Oak Park Arms presents its popular series “You Be the Critic” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at the Oak Park Arms, 408 S. Oak Park Ave. The 1975 film “Cooley High” will be viewed and reviewed with radio announcer Dan Kane.

Based upon Cooley Vocational High School, the real high school located in Chicago (which is no longer standing), “Cooley High,” set in 1964, was directed by Michael Schultz and starred Glynn Turman and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs.

The movie is considered a classic of black cinema. It follows two teenagers, Preach (Turman) and Cochise (Jacobs), as their carefree lives take a turn for the worse when they wind up getting involved with street criminals.

After cutting class for a trip to the zoo and a party that goes bad, Preach and Cochise get mixed up with street thugs in connection to a stolen Cadillac. Although the two kids were let off the hook, they find themselves on the receiving end of vengeance from the street thugs who get arrested.

Following the high school seniors as they deal with girl, school and police troubles as they prepare for post-high school life, this movie ranked number 23 on Entertainment Weekly’s “50 Best High School Movies” list.

The Oak Park Arms is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments and a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay – a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The event is free and open to the public. Call Jill Wagner at 708-386-4040.