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This fall, the media is a top-trending topic (surprising in a season when we’ve lost Jon Stewart’s acerbic touch): Ted Cruz won applause for attacking the media, Spotlight accolades for celebrating them. For the second year in a row, news-centered movies have garnered Oscar buzz; this y read more

Countdown to France on Film 30 Monday Nov 2015 Posted by Summer Reeves in France, Random ≈ 7 Comments Tags#FranceonFilm   Dear Reader, I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to hosting my first blogat read more

I found this advertisements in the Paramount’s 20th Birthday Jubilee (1931) publication available online at the Media History Project website. I have never seen them before and thought they were so incredibly beautiful that I had to share them. read more

I found this advertisements in the Paramount’s 20th Birthday Jubilee (1931) publication available online at the Media History Project website. I have never seen them before and thought they were so incredibly beautiful that I had to share them. read more

Chicago Film Club Holiday Movie: “The Bishop’s Wife” December 5, 2015 at The Daystar Center What: Screening of The Bishop's Wife Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street, Chicago, IL When: December 5, 2015 Time: 6:30 p.m. Hosted by Stephen Reginald Jo read more

Classic films fans are both easy difficult to shop for. I know that one of the leading questions I get when the holidays arrives is, “Do you have [insert film here]?” With that I’ve created a gift guide as a launchpad for what to get the classic film fan in your home. These are the read more

For the past six years, the Cafe's staff has provided a list of recommended gifts for your favorite classic film and/or TV fan. It's one of our most popular features. This year's choices run the gamut from classic musicals to Bogey as Marlowe to a sci fi TV series with marionettes. Best of Warner B read more

5. The Meal Scars Your Company: Better Off Dead (1985) Take comfort in the quality of your cooking after watching (a) Lane’s (John Cusack’s) mother boil bacon just days before her holiday feast and (b) Lane accidentally passing a guest primer instead of liquor. 4. Your Guests Never Show read more

One of the many cool features on one of my favorite blogs, Vienna’s Classic Hollywood, displays foreign posters of some of Hollywood’s greatest films. In a nod to Vienna’s blog, today’s Noirvember post serves up 10 fantastic foreign film noir posters. Enjoy! The Enforcer (195 read more

This weekend I had the opportunity to take my girls to a special SIFF screening of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory sing-along, presented in Smell-O-Vision. We'd never seen the film in a theater before, and that alone was pretty astonishing, what with the enormous Oompah-Loompas and the cha read more

Normally associated with light, fluffy comedies (Annabel series, MGM musicals, and—of course—I Love Lucy), Lucille Ball seems an unlikely candidate to traverse the dark streets of the underworld. This is exactly where she found herself, though, when her agent arranged a loan out to Twent read more

I’m a few days late on this post – technically my first post went live on November 11th – but I did take a few months off after those initial posts so this can stand to be a couple days late. Wow, I can hardly believe this site is four years old. I’ve documented this time and read more

   For the Criterion Blogathon With the release of one of 2014's most unique films, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, came an avalanche of publicity. The influences on Anderson's much acclaimed and awarded bittersweet romp through a fictional between-the-wars Old Europe were wid read more

Chicago Film Club field trip: “Roman Holiday” November 29 at The AMC East Where: AMC East 21, 322 East Illinois, Chicago, IL When: November 29, 2015 Time: 2:00 p.m. Hosted by Stephen Reginald Special Fathom Feature: Enjoy a specially produced introduction from Turner Classic Movies read more

   For the Criterion Blogathon With the release of one of 2014's most unique films, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, came an avalanche of publicity. The influences on Anderson's much acclaimed and awarded bittersweet romp through a fictional between-the-wars Old Europe were wid read more

   For the Criterion Blogathon With the release of one of 2014's most unique films, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, came an avalanche of publicity. The influences on Anderson's much acclaimed and awarded bittersweet romp through a fictional between-the-wars Old Europe, were wi read more

Sherlock Found - The Rediscovery and Restoration of a Piece of Film History The year is 1916. The Chicago-based Essanay Film Manufacturing Company is, arguably, at the height of its powers. Just the year before, they had counted Charlie Chaplin among their stars, and now George K. Spoor is looking read more

I had a few moments to update an earlier article concerning the TCM Film Festival, pass history, and updates for annoucnements, special guests, and films. This is not a comprehensive list, and there may be errors, but it’s definitely a loose guideline timeline, and accompanying photos are not read more

John Wayne rarely played the bad guy in his nearly half-century film career, but he finally gets the chance in TRUMBO, Jay Roach’s uneven biopic of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. Wayne (David James Elliott) and gossip columnist Hedda Hopper (Helen Mirren) are presented as the primary antago read more

“The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy” Qualifying Entry Task for Facebook and Blog Book Giveaway Contest Here we go…this is our Facebook/Blog version of the contest!  We will be giving away TWO copies of The Gag Man: Clyde Bruckman and the Birth of Film Comedy by Matthew read more