What we’re about
People often ask me, "What IS a Classic Movie?". Well, one thing for sure is that it doesn't HAVE to be made before you were born AND it doesn't HAVE to be in B&W. It MAY be both but, on the contrary, it may have come out in 2023 at Christmastime, like Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. A Classic Movie is a GREAT *movie that stands the test of time but may not be truly appreciated in its own time, like **Frank Capra's *It's a Wonderful Life (1946).
MISSION STATEMENT: Let's get together and watch GREAT movies of ALL eras & genres on The Big Screen AND at small events at members’ homes!
Our goal is not JUST seeing the best movies of both the past AND today, but making time afterward to talk about them and perhaps even becoming Film Friends.
There will also occasionally be events related to other areas of the Arts and local culture.
And each year we have an Oscars Party!
Although based in Fenton, MO, we will host events throughout the Metropolitan area, on BOTH sides of the Mississippi AND Missouri Rivers, including both St. Charles County and Edwardsville, IL!
We are looking for an ACTIVE membership, which for us means you'll attend at least ONE event each year.
Please submit a recent "selfie" profile photo when you join so we can easily recognize you at our doorsteps and in public places. Profile photos are most effective when they include only one human being and when that human being is not wearing sunglasses =OR= a hat.
I hope you'll also consider supporting my wife, Shirley's, plant-based eating group: https://www.meetup.com/plant-based-stl/
Established Monday, 11/19/2018!
Upcoming events
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Danny Boyle's 28 DAYS LATER (2002) @ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema - City Foundry!
Alamo Drafthouse, 3765 Foundry Way, STE 275, Saint Louis, MO, USJERRY SAYS:
I'm NOT the biggest fan of The Alamo because of their belief that I share in the responsibility of ensuring their workers make a living wage, their higher ticket prices if you don't subscribe to their service, and all their &^%$#%&*(% rules [see below], BUT they do feature the carpet from THE SHINING in their lobby and they do show MANY movies you can't see elsewhere.
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SHOW UP 30 MINS EARLY
Early birds enjoy a curated show before the show and a chance to order some cold drinks and unlimited popcorn before the movie starts.
AGE POLICY
All guests under 18 must be accompanied by and seated with an adult (18+). No children under the age of 6 will be admitted with the exception of G and PG shows starting before 7pm, when children 3 and up will be admitted. No children under the age of 3 will be admitted except for specifically designated "Baby Day" and "Sensory Friendly" screenings.
WE APPRECIATE PUNCTUALITY
In order to ensure the highest quality experience for all guests, you may not enter a movie after it has started. We’d love to see you up to 30 minutes early. Running late? No worries, we will happily exchange your ticket for a different showtime or a raincheck to a future show.
NO TALKING, NO TEXTING
We work hard to give you a premium experience with the sharpest picture and clearest sound in the biz, so we're not about to let someone's cell phone ruin that for you. That's where our ironclad no talking/no texting policy comes in.
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Coming SOON!
https://drafthouse.com/st-louis#coming-soonOctober 2025
https://drafthouse.com/st-louis?showCalendar=true#now-playing***
ADVANCE TICKETS:
Because of their small theater sizes AND their rabid fan base, you ALWAYS need to buy your tickets ASAP. Shows frequently sell out.
https://drafthouse.com/st-louis/show/28-days-later?cinemaId=2601&sessionId=43109
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PARKING:
I recommend parking in the City Foundry Garage on the same level as the Cinema...Super Safe AND Convenient!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Rated R • Length 113 min • Year 2002
Danny Boyle’s nerve-shredding exercise in gritty horror
Where has this movie been all your life? Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes from a coma to find himself in a deserted London. That is, except for “the infected” – humans who have been transformed into raging, blood-lusting ghouls. Jim meets up with Selena (Naomie Harris) and together, they fight for hope, understanding, and a desire to prove that, “staying alive is as good as it gets.” Danny Boyle’s 28 DAYS LATER is George Romero’s THE CRAZIES on steroids. This is a beautiful work of design that doubles as a nerve-shredding exercise in gritty horror. With a Goblin-esque score, some post-Y2K paranoia, and the best-ever use of a Grandaddy song, this is the movie that made UK horror cool again. (Joseph A. Ziemba)NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has an 87% on the Tomatometer and an 85% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/28-days-later-am268 [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28_Days_Later
https://www.scripts.com/script/28_days_later..._16651 attendee
Tim Burton's THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS 3D (1993) @ Ronnie's!
