Meet Me In St. Louis Pantheon
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A year comes in and a year goes out Vincente Minnelli’s heartwarming evergreen chronicles an ordinarily tumultuous year in the life of a prosperous household in 1904, when the worst prospect that faces them is a potential move to New York City. It’s frightening because it means change, and that’s inevitable – but it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t cherish what we share now, our past together. It’s debatable that MGM ever conjured a more affecting musical, and producer Arthur Freed, who headed their musical department, considered this one his personal favourite.
Tunes include The Trolley Song, The Boy Next Door, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Sunday’s Pantheon screening will feature a 15-minute introduction by a local film scholar and be followed by an audience talkback.
An unmissable big-screen experience.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
A movie that defines perfection, as it captures the spirit of hope and anxiety that informed the last years of the second world war, when it was made. It’s a film whose four parts cover the seasons from summer to spring but is truly a film for all seasons and all time.
Philip French, The Observer
Minnelli’s captivating musical still comes up fresh as paint with each successive viewing.
Tom Milne, Time Out
Tunes include The Trolley Song, The Boy Next Door, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
Sunday’s Pantheon screening will feature a 15-minute introduction by a local film scholar and be followed by an audience talkback.
An unmissable big-screen experience.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
A movie that defines perfection, as it captures the spirit of hope and anxiety that informed the last years of the second world war, when it was made. It’s a film whose four parts cover the seasons from summer to spring but is truly a film for all seasons and all time.
Philip French, The Observer
Minnelli’s captivating musical still comes up fresh as paint with each successive viewing.
Tom Milne, Time Out
