Golden Anniversaries features classic films celebrating their 50th anniversaries. The sixth edition of the event highlights films from 1973.
Films in other languages will feature English subtitles.
Presented by Marya E. Gates, freelance film writer and historian who specializes in the work of female directors.
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When a friend is murdered by fascists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini. A true iconoclast of Italian film… more
With intro and discussion by Jim Tudor, co-founder of ZekeFilm and adjunct professor of film studies at Webster University.
Presented as part of Golden Anniversaries, a series that honors films celebrating their 50th year of release.
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a… more
Presented by Cait Lore, who holds a Master's Degree in Film Theory from the University of Kent, teaches film studies at Websger University, and serves as a co-programmer of QFest St. Louis.
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In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.
Presented by Robert Hunt, who has been writing and occasionally teaching about movies since 1981, mostly for The Riverfront Times, (and 18 other publications, only two of which are still in business...).
Presented as part of Golden Anniversaries, a series that honors films celebrating their 50th year of release.
The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a king's… more
Intro and discussion by Calvin Wilson, theater, film, dance and jazz critic for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch/ stltoday.com.
Presented as part of Golden Anniversaries, a series that honors films celebrating their 50th year of release.
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is… more
Cate Marquis, a Rotten Tomatoes certified film critic and film historian who writes for We Are Movie Geeks, the St. Louis Jewish Light, and the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists and the St. Louis Film Critics Association.
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A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.
Intro and discussion by Joshua Ray, film critic for KMOV and Co-Founder and Contributing Editor of The Take-Up.
Presented as part of Golden Anniversaries, a series that honors films celebrating their 50th year of release.
Documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De… more
Intro and discussion by Lynn Venhaus, a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic who reviews for the Webster-Kirkwood Times, KTRS Radio (Jennifer Blome and Wendy Wiese Show), and PopLifeSTL.com website, www.poplifestl.com
Presented as part of Golden Anniversaries, a series that honors films celebrating their 50th year of release.
Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and… more
Films in other languages will feature English subtitles.
With King Richard off to the Crusades, Prince John and his slithering minion, Sir Hiss, set about taxing Nottingham's citizens with support from the corrupt sheriff - and staunch opposition by the wily Robin Hood and his band of merry men. This animated Disney classic observes its 50th… more
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.
Winner of the Oscar for Best Picture — and now widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time — “The Godfather,” based on Mario Puzo’s novel of the same name, focuses on the powerful Italian-American crime family of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando). When the don’s youngest son,… more
Following the murder of a mutual friend, aspiring con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) teams up with old pro Henry Gondorff (Paul Newman) to take revenge on the ruthless crime boss responsible, Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hooker and Gondorff set about implementing an elaborate scheme, one so… more