-excess-the-sign-of-the-cross-1932-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Cross_(1932_film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/the_sign_of_the_cross_18119