THE MALTESE FALCON

Directed by John Huston
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Mary Astor

(1941) Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade traipses through Hammett’s San Fran to recover the world’s most coveted chachka – despite the malevolent connivings of Peter Lorre’s perfumed-card-carrying Joel Cairo, “Fat Man” Sidney Greenstreet’s Kasper Gutman, and Mary Astor’s two-faced “Miss Wonderly.” 35mm. Approx. 100 mins.
2:25, 6:20, 10:15

“PUT DOWN THE FOUNDATIONS for that native American genre of mean streets, knife-edged heroes, dark shadows and tough dames.”
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“STRIKING VISUAL STYLE!”
– Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

“[On Bogart] MAGNETISM YOU CAN FEEL THROUGH THE SCREEN.”
– Otis Ferguson, New Republic

THE THIN MAN

(1934, W.S. Van Dyke) William Powell’s Nick Charles and Myrna Loy’s perfect wife Nora take a break from cocktail quaffing to solve a baffling murder, in the picture that wed the whodunit to screwball comedy. Based on the Hammett novel. “Turned several decades of movies upside down by showing a suave man of the world who made love to his own rich, funny, and good-humored wife.” 35mm. Approx. 93 mins.
12:30, 4:25, 8:20

“POWELL IS TO DIALOGUE AS ASTAIRE IS TO DANCE. The drinks are the lubricant for dialogue of elegant wit and wicked timing, used by a character who is decadent on the surface but fundamentally brave and brilliant.”
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

“POWELL IS THOROUGHLY IN HIS ELEMENT! Excellent combination of comedy and excitement.”
– Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times

“A MARVELOUS BLEND OF MARITAL FAMILIARITY AND CONSTANT COURTSHIP, PIXILATED FANTASY AND CHILDLIKE WONDER. None of the five sequels that followed (1936-47) recaptured quite the same flavour.”
– Tom Milne, Time Out (London)