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shareThe Arkadin Shorts program is a playground for the offbeat, eerie, and wildly inventive. These films lean into the strange and unexpected, delivering thrills, dark humor, and surreal twists you won’t see coming.
In Houston, We Have a Crush, a lonely alien falls for an astronaut through a misplaced phone, blurring the line between fantasy and obsession. Play pulls viewers inside the warped mind of a motel-bound serial killer, while Strike Night turns a closing shift at a bowling alley into a cannibal-fueled fight for survival. Next Show in 90 Minutes unspools a hypnotic routine set in one of America’s most beloved landscapes, and MILK BABY transforms maternal instinct into a chilling premonition at a sinister maternity home. Finally, Wanna Die Wanna Kill pushes its characters to the edge in a hotel room where despair takes an unexpected, unsettling turn.
Arkadin Shorts is a window into the wonderfully weird…stories that are sharp, stylish, and a little bit unhinged.
Filmmakers will be present for a post-screening Q&A.
In this program
Houston, We Have a Crush
Directed by Omer Ben Shachar
After finding a phone accidentally left behind by an astronaut, a lonely alien develops an all-consuming crush that tests his hold on reality.
Play
Directed by juan T Ibanez
Intoxicating experience of a psychotic serial killer preying from the confines of a dirty motel room.
Strike Night
Directed by Sam Sowerby
Three bowling alley employees struggling during their last shift of summer when they find themselves trapped in with a cannibal. Ellie, a soon to be high school senior must learn to navigate life on her own and fight to make it until morning.
Next Show in 90 Minutes
Directed by John T. Hill
A routine both natural and unnatural unfolds in the heart of one of America’s most cherished landscapes.
MILK BABY
Directed by Kristen Gerweck Diaz
When Kei checks into the Dream Baby Maternity Home, she initially has no reason to suspect that anything is amiss. However, her anxiety grows as unsettling visions of her unborn child begin to haunt her mind. As the disturbing truth about this maternity home reveals itself, Kei will discover that her instincts are not the product of maternal hysteria but premonitions of the horrifying reality that awaits her.
Wanna Die Wanna Kill
Directed by Jaehee Jeong
After getting bullied at school, a teenage girl Chae-yeon visits a hotel suite to commit a joint suicide with people she meets on the Internet. While discussing how to die, an Online friend makes an unexpected suggestion.
Wet Hands
Directed by Larry Claudin
An actor’s relationship begins to unravel when he thinks he’s being stalked by a fan.
Dates & Times
Arkadin Cinema & Bar
November 15, 2025
8:00 pm
