The Lost Arcade

Name: The Lost Arcade
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: August 12, 2016
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 66

2016

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26 Aries | Release Date: August 12, 2016 | Not Rated

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 inThe 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 in the back playing Street Fighter. It was also home to an ultra competitive crew of fighting game players that were the best in the world. When Chinatown Fair became the last arcade in New York it transformed into something that was far greater than just a place to spend pocket change playing games.… Expand

Director: Kurt Vincent

Genre(s): History, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

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. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Aug 8, 2016

The film's images have a loose, rough, textured liveliness that honors the spirit of Chinatown Fair. Read full review

Eric Hynes

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. Read full review

Frank Scheck

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. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

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. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

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. Read full review

The Playlist Andrew Crump

Aug 11, 2016

The Lost Arcade suffers not because it lacks an egalitarian heart, but because Vincent makes his arguments through a myopic lens. Read full review

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