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“Oh, by the way, have you a gun in your luggage?” The public’s fascination with Orson Welles continues to grow in stature over the years, much like the man’s waistline in his older age. This is partly by design. From groundbreaking visionary and celebrity washout to bohemian poet read more

Google has always made a practice of acknowledging classic film in its popular doodle art, but lately, it seems like there have been many more cinematic tributes. And I love it!  This week's Sergei Einstein sketch amusingly made the filmmaker into a dashing cutie. Here's the real deal: read more

The anticipation builds . . . It’s about that time – time for another installment in my monthly look at the 2017 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival! And this month I’m taking a look at one of my favorite experiences of the festival – the Hand and Footprint Ceremony featuring Carl Reiner and read more

***Jean Gabin is a favorite of this site, as is French noir in general, and the same could be said for the blog B Noir Detour. Many thanks to the latter’s Salome Wilde for permission to reblog her splendid evaluation of 1939’s Le Jour se Lève. B Noir Detour Every time I see a film starr read more

I'm so excited to announce that my HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM series will be at the Egyptian Theatre through 2018! It's hard to think of a better venue for this series since the Egyptian has been a part of Hollywood history since 1922. This series will be 7 parts - one event per decade from the read more

Live Cinema and Its Techniques Francis Ford Coppola Liveright Publishing Corporation/W.W. Norton & Company, 2017 When Live Cinema and Its Techniques landed on my doorstep, I approached it with personal interest, though skeptical that it would be of interest to the readers of A Classic Movie Blo read more

There has been a lot of talk over the years about the shrinking of the American attention span. Back in the days when MTV actually showed music videos, it was blamed as one of the main culprits. Nowadays, I suppose the blame can be said to lie at the feet of the internet, cell phones, snapchat, or w read more

2017 was a busy year, which meant that I watched fewer films than I have in previous years. We did some traveling, my daughter's school schedule ate a lot of time with me driving her to dual enrollment classes the next town over, and I was more engaged in politics than I ever have been before (a goo read more

2017 was a busy year, which meant that I watched fewer films than I have in previous years. We did some traveling, my daughter's school schedule ate a lot of time with me driving her to dual enrollment classes the next town over, and I was more engaged in politics than I ever have been before (a goo read more

This was an especially inspiring year of reviewing film books at A Classic Movie Blog. I learned a lot and found so many new areas I wanted to explore, thanks to a truly marvelous selection of new releases. It wasn't easy to pick favorites, but this batch stood out because I was reluctant to finish read more

As 2017 comes to a close, it’s the perfect time for my next entry in my ongoing look at this year’s Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. And what better topic than one of the first events I attended – “Remembering Robert,” which was presented on April 6, 2017, exactly one month read more

Backwards and In Heels: The Past, Present and Future of Women Working in Film Alicia Malone Mango Publishing, 2017 I’ve been an admirer of film reporter and critic Alicia Malone ever since she came across my radar as a presenter for the FilmStruck streaming service. If you want to cover clas read more

Last Christmas I was wrapping presents and watching made-for-TV Christmas movies on YouTube when—after finishing Susan Lucci’s Christmas Carol— this film began autoplaying. I was excited to find a new-to-me classic Christmas film (which I have previously mentioned can be hard to find). “The read more

Like most of us, I grew up on classic Christmas films—from White Christmas to The Bishop’s Wife to Christmas in Connecticut. And as I realized new-to-me pre-1968 Christmas movies were dwindling, I began scrounging for more. Surely there were still some left to discover! That’s how I stumbled upon read more

10 Classic Films Noir for the Holidays For many (myself included), the holidays are the happiest time of the year. It’s hard to match the euphoric feeling of being with loved ones, exchanging gifts, and doing so to the tune of any number of classic songs. That said, such an oppressively happy season read more

The Stranger (1946) Director Orson Welles’ tense examination of the evil that lies under our noses resonates long after the final scene. Welles stars as Charles Rankin, aka: Franz Kindler, escaped Nazi war criminal and one of the masterminds behind the concentration camps. He’s settled a read more

Likeable characters in film noir On November 24, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized I know, I know. Everyone in noir is such a hot-headed bastard or a devious femme fatale or a crooked cop. Well, not everyone. There are those characters in noir that are jus read more

Here we go with round 10 in the Hitchcock film tourney. Currently tied for 1st place are the two films North by Northwest and Rebecca.  This round will conclude on Sunday afternoon at 3pm. Which of Hitch's 'maguffins' is more mysterious ? Which of Hitch's 'maguffins' is more mysterious read more

Two more rounds left as round 9 is now underway and the theme is costumes. Matches run through Wednesday 7 pm. Which Hitchcock film costumes were the cutest? Which Hitchcock film costumes were the cutest? Which Hitchcock film costumes were the cutest? Which Hitchcock film costumes wer read more

6 film noir opening scenes/sequences I love On November 18, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized The Killers (1946) – two shadows on the ground announce the arrival of the titular killers, stepping out from behind the diner they will enter in just a few secon read more