The Lost Arcade

Play trailer

The Lost Arcade

2015

1h 21m

Documentary

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

67%

Tomatometer

21 Reviews

80%

Popcornmeter

50+ Ratings

The history of the Chinatown Fair arcade.

Watch on Fandango at Home

Buy Now

Scott Marks

San Diego Reader

Vincent descends on his subject like an angel of mercy, casting light on the disenfranchised denizens that found in the arcade a home away from home.

Aug 25, 2016

Full Review

Jordan Hoffman

Guardian

A small gem of a film

Rated: 3/5

Aug 12, 2016

Full Review

Eric Hynes

Village Voice

The fate of Chinatown Fair makes for a reasonably compelling, if familiar, story... [Yet] it's when the film wanders offsite that its true subject emerges.

Aug 12, 2016

Full Review

Kaitlyn Booth

Bleeding Cool

The Lost Arcade is an interesting little documentary for fans of not only the history of New York City but also the evolution of gaming culture as a whole.

Rated: 8/10

May 21, 2019

Full Review

Stephen Saito

Moveable Fest

"The Lost Arcade" speaks to a greater cultural shift towards personal isolation without putting too fine a point on it and the desire by some to rebel against it.

Nov 1, 2018

Full Review

Steve Erickson

Gay City News

... surprisingly optimistic.

Feb 14, 2018

Full Review

Read all reviews

Audience Member

Awesome Bit Of Nostalgia. Most Certainly Defines The Micro-Gen Population (Born 1975-to-1985) Between Gen-X & Gen-Y / Millenials, Whom Saw Analogue Circut-Based Gaming Switch Into Digital Disk Based Gaming. Watched The Internet Take Hold & Saw The Demise Of Real-Life Group-Gathering Overtaken By Cyber-Virtual World Gaming. This Doco Cements An Era In Place That Would Otherwise Have Been But A Blip On The Pop-Culture Radar. It's Very Well Done & Doesn't Try Too Hard In Proving The Point That Once Something Is Lost, Only Then, Do You Truly Appreciate Its Worth.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

Full Review

Audience Member

Dang, I wanna see this one

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

Full Review

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

POST RATING

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

Kurt Vincent

Director

Jason Scott Sadofsky

Actor

Seth Killian

Actor

Irene Chin

Writer

Kyle Martin

Executive Producer

Jason Orans

Executive Producer

Chelsea on the Rocks

71%

44%

Chelsea on the Rocks

Watchlist

Here Come the Videofreex

100%

%

Here Come the Videofreex

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Here Come the Videofreex

I Wish I Knew

100%

69%

I Wish I Knew

Watchlist

Koneline: Our Land Beautiful

100%

%

Koneline: Our Land Beautiful

Watchlist

The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

54%

82%

The Seer: A Portrait of Wendell Berry

Watchlist

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Pete’s Dragon Is Certified Fresh

View more photos

Synopsis

The history of the Chinatown Fair arcade.

Director: Kurt Vincent
Producer: Irene Chin, Kurt Vincent
Screenwriter: Irene Chin
Production Co: 26 Aries, Wheelhouse Creative
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 4, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $7.5K
Runtime: 1h 21m

Most Popular at Home Now