
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 (4+)
See all- Double Feature (sort of): AMERICANA (2023) & CLOUD (2024) @ The Hi-Pointe!The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
AMERICANA starts at 6:15 p.m.
CLOUD starts at 8:45 p.m.General Admission - $11 (each movie)
Student/Senior - $8 (each movie)
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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/***
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.
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/202188/ (AMERICANA)
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/211415/ (CLOUD)***
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
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AMERICANA: When a rare Lakota Ghost Shirt falls into the black market in a small town in South Dakota, the lives of local outsiders and outcasts violently intertwine.CLOUD: A stylish, subversive thriller from suspense-maverick Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse), concerning Yoshii, an ambitious, yet directionless, young factory worker from Tokyo who side hustles in the murky realm of black market reselling, cheating buyers and sellers alike. After swindling his way into loads of cash, he becomes slowly disconnected to humanity, moving out of the city, shunning his girlfriend, and hiring a devoted assistant. But after a series of mysterious, sinister incidents occur, he begins to suspect his former victims could be plotting the ultimate revenge. A master of carefully simmering tension to a bloody crescendo, Kurosawa delivers a searing portrait of digital greed and vengeance.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, CLOUD has a 92% on the Tomatometer.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/americana/ [Includes Trailer]
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/cloud/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americana_(2023_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_(film) - Stanley Kubrick's PATHS OF GLORY (1957) @ The Hi-Pointe!The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
General 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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IS the book better? Find out for sure: https://www.amazon.com/Paths-Glory-Penguin-Classics-Humphrey-ebook/dp/B005OOSYY6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3HFEUQ724WBC5&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ZuPq8lkdeKFvHKa9VBlAjGgFtCE_FIiIzWvYg_u_ASfB0VcswapxoRBaXDGdcrvD2tI7uPRn_dUGF9oPqseYOw.kO60Y2uOdW8OcunUPuQOaFTejWLi6BcBC2rboDDGgzc&dib_tag=se&keywords=Paths+of+Glory+by+Humphrey+Cobb&qid=1754598253&s=books&sprefix=paths+of+glory+1935+novel+by+humphrey+cobb%2Cstripbooks%2C2550&sr=1-1
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/August 2025
file:///C:/Users/Owner/Documents/MOVIES/_Hi-Pointe/202508.pdf***
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.
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/187734/
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PARKING:
The Hi-Pointe has its own parking in various places behind the theater, but in 45 years of going there, I have never used it.
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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Adapting Humphrey Cobb’s novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified “Ant Hill” from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will sacrfice his men to enhance his own reputation. Against his better judgment, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) leads the charge, and the results are appalling. When, after witnessing the slaughter of their comrades, a handful of the French troops refuse to leave the trenches, Mireau very nearly orders the artillery to fire on his own men. Still smarting from the defeat, Mireau cannot admit to himself that the attack was a bad idea from the outset: he convinces himself that loss of Ant Hill was due to the cowardice of his men.NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 96% on the Tomatometer and a 95% on the Popcornmeter.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/paths-of-glory/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paths_of_Glory
https://www.scripts.com/script/paths_of_glory_15669 - Paul Thomas Anderson's THERE WILL BE BLOOD (35MM) (2007) @ The Hi-Pointe!The Hi-Pointe Theatre, St. Louis, MO
General 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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IS the book better? Find out for sure: https://www.amazon.com/Oil-Upton-Sinclair-ebook/dp/B0BRJMQBBJ?ref_=ast_author_dp_rw&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QuNJAzh1sK4bzrWIgM-9Xl0rnL5JinKM51cafofbVxBla8kvIQDfP6aFxHMp-LGFNnXThZJyVObLqlvT-o_zue1swIl6-L34-7z8mFCfBoUdx6IG45qyM8phFh_azZCCYkhTBJQRQUwwI51FZofIxbrywNe_Byll4IfY1o7x0__FqM6WB-I6SQqlzyrFtovV9t2qvFSH_iNRyq8y0LWJo5N5PXwTwisitGf7mdsEuzw.6uBf15akw_xY4K1DjTH27TsXMbCJhnzM2wULMUrDk7s&dib_tag=AUTHOR
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Coming SOON!
https://hipointetheatre.org/coming-soon/August 2025
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UowoLGVhEYSj_x1tVbOMHSmU7AFoedZv/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.
https://hipointetheatre.org/purchase/187734/
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PARKING:
The Hi-Pointe has its own parking in various places behind the theater, but in 45 years of going there, I have never used it.
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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Based on Oil! by Upton Sinclair.Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview’s motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has a 91% on the Tomatometer and an 86% on the Popcornmeter.
https://hipointetheatre.org/movies/there-will-be-blood-35mm/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Be_Blood
https://www.scripts.com/script/there_will_be_blood_21723 - Richard Matheson's THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN (1957) @ The ARKADIN/$7Arkadin Cinema & Bar, St. Louis, MO
August 2025 Schedule
https://i0.wp.com/arkadincinema.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/1000009022.webp?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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OTHER WORLDS brings you to strange new realms through science fiction and fantasy. Featuring classics, hidden gems, and cult favorites, this series offers a mind-bending retreat from our mundane reality.
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Based on The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson.“A pulp masterpiece…Not merely the best of [Jack] Arnold’s classic sci-fi movies of the ’50s, but one of the finest films ever made in that genre.” – Time Out
He baffles science! He confounds medicine! Submitted for your approval, the strange story of Scott Carey – an ordinary young man who, through an extraordinary set of circumstances, becomes The Incredible Shrinking Man! Existentialism goes pop in this benchmark of atomic-age science fiction, a superlative adaptation of a novel by the legendary Richard Matheson that has awed and unnerved generations of viewers with the question, What is humanity’s place amid the infinity of the universe? Six months after being exposed to a mysterious radiation cloud, suburban everyman Scott Carey (Grant Williams) finds himself becoming smaller … and smaller … and smaller—until he’s left to fend for himself in a world in which ordinary cats, mousetraps, and spiders pose a mortal threat, all while grappling with a diminishing sense of himself. Directed by the prolific creature-feature impresario Jack Arnold with ingenious optical effects and a transcendent metaphysical ending, The Incredible Shrinking Man gazes with wonder and trepidation into the unknowable vastness of the cosmic void.
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NOTE: On Rotten Tomatoes, this movie has an 83% on the Tomatometer and an 83% on the Popcornmeter.https://arkadincinema.com/event/the-incredible-shrinking-man-1957-presented-by-other-worlds/ [Includes Trailer]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredible_Shrinking_Man
https://www.scripts.com/script/the_incredible_shrinking_man_10791