Marcus Ronnie’s Cinema, 5320 S Lindbergh Ave,, Saint Louis, MO, USI highly recommend becoming a MAGICAL MOVIE REWARDS member with Marcus!
https://www.marcustheatres.com/movie-rewards
ALL MARCUS THEATERS ARE EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED SEATING!
Please purchase your tickets ASAP!
Here's what's CURRENTLY available:
https://ticketing.marcustheatres.com/seat/layout?Siteid=2533&FeatureCode=HO00005642&SDate=2025-10-29&STime=19%3A00&Perf=217623&_ga=2.118743436.402101090.1760725858-1511310380.1756329025To make it easier to connect, once I buy my ticket(s), I will post the location(s) in the Comments below and I encourage all other participants to do the same.
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You can also download the Marcus App on your phone and order tickets there. You can get refunds up until 60 minutes ahead of showtime.
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VALUE Pricing
https://www.marcustheatres.com/marcus-specials/value-pricing
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby/food court for food and/or drinks & lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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This stop-motion animated fable was a big hit when it was released -- not only at the box office, but critically. It was praised for its stunning originality and for the excellence of its execution. In addition, it was praised for being a completely absorbing fable that both grownups and children can enjoy, so long as the children are able to its handle scary bits (beginning perhaps at age seven or eight). In the story, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon) is the Pumpkin King of Halloweentown, a realm of reality where the inhabitants make it their life's work to scare humans on Halloween. He's good at his work, and is very popular around town, but it all bores him. In a funk one day, he wanders into a wood where every tree is the doorway to realms serving one or another human holiday, and falls through the doorway into Christmas. There, he sees scenes of such glee and good will that he is overwhelmed. He returns to Halloweentown with the inspiration to persuade his fellow citizens to kidnap Santa and do Christmas in their own Halloweentown way -- complete with snakes and shrunken heads. Despite strong arguments against this project by Jack's otherwise loyal girlfriend, Sally (voice of Catherine O'Hara), Santa (voice of Edward Ivory) is duly captured, and the townspeople prepare a very special Christmas for everyone. Jack is excited about the new plan, and at first doesn't notice that Sally isn't around much anymore. Meanwhile, Oogie Boogie (voice of Ken Page), a sinister opponent of Jack's, has re-kidnapped Santa and has captured Sally as well. Since Sally is the true love of Jack's life and (he eventually realizes) the only one who can be relied upon to tell him the truth in every circumstance, a confrontation with Oogie Boogie becomes inevitable. In addition to being a monumental work of animation (it took over 120 animators and many more technicians more than two years to film it), this show features ten very appropriate musical numbers by composer Danny Elfman, who also supplies Jack's singing voice. In October 2006, fans of the innovative animated classic got to experience The Nightmare Before Christmas in a whole new dimension when the film was re-released into theaters in Disney Digital 3-D -- a process developed to add remarkable new depth to films that were originally released in standard 2-D.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 95% on the Tomatometer and a 92% on the Popcornmeter.
The film was nominated for both the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Nightmare won the Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film, while Elfman won Best Music. Selick and the animators were also nominated for their work. Elfman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Most recently, the film ranked #3 on Letterboxd's "25 Highest Rated Christmas Films of All Time" list: https://letterboxd.com/crew/list/25-highest-rated-christmas-films-of-all-time/detail/
--Clarke Fountain, AllMovie
https://www.marcustheatres.com/movies/the-nightmare-before-christmas-2 [Includes a trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas
https://www.scripts.com/script/the_nightmare_before_christmas_5323 attendees
Thursday Night Movies | LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008_RECENT Classic), SUBTITLED!
Jerry & Shirley's House, 63026 - Exact address will be sent to attendees 24 hours before the event, Fenton, MO, USWelcome to Thursday Night Movies @ Jerry & Shirley's!
This movie fits into the RECENT Classic category, but some of these movies will be NEW Classic, some will be PRE-Code, some will be Film Noir, some will be 3D, and still others will fit into the "worthwhile, new-to-me movies from ALL eras & genres" category.
