The West Shore Friends of Film are proud to present the 1948 American neo-western film written and directed by John Huston, and starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt and Bruce Bennett.
The film won three Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay for John Huston and Best Supporting Actor for Walter Huston. Film critics and audiences refer to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as one of the greatest films of all time.
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The West Shore Friends of Film are proud to present the 1946 French romantic fantasy film directed by Jean Cocteau, and starring Jean Marais and Josette Day.
Celebrated for its groundbreaking visual effects, surreal production design, and poetic storytelling, the film is widely regarded as one of the greatest fantasy films ever made. Critics and filmmakers continue to cite Beauty and the Beast as a defining influence on modern fantasy and fairy-tale filmmaking.
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The West Shore Friends of Film are proud to present the 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman, Michael Ontkean, and the unforgettable Hanson Brothers.
Based on real minor-league hockey experiences and filmed largely in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Slap Shot offers a profane but rousing portrait of a struggling Rust Belt team that turns to violence to survive in a declining industrial town. Though its initial reviews were mixed, the film has since become a beloved cult classic and one of the most influential and enduring American sports comedies, celebrated for its raw humor, authentic performances, and rich depiction of blue-collar life.
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The West Shore Friends of Film are proud to present the 1927 British silent thriller The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, and Malcolm Keen.
Adapted from Marie Belloc Lowndes’ popular 1913 novel about a Jack the Ripper–like killer terrorizing fog-shrouded London, the film marked Hitchcock’s first major foray into suspense and is widely regarded — by Hitchcock himself and scholars alike — as his first truly “Hitchcockian” work. Its inventive visual storytelling, atmospheric use of fog and shadows, and themes of suspicion, mistaken identity, and paranoia helped establish Hitchcock’s reputation and laid the groundwork for the masterful thrillers that would define his career.
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The West Shore Friends of Film are proud to present the 1969 American independent road drama Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper, produced by and starring Peter Fonda, and featuring iconic performances by Hopper, Fonda, and Jack Nicholson.
A landmark of American counterculture cinema, Easy Rider follows two bikers searching for freedom across a changing United States, capturing the spirit, tensions, and disillusionment of the 1960s. Made on a modest budget and released by Columbia Pictures, the film earned critical praise and two Academy Award nominations (Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Nicholson), and helped usher in the New Hollywood era by demonstrating the commercial and artistic potential of independent filmmakers and new voices in American cinema.
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