Alex, Gianmarco, Danielle, and Andrew are back to discuss old movies with Maria! They touch on her history with films from the 1930’s to the 1960’s, why they’re essential to modern day moviegoing, and run through an Old Movie Starter Pack with six lesser known movies from different genres. There’s even a new proprietary rating system that's sure to replace the MPA rating system.

Come out to STL Film Club! Meetup link below with upcoming events.

⁠www.meetup.com/stl-weekly-film-meetup/

Main Recommendations:
1) Baby Face (Alfred E. Green, 1933)
    Pairings:
        - The Devil Wears Prada (David Frankel, 2006)
        - Anora (Sean Baker, 2024)
2) The Seventh Victim (Mark Robson, 1973)
    Pairings:
        - Eyes Wide Shut (Stanley Kubrick, 1999)
3) The Lady Vanishes (Alfred Hitchcock, 1938)
    Pairings:
        - Flightplan (Robert Schwentke, 2005)
        - Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019)
4) The Bigamist (Ida Lupino, 1953)
    Pairings:
        - Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, 2009)
        - Past Lives (Celine Song, 2023)
5) Strait-Jacket (William Castle, 1964)
    Pairings:
        - Die My Love (Lynne Ramsay, 2025)
        - Volver (Pedro Almodóvar, 2006)
6) How To Steal a Million (William Wyler, 1966)
    Pairings:
        - Ocean's Eleven (Steven Soderbergh, 2001)

Other Recommendations:
Some Like It Hot (Billy Wilder, 1959)
Bringing Up Baby (Howard Hawks, 1938)
His Girl Friday (Howard Hawks, 1940)
Detour (Edgar G. Ulmer, 1945)
Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945)
Mank (David Fincher, 2020)
House on Haunted Hill (William Castle, 1959)
Palm Springs (Max Barbakow, 2020)

Mentioned:
Together
The Sound of Music
The Ten Commandments
Pretty Woman
Project Hail Mary
Barbie
Good Fortune
The Apartment
Psycho
Dr. Strangelove
Gone with the Wind
Singing in the Rain
Babylon <3
The Artist
The Drama
Vertigo
Divorce Italian Style