Screening Room: ‘The Lost Arcade’

For years, the last arcade in New York was a gritty little spot called the Chinatown Fair. There, night after night, gamers gathered to compete, play, gossip, and boast until the early hours. Then it closed.

The Lost Arcadehas been playing the festival circuit. It opens at the Metrograph in New York this week. My review is atFilm Journal International:

Everything about the videogame palaces inThe Lost Arcade makes them look like oases. Shot mostly at night, because that’s when the gamers com...