The Rooftop Cinema programme of open-air movie screenings at Bangkok’s Arcadia bar continues next week with Wisit Sasanatieng’s Thai New Wave classic Tears of the Black Tiger (ฟ้าทะลายโจร). The film will be shown on 8th March.
Tears of the Black Tiger, Wisit’s directorial debut, has a uniquely over-saturated colour palette, and combines ‘spaghetti western’-style action with lakorn-style melodrama. Its most recent screening was at last year’s Microwave Film Festival in Sisaket.
Tears of the Black Tiger, Wisit’s directorial debut, has a uniquely over-saturated colour palette, and combines ‘spaghetti western’-style action with lakorn-style melodrama. Its most recent screening was at last year’s Microwave Film Festival in Sisaket.
As befits one of the greatest Thai films ever made, Tears of the Black Tiger has been shown quite frequently over the years. Past screenings include: Movie Night at One Nimman (เชียงใหม่ กลางแปลง) in 2022, at Alliance Française in 2020, at Bangkok Screening Room in 2017, at Thailand Creative and Design Center in 2016, at Bangkok Art and Culture Centre in 2012, and at the Film Archive in 2025, 2013, and 2009.
The Arcadia Rooftop Cinema programme of cult classics began in 2022, with 2001 being among the first screenings. Other highlights have included Un chien andalou (‘an Andalusian dog’), Videodrome, Alien, and Akira (アキラ) in 2023, Enter the Dragon in 2024, and Hard-Boiled (辣手神探) in 2025.
The venue’s signature film is Blade Runner: Arcadia’s logo uses the same typeface as the Blade Runner poster, and some of the bar’s décor, designed by owner Todd Ruiz, was also inspired by the film. Not surprisingly, Blade Runner has been screened at Arcadia several times: in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
The venue’s signature film is Blade Runner: Arcadia’s logo uses the same typeface as the Blade Runner poster, and some of the bar’s décor, designed by owner Todd Ruiz, was also inspired by the film. Not surprisingly, Blade Runner has been screened at Arcadia several times: in 2023, 2024, and 2025.