GENERALLY, this will be a regularly occurring Event on the LAST Thursday, every other month.
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This Event will take place at our home near GRAVOIS BLUFFS in Fenton, MO. Our address and directions to it will be e-mailed to each attendee via MeetUp 24 hours ahead of the event. We'd prefer to have a home e-mail address and/or cell# (that we will keep confidential) for each person who attends one of our Home Events, so please consider providing one asap--THANKS!SCHEDULE
6:30PM: Show-up/Mingle
7PM: Movie begins - No one admitted after the movie starts
9PM: Discuss/Mingle
10PM: Jerry & Shirley go to bed!Jerry & Shirley will provide some air-popped popcorn, a variety of sodas [Coke, Sprite, Diet Pepsi, etc.], Hot Chocolate (with/without Irish Cream), and maybe more! If you're of a mind to and haven't done so already, please post your Movie Food/Beverage Contribution To Share in the Comments section below.
Contributions are NOT required.
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This IS a Swedish film, so if you hate reading subtitles, you shouldn't attend.
I saw this one when it came out at my favorite theater of all time, THE TIVOLI. Many say it's the Best.Vampire.Movie.Ever. If it's not, Dracula (1931) IS. If you want to share it with others, it seems to ALWAYS be available for FREE via kanopy and hoopla. Right now, it's also available for "free" via Prime Video.
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Based on Låt den rätte komma in by John Ajvide Lindqvist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(novel)Let the Right One In is a 2008 Swedish romantic horror film directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by John Ajvide Lindqvist, who adapted his 2004 novel. The film tells the story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who develops a friendship with a strange child in Blackeberg, a suburb of Stockholm, in the early 1980s.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 98% on the Tomatometer and a 90% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/let-the-right-one-in-am2086 [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_the_Right_One_In_(film)8 attendees
SMARTY (1934) @ The ARKADIN/$7
Arkadin Cinema & Bar, 5228 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, MO, USOctober 2025 Schedule
https://i0.wp.com/arkadincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/October-2025.webp?resize=768%2C593&ssl=1General Admission - $7
5228 Gravois Avenue | St. Louis, MO 63116
Microcinema in the Heart of Bevo!
https://arkadincinema.com/events/
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Since this 50-seat theater DOES sell out its most popular events, it is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you buy your tickets online asap.There is NO FEE for this service.
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PLENTY of Public Parking a block closer to the Bevo Mill @ Walsh/Duke & Gravois!
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After the movie, we will gather in the lobby for lively, provocative, and insightful conversation--OR as close as we can come to that, anyway--HA!
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Forbidden Hollywood is a monthly series hosted by STL film critic Katie Carter celebrating the Pre-Code films of the early 1930s, when movies were wild, racy, transgressive, and tons of fun.
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Based on the play of the same name by F. Hugh Herbert.Marketed with the taglines “A picture with a wallop!” and “She changed her husbands like she changed her hats,” Warner Brothers’ 1934 comedy SMARTY may be more accurately described by its UK title, Hit Me Again. Vivacious Joan Blondell stars as Vickie, who sets the action of the film in motion when she goads her husband Tony (Warren William) into slapping her at a party. A messy whirl of divorce, remarriage, and extra-marital affairs among their social circle follows. Its abrasive treatment of its subject has generated controversy in the decades since its release, but while SMARTY is frequently derided for supposedly endorsing spousal abuse, it’s actually an incisive dive into the life of a woman who enjoys rough sex and knows how to get it, populated by female characters who always maintain their agency. Featuring one of the most pre-Code casts imaginable— character actors Edward Everett Horton and Frank McHugh as well as Claire Dodd join William and Blondell—SMARTY is the sort of gleefully sordid, uniquely pre-Code film that couldn’t even be made today.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has no rating on the Tomatometer and a 10% on the Popcornmeter.
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The Arkadin does not generally provide advisories about subject matter or potentially triggering content in films, as sensitivities vary from person to person. However, we encourage researching titles to determine if a screening may contain content that could be upsetting to you. Please feel free to contact us for guidance on specific films. Information about content can also be found on Common Sense Media, IMDB and DoesTheDogDie.com, as well as through general internet searches.https://arkadincinema.com/event/smarty-1934-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarty_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025803/quotes/?ref_=tt_dyk_qu1 attendee
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