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!
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Critics' Choice Best Picture Nominee MARTY SUPREME (2025) @ B&B WILDWOOD 10!
B & B Wildwood, 16820 Main Street, Wildwood, MO, USI highly recommend joining the B&B Theatres Backstage Pass Loyalty Program!
https://www.bbtheatres.com/backstage-about/x0jz8-bandb-theatres-wildwood-10-with-grand-screen/
ALL B&B THEATERS ARE EXCLUSIVELY RESERVED SEATING!
Please purchase your tickets ASAP!
Here's what's CURRENTLY available:
https://www.bbtheatres.com/ticketing/?perfCode=8489&theaterCode=BANWIL&uuid=ae9d07a1-7ef4-5394-b05e-7a30d3d67198
Guests can refund tickets up to two (2) hours prior to showtime using the link from the ticketing confirmation email!
To 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 B&B App on your phone and order tickets there...sort of.
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Treat Yourself Tuesday - Tickets start at $6.00 all day and 50% off a regular or large popcorn with the purchase of a movie ticket when you join the FREE B&B Theatres Backstage Pass Loyalty Program!
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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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Release date: 12/25/2025 Genre: Comedy
Rating: R, for language throughout, sexual content, some violent content/bloody images and nudity. Runtime: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Director: Josh Safdie,Josh Safdie,Abel Ferrara
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow,Fran Drescher,Odessa A’zion,Kevin O’Leary,Tyler Okonma,Timothée Chalamet,Sandra Bernhard
Timothée Chalamet stars as Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 95% on the Tomatometer and an __% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.bbtheatres.com/showtimes/1000007317-marty-supreme/ [Includes a trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Supreme3 attendees
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932) @ The ARKADIN/$7
Arkadin Cinema & Bar, 5228 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, MO, USPostponed to 1/5/26 due to 12/1/25 weather.
December 2025 Schedule
https://i0.wp.com/arkadincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cal.webp?w=1936&ssl=1
General 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 Sign of the Cross (1895 play) by Wilson Barrett.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Cross_(play)
Deemed “some of the boldest censor-bait ever attempted in a motion picture,” Cecil B. DeMille’s 1932 comeback after a string of flops finds the director known for his opulent epics working at his most unhinged and horniest. THE SIGN OF THE CROSS tells the story of forbidden love between Roman prefect Marcus Superbus (Fredric March) and Christian woman Mercia (Elissa Landi) during the time when Ancient Rome was ruled over by the mad Emperor Nero (Charles Laughton). Any sanctimonious messaging in DeMille’s adaptation of the play of the same name is overrun by its brash portrait of excess and depravity. Whether it was the queer content—both in regards to Laughton’s portrayal of Nero and the lesbian seduction dance intended to sway the pious Mercia away from her faith—the brutal torture scenes and violent arena climax pitting everything from Amazon warriors to pygmies to an assortment of wild animals against each other (prompting reports of audience members fainting in shock), or the famous scene in which a nude Empress Poppaea (Claudette Colbert) bathes in milk, there was no shortage of sordid content in THE SIGN OF THE CROSS leading to film historian Mark Vieira referring to it as the most “controversial” film of the pre-Code era, and to the creation of the Catholic Legion of Decency that ultimately contributed to its end.
“Cecil B. DeMille’s insanely lavish treatise on the decline and fall of Western Civilization… was made in 1932, shortly before the Production Code fell so heavily on Hollywood, and DeMille seizes the opportunity to indulge the full range of his perversity one last time… Thoroughly mad and immensely enjoyable.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 50% on the Tomatometer and a 64% on the Popcornmeter.
https://arkadincinema.com/event/cecil-b-demilles-epic-of-orgiastic-excess-the-sign-of-the-cross-1932-presented-by-forbidden-hollywood/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sign_of_the_Cross_(1932_film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/the_sign_of_the_cross_181192 attendees
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