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I’ve got another great batch of podcasts for classic film fans this month, but before I share my choices, I want to say congratulations to Brian Sauer and Elric Kane, because their lovely podcast Pure Cinema is now the official podcast of the New Beverly Theater, which is reopening after being read more

Time for another non-traditional entry.  I’ve been gobbling up documentaries about film on FilmStruck before it goes out of business November 29.  I’ve seen too many to write in my usual format about all of them but they have been mainly fantastic so I wanted to share. Lon Chaney: Behind read more

The other day I saw a post on Facebook with a picture of Fred Clark that described him as “the immortal film noir actor.” One member of the group responded that “he was never noir,” and a quite a little brouhaha ensued – to which, I admit, I briefly contributed. In thinking about it later, read more

Nancy Olson during her appearance at TCMFF 2018. For today’s post, I’m doing double duty – my daily Noirvember celebration and the next installment of my year-long coverage of the 2018 Turner Classic Movies film festival! I was delighted this year to have the opportunity to see and hear the lovely read more

'Tis the season for printing out pics of things you like and leaving them around the house as not-so-subtle hints for your less classic film literate family members. Let me give you a hand with some of my favorite picks for movie fanatics: Kate Gabrielle Full disclosure: Kate is a longtime fr read more

The TCM Classic Film Tour NYC Ticket Giveaway We’re giving away THREE PAIRS of Tickets in Nov and Dec! “New York, New York, It’s a Wonderful Town” We are VERY EXCITED to announce our longterm partnership with NYC’s On Location Tours, the Concierge Choice Award Winner read more

Continuing our theme on characters who love too much, Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I turned our attention from women to men, especially Edward G. Robinson’s sad sap Chris in Scarlet Street, Claude Rains’s hoodwinked Alexander in Notorious and bad con artist Johnny of S read more

I hadn’t seen Underworld before, but I knew enough about it to be intrigued. To begin with, it was directed by master filmmaker Josef von Sternberg, a man of remarkable cinematic acumen who is usually only remembered today for having discovered Marlene Dietrich and stage-managed her rise to st read more

Continuing our theme on characters who love too much, Grace Collins of True Stories of Tinseltown and I turned our attention from women to men, especially Edward G. Robinson’s sad sap Chris in Scarlet Street, Claude Rains’s hoodwinked Alexander in Notorious and bad con artist Johnny of S read more

Debbie Vega at Moon in Gemini is hosting the genius blogathon The Greatest Film I've Never Seen from November 16th to 18th. What is the big gap in your film viewing? Will you love it? Will you be disappointed? Click HERE to discover the answers to those questions and more. Over the read more

Maddy Loves Her Classic Films is hosting The World War One On Film Blogathon on November 10th and 11th to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of the conflict. Click HERE to read the contributions. The Holderlin household has been a sad place since before the end of the War to E read more

A Short Film About Love (Krotki film o milosci) Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski Written by Krzysztof Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz 1988/Poland Zespol Filmowy “Tor” First viewing/FilmStruck   What is love?  It takes a Bergman or a Kieslowski to really explore its depths. A tee read more

Just when I think I’ve found every podcast worthy of a classic film fan’s attention, another batch of interesting choices comes across my radar. I’ve got some great finds this time around, in addition to some old favorites. The biggest heartbreak: the wonderful episode of FilmStruc read more

For today’s #Noirvember blog post, I thought it would be interesting to discuss a book instead of a film. Writings on the subject can be quite fascinating since there is a lot to talk about in connexion to this cinematic movement. Films noir contain both relevant narrative and aesthetic elemen read more

In my latest podcast round-up there's a couple of interesting shows that were new to me (both featuring Amy Nicholson) and great episodes from some of my favorites. Episode titles link to the podcast: Unspooled Double Indemnity August 16, 2018 It took me a while to get to it, but I am glad I fina read more

Here we go with the final rd of the Film Noir Tourney RD 10 Film Noir Tourney: Which poster do you like more? Rd 10 Film Noir Tourney: Which poster do you like more? Rd 10 Film Noir Tourney: Which poster do you like more? Rd 10 Film Noir Tourney: Which poster do you like more read more

I Am Max: A Max Linder Docudrama Film Silent film fans all over the world have lauded their favorite on-screen comedians, particularly enjoying the works of legendary comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. While each of these comedians had a distinct sense of style and i read more

Here we go with the first of the last 2 rounds focusing on the film posters of the chosen films... Rd 9: Which film noir poster do you like more? Rd 9: Which film noir poster do you like more? Rd 9: Which film noir poster do you like more? Rd 9: Which film noir poster do you read more

Humphrey Bogart once said that the problem with the world is that it is always “a  few drinks behind”. Vice has been an admirable subject of film.   We all pay to see a downfall or a redemption of some style.   Today that has changed for obvious shadowy reasons for the better. There read more

Now that the dates for the 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival have been announced (April 11-14, 2019!!), I think it’s a great time for another installment in my ongoing look at this year’s event. On the second day of the event, I was faced with one of many time slots that featured numerous read more