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  • The (Almost) Best Films Of All Time (1950 – 1959)

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    What does The Wizard Of Oz have in common with To Kill A Mockingbird?  How are the Maltese Falcon and Saving Private Ryan connected? The answer is that each of these films - and other films today considered classics - … Continue reading →

  • Barbara Stanwyck in "The Lady Eve"

    Best Actresses To Never Win An Oscar!

    Patty Turner Center 375 Elm Street, Deerfield, United States

    The Oscars are designed to recognize the greatest achievements in the movies. But as you will see in this unique multimedia presentation, laden with film clips, Oscar has snowed some of the group rate as performers in cinema history! This … Continue reading →

  • Aaron Sorkin

    The Great Filmmakers: Aaron Sorkin

    Grand Dominion 3561 Melody St, Mundelein, United States

    Aaron Sorkin is one of the most important and influential writers of films  and television of the past twenty years. His films include A Few Good Men, The American President, The Social Network, Moneyball, Charlie Wilson's War and Steve Jobs. Each was a … Continue reading →

  • The (Almost) Best Films Of All Time (1960 – 1969)

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    What does The Wizard Of Oz have in common with To Kill A Mockingbird?  How are the Maltese Falcon and Saving Private Ryan connected? The answer is that each of these films - and other films today considered classics - … Continue reading →

  • The (Almost) Best Films Of All Time (1970 – 1979)

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    What does The Wizard Of Oz have in common with To Kill A Mockingbird?  How are the Maltese Falcon and Saving Private Ryan connected? The answer is that each of these films - and other films today considered classics - … Continue reading →

  • Best Actors Never to Win an Oscar

    Patty Turner Center 375 Elm Street, Deerfield, United States

    America has been in love with the movies for well over 100 years. And every year since 1927 the race for the Oscar  has been closely watched by movie fans around the world. Winning the Academy Award connotes something special in the history of … Continue reading →

  • North Shore Film Society

    Glenview Public Library 1930 Glenview Road, Glenview, United States

    Our monthly meeting will discuss the new movie "The Big Short." this very ambitious film attempts to make complex financial transactions and the collapse of the mortgage industry during the last years of the George W. Bush administration into entertainment. … Continue reading →

  • The (Almost) Best Films Of All Time (1990 – 1999)

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    What does The Wizard Of Oz have in common with To Kill A Mockingbird?  How are the Maltese Falcon and Saving Private Ryan connected? The answer is that each of these films - and other films today considered classics - … Continue reading →

  • Best Films Never To Win An Oscar

    Harper College, Main Campus 1200 W. Algonquin Road, Palatine, United States

    What do "The Shawshank Redemption,"  "It's A Wonderful Life," "Vertigo," "The Maltese Falcon," "Dr. Strangelove," &  "Double Indemnity" have in common? Two things. First, each is considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made. Second, neither received even … Continue reading →

  • The (Almost) Best Films Of All Time (2000 – 2015, Part I)

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

    What does The Wizard Of Oz have in common with To Kill A Mockingbird?  How are the Maltese Falcon and Saving Private Ryan connected? The answer is that each of these films - and other films today considered classics - … Continue reading →