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She Works Hard For the Money: The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection on DVD from TCM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 10, 2012
Sex sells, the old saying goes. It also employs, or at least it did in movies made before enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code began in 1934. In the The Columbia Pictures Pre-Code Collection, a five-film DVD set from Turner Classic Movies and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, just about read more
Make Friends with Baby Peggy – Tonight on TCM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Dec 3, 2012
1924 was a busy year for Peggy-Jean Montgomery: she starred in four feature films; headlined seven comedy short subjects; served as on-stage mascot for the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden; and became one of the first merchandized celebrities, with her likeness immortalized on read more
Review: Beyond CASABLANCA: 100 Classic Movies Worth Watching by Jennifer C. Garlen
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 30, 2012
This is my biggest frustration as a classic film fan: no matter how many old movies I watch, there will always be hundreds (thousands?) more I haven’t seen. Unless I buy every pre-1960 DVD ever released and lock myself in my apartment for the next five years (which actually doesn’t sound like a read more
Screening Report: Film Comment Selects at Film Society of Lincoln Center
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 28, 2012
“What’s it like to live in a world without words,” Film Comment editor Gavin Smith asked the audience at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Howard Gillman Theater last night, before a well-attended screening of François Truffaut’s FAHRENHEIT 451 (1966). The most recent installment read more
Screening Report: Looney Tunes at BAM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 26, 2012
While you were gorging yourself on turkey this Thanksgiving weekend, I was consuming a steady diet of rabbit. And duck, pig, and coyote. Thanks to the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s three-day Chuck Amuck series, saluting the centenary of Academy Award-winning animator Charles M. Jones, I got a chance read more
Screening Report: THE MAN IN THE WHITE SUIT (1951) at Film Forum
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 21, 2012
Between 1947 and 1957, Ealing Studios produced a series of droll comedies that remain among the most beloved British films of all time. Robert Hamer’s KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949), Charles Crichton’s THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951) and Alexander Mackendrick’s THE LADYKILLERS (1955) are perhaps read more
Screening Report: CARMEN COMES HOME (1951) at Film Society of Lincoln Center
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 8, 2012
Tonight, the Film Society of Lincoln Center kicked off a nine-day, fifteen-film retrospective of the work of Japanese director Keisuke Kinoshita (1912-1998) with a screening of CARMEN COMES HOME (1951, aka KARMEN KYOKO NE KAERU) at the Howard Gilman Theater. The film has been digitally restored by read more
THE AGE OF CONSENT (1932) from Warner Archive: Pre-Code Passion At Its Most Lustful
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 4, 2012
People in old movies don’t seem to know how to kiss. Without a doubt, there are plenty of iconic lip locks from the films of the 1930s and ‘40s, often accompanied by lush orchestrations that infer burning passion. But characters rarely make out like they mean it. Classic film kisses tend to be read more
TCM Film Festival Passes on Sale Nov 15, Movies Announced
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Nov 1, 2012
Turner Classic Movies announced today that passes for the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival will go on sale to the public on November 15, 2012 at 12 p.m. (EST). The network also announced the first batch of films for the fourth annual festival, scheduled for April 25-28 in Hollywood. William Wyler read more
Happy Halloween from Me and Julie Adams, Star of CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 31, 2012
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Screening Report: Harold Lloyd in THE KID BROTHER (1927) at Film Forum – Hurricane Sandy Special!
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 29, 2012
“Pretty good audience for Hurricane Sandy,” Repertory Director Bruce Goldstein said before Sunday’s screening of Harold Lloyd’s THE KID BROTHER (1927) at Film Forum – a theater on the outskirts of a New York City neighborhood about to be evacuated. It was a small but responsi read more
Screening Report: William Castle’s HOMICIDAL (1961) at Loews Jersey Theater
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 28, 2012
I saw William Castle’s HOMICIDAL (1961) at the Loews Jersey Theater in Jersey City on Friday night. To say it was the perfect way to kick off the “Pre-Halloween weekend” would be an understatement unworthy of the master of gimmicky cinematic hyperbole. I knew it was going to be a g read more
We Belong Dead: Why FRANKENSTEIN Looked Horrific on the Big Screen
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 26, 2012
I saw James Whale’s FRANKENSTEIN (1931) and BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) at the AMC 25 on 42nd Street in New York City on Wednesday night. And, while the experience of seeing two beloved classics with a room full of fans was ultimately a positive one, the screening was, at the same time, immen read more
Screening Report: THE LOVES OF PHARAOH (1922) at Brooklyn Academy of Music
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 23, 2012
I saw the German silent epic THE LOVES OF PHARAOH (1922) at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater on Saturday night with extremely high expectations. Unfortunately, while the film itself was stunning, the overall experience was not. Directed by Ernst Lubitsch before he emigrated to the U.S. read more
Screening: SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum with John Bengtson, Pierre Etaix and a Sing-along!
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 21, 2012
Today’s screening of SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum was delightful, with a sold out house, lots of enthusiastic kids and some special guests. The program began with LOOK PLEASANT PLEASE (1918), a one-reel short recently “rediscovered” and restored by the The Harold Lloyd Trust. Follow read more
The Man Who Gave Betty Her Boop-oop-a-doop
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 21, 2012
In the spring of 1992, the city of Scranton paid tribute to a kindly old musician who had relocated from Manhattan in the late 1950s. Sadly, it turned out to be a requiem. A few months later, Sammy Timberg was dead at the age of 89, and the accomplishments of a life deeply intertwined in the history read more
A Modern Day Buster Keaton – Pierre Etaix at Film Forum
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 21, 2012
When asked why he was making his first visit to New York City, Pierre Étaix smiled broadly. “It’s never too late,” the 83-year-old actor/director said, as the capacity crowd at Film Forum signaled their enthusiastic agreement. Still vibrant and playful, the French filmmaker appeared at the downtown read more
Take a Trip to 1920s New York City with Harold Lloyd’s SPEEDY (1928) at Film Forum
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 18, 2012
I’m a late – but tirelessly enthusiastic – convert to silent movies. Though I’ve always been familiar with Harold Lloyd’s bespectacled visage, my introduction to the films of the so-called “third genius” of silent comedy came just a few years ago. My first Lloyd feature read more
SAFE IN HELL (1931) from Warner Archive: When it Comes to Pre-Code, Seeing is Believing
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 13, 2012
“Black & white movies are so boring and fake,” a co-worker once said to me, with an accompanying look of disgust usually afforded to those who belch audibly in public places. In my younger days, I might have taken the bait and tried to plead my case. But now that I’m older (and read more
Behold, My (Fictional) Robert Osborne Action Figure*
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 10, 2012
*Note: While this does not actually exist, if TCM manufactured one I know a bunch of people who would buy it. **Note #2: Photoshop art by the brilliant Brian Kirby from Shelf Life Clothing Company. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPres read more