Movies You Need to see on the Big Screen
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Movies You Need to see on the Big Screen
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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
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
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Paul Newman and Robert Redford star as the train robbing duo in this classic buddy movie directed by George Roy Hill. Katherine Ross co-stars; music by Burt Bacharach. (PG)
Winner of 4 Oscars
"Credit must go to the Oscar-winning trio of William Goldman, Conrad Hall and Burt Bacharach for the witty script, luminous photography and jaunty score respectively, but all of the charm of this ever-popular picture lies with the charismatic outlaws." David Parkinson, Radio Times
"it's no surprise that the always re-watchable Butch And Sundance was once labelled the most likeable film ever made." Empire Magazine
Easy Rider (1969)
Jack Nicholson, Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper star in this counter-culture audience favorite about Harley-riding hippies on a road trip across America. Featuring a super soundtrack with Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds and Steppenwolf. Hopper also directs. (R)
"It succeeds where it matters most, in communicating a yearning vision of a different way of life, in an America seen as a vast, unexplored repository of beauty, optimism and adventure." Tom Milne, Sight and Sound 2020
"It still crackles with countercultural energy..." Times UK