
The story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.... (Full plot summary below)
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The story of Chinatown Fair, the legendary arcade located in the heart of New York's Chinatown. This documentary explores how the arcade became a shelter to a community as diverse as the city surrounding it and changed lives in doing so.
Leave your thoughts about The Lost Arcade.
| Film ExperienceGlenn DunksThe Lost Arcade is 80 minutes of perfectly fine filmmaking, but it rarely soars and it feels like there are still stories to be told. |
| Film Journal InternationalChris BarsantiA deeply felt and bittersweet experience. |
| The PlaylistAndy CrumpMade well enough to pique our fascination, but too scattershot to be meaningful. |
| Moveable FestStephen Saito"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. |
| Willamette WeekCurtis CookThe Lost Arcade is an endearing documentary, but the film nonetheless feels significantly longer than its sub-hour and twenty minute run time. |
| NYC Movie GuruAvi OfferGiven that we're in a Golden Age of Documentaries, it's disappointing that this doc doesn't live up to its potential by lacking insight and being somewhat lethargic as well as overlong despite its brief running time. |