
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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Richard Linklater's NOUVELLE VAGUE (2025) @ The Hi-Pointe!
The Hi-Pointe Theatre, 1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO, USGeneral Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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If you're NOT a Student/Senior, you can save at least $3/movie by becoming a Cinema St. Louis member.
MORE INFO: https://cinemastlouis.org/membership
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/
December 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdBjtzqpPDKI3MewhPVqo0h6MU1j7XKM/view
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ADVANCE TICKETS:
This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.
NOTE: Until you select the desired quantity of tickets, ALL other fields will be "grayed out" and "unenterable".
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/333910/
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PARKING:
After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:
Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700
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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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Director: Richard Linklater Run Time: 106 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 2025 Language: French
Starring: Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson, Aubry Dullin, Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut about a gangster couple. The result? Breathless, one of the first features of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 90% on the Tomatometer and an 84% on the Popcornmeter.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/nouvelle-vague/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouvelle_Vague_(2025_film)1 attendee
Jean-Luc Godard's BREATHLESS (4K Restoration) (1960) @ The Hi-Pointe!
The Hi-Pointe Theatre, 1005 McCausland Ave, St. Louis, MO, USGeneral Admission - $11
Student/Senior - $8
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If you're NOT a Student/Senior, you can save at least $3/movie by becoming a Cinema St. Louis member.
MORE INFO: https://cinemastlouis.org/membership
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/
December 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AdBjtzqpPDKI3MewhPVqo0h6MU1j7XKM/view
***
ADVANCE TICKETS:
This process does NOT get you a specific seat in the theater. If you believe an event like this might sell out though, have at it. It does allow you to make a convenient additional donation to Cinema St. Louis, if you're so inclined.
NOTE: Until you select the desired quantity of tickets, ALL other fields will be "grayed out" and "unenterable".
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/334722/
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PARKING:
After 6PM M-F, after 12PM Saturday, and ALL DAY SUNDAY, there’s plenty of FREE parking right next door HERE:
Lindell Bank
6900 Clayton Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63139
314-645-7700
***
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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Director: Jean-Luc Godard Run Time: 90 min. Format: 4K DCP
Release Year: 1960 Language: French
Starring: Daniel Boulanger, Henri-Jacques Huet, Jean Seberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Roger Hanin
Small-time crook Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo) steals a car and murders a policeman. While on the run, he reconnects with Patricia (Jean Seberg), a journalism student living in Paris, and tries to convince her to go on the lam with him.
Restoration:
Restored in 4K from the original camera negative by Studiocanal and CNC at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory (Bologna)
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 95% on the Tomatometer and a 90% on the Popcornmeter.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/breathless-2/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathless_(1960_film)3 attendees
Thursday Night Movies | WE'RE NO ANGELS (1955_CHRISTMAS MOVIE)
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 doesn't really fit into one of my pre-defined categories but, according to me, it's a CHRISTMAS MOVIE, as it is set on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, 1895! However, some of these films will be "worthwhile, new-to-me movies from ALL eras & genres" category, but some will be PRE-Code, some will be NEW Classic, some will be Film Noir, and some will be 3D.
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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JERRY SAYS: Although a HUGE Bogart fan, I sidestepped this movie for DECADES because it looked like a Three Stooges knock-off to me---Man, was I wrong!
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Wikipedia
We're No Angels is a 1955 American Christmas comedy film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Peter Ustinov, Aldo Ray, Joan Bennett, Basil Rathbone, Leo G. Carroll, and Gloria Talbott. Shot in both VistaVision and Technicolor, the film was a Paramount Pictures release.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has no rating on the Tomatometer and an 81% on the Popcornmeter.
https://www.allmovie.com/movie/were-no-angels-am17465 [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%27re_No_Angels_(1955_film)
https://www.scripts.com/script/we're_no_angels_231737 attendees
Past events
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