The Maltese Falcon (1941)
APRIL 4-10
MOVIES YOU NEED TO SEE ON THE BIG SCREEN
Everyone has heard of this movie-but have you ever seen it on the big screen? Humphrey Bogart stars as Sam Spade in the noir classic based on the mystery by Dashiell Hammet. Mary Astor stars as the femme fatale, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet are Spades’ nemeses. Directed by John Huston. NR
101 Minutes
Nominated for three Oscars, including best Picture
“It is (and this is rare in American films) a work of entertainment that is yet so skillfully constructed that after many years and many viewings it has the same brittle explosiveness -- and even some of the same surprise -- that it had in its first run.” Pauline Kael, The New Yorker, 2022