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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 26 Aries
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 26 Aries
  • 1 h 19 m

Summary The legendary arcade Chinatown Fair opened on Mott Street in the 1940's. Rival chinatown gangs, a tic-tac-toe playing chicken, an eccentric New York rapper, and a Pakistani immigrant’s religious vision all had a part in making the arcade what it was. By the 1990’s, Chinatown Fair was a grungy downtown dive with teenagers drinking beers i...

Directed By: Kurt Vincent

Written By: Irene Chin

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 26 Aries
  • 1 h 19 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • 26 Aries
  • 1 h 19 m

The Lost Arcade

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary The legendary arcade Chinatown Fair opened on Mott Street in the 1940's. Rival chinatown gangs, a tic-tac-toe playing chicken, an eccentric New York rapper, and a Pakistani immigrant’s religious vision all had a part in making the arcade what it was. By the 1990’s, Chinatown Fair was a grungy downtown dive with teenagers drinking beers i...

Directed By: Kurt Vincent

Written By: Irene Chin

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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75
Aug 12, 2016
At its best, The Lost Arcade captures the sense of competition, community and commitment by these people, many of whom saw Chinatown Fair as not just an escape but a home.
By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW
75
Aug 8, 2016
The film's images have a loose, rough, textured liveliness that honors the spirit of Chinatown Fair.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 11, 2016
The Lost Arcade is an engaging minor movie, but it touches on something that’s being lost in the age of technology that’s much bigger than video-game arcades: the feeling that there’s a reason — driving and inescapable and romantic — to leave home.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 11, 2016
For all the sloppiness of its approach, The Lost Arcade is an enjoyable and nostalgic portrait of a bygone era and a local institution that has now lost the pungent atmospheric flavor that made it so unique.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
70
Aug 11, 2016
The film meets the open door, come-as-you-are community on its own level, freely following both new and recurring faces over its diffuse 79 minutes and avoiding the forced, interwoven three-character structure that far too many works of American nonfiction seem obliged to employ.
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58
Aug 10, 2016
At bottom, this is the story of freaks and geeks everywhere: a quest for the like-minded, rooted in obsessive engagement with a tiny sliver of pop culture.
By Mike D'Angelo FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 11, 2016
The Lost Arcade suffers not because it lacks an egalitarian heart, but because Vincent makes his arguments through a myopic lens.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW

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Production Company 26 Aries, Wheelhouse Creative
Release Date Aug 12, 2016
Duration 1 h 19 m
Rating Not Rated
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