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2015 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: THE THEATRE’S ALIVE…WITH THE SOUND OF MOVIES
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Apr 5, 2015
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATRE ( OPENING NIGHT ) THURSDAY – MARCH 26th Typically the first day of the festival starts with the Red Carpet event. And typically, a musical is shown ( past openers include: “An American in Paris” “Oklahoma” “Cabaret” etc. ). If you have the Spotlight read more
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Apr 5, 2015
This was on ABC and I missed all but the last 40-minutes or so. It was done seriously but it’s sort of campy now. Doesn’t mean I don’t love it, ‘cuz I do. Had a brief text conversation during the movie, with my friend Sheila that went something like this ( Warning: Contains read more
2015 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL: ADVENTURES OF A HIGHLY FUNCTIONING INTROVERT
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Apr 3, 2015
Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival was in full swing March 26 – 29. Classic film fans from all around the country and the world ( Europe and Australia are representin’ ) came to laugh, cry, marvel, be surprised, hook-up and bond over the smorgasbord of films TCM has put on this year’s read more
SHANGHAI EXPRESS ( 1932 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Apr 2, 2015
Seeing as I just came back this Monday from Turner Classic Movies’ Film Festival in Holly-wood, I’m staying steeped in the luxurious world of black ‘n white. What better way to be in that world, than to talk about pre-code films. And with thanks to Karen of Shadows and Satin and read more
I’M LEAVIN’ ON A JET PLANE…
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 22, 2015
I’m about to head to California to go to the 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. I am packed and rarin’ to go. Yeah…I’m travelin’ light. Just the bare necessities. Oh and the junk food. This is a four day marathon of watching movies. There will be little read more
TIE ME UP, TIE ME DOWN: THE TIES THAT BIND…IN A GOOD WAY
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 15, 2015
Ahhhh! got’cha. I bet you thought I was going to talk about “Fifty Shades of Grey”? Not yet. Now…there’s a stream of consciousness to my thinking about movies. One movie reminds me of another and another and this star worked with that one in this movie which reminds me read more
FORD & HITCHCOCK: A TALE OF TWO MEN
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 15, 2015
Heavens to Murgatroid…I’m no scholar. No aficionado. I have a passing knowledge of one…and am a groupie of the other. JOHN FORD and ALFRED HITCHCOCK are two of the most famous directors in the history of movies. ( Psst! I CONFESS: The reason I even put Ford’s name first is to curry read more
ONE OF THESE THINGS IS SORT OF LIKE THE OTHER: “NIGHT SONG” and “VERTIGO”
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 15, 2015
Do you know the movie: “NIGHT SONG”? You ought to check it out…it’s a very good romantic drama featuring Dana Andrews and Merle Oberon. He’s a blind pianist whom Merle Oberon falls in love with. In order to win him over, she pretends to be blind as well. Our two leads are very read more
“VERTIGO” ( 1958 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 8, 2015
This time I wasn’t in Hollywood…at a film festival…with like-minded classic film fans. This time I wasn’t at the magnificent Graumann’s Chinese…with the star of the film introducing the movie; ( btw, a star I had met. A-hem! ) Nope, this time I was here in New York City. The read more
“I CONFESS” ( 1953 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Mar 1, 2015
“I CONFESS” is gnarly. Yes I mean it in that surfer boy way of good, cool. (Do I have that right? I never dated a surfer). But I also mean gnarly in terms of messy, not smooth. That’s because the murderer weaves everything into a gnarled snarled mess. All the rela-tionships become twisted read more
CineMAVEN’s OSCAR MUSINGS
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 23, 2015
This past Sunday night ( 2/22/15 ) I watched the Academy Awards ceremonies ( yes I still want to call it that ) as I’ve done every year since I saw Sidney Poitier and Julie Christie win. I just want to say a couple of words about it while it’s still fresh in my mind… …and before the read more
CineMaven’s OSCAR EXTRAVAGANZA!!!
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 22, 2015
THE OSCARS Yep, that’s me. Thanks to my friend Paula, I attended an industry screening a few weeks ago…and there it was. Oscar. Oscar, standing gold and tall. That may be the closest I will EVER come to being near an Academy Award. << Sigh! >> But it doesn’t mean I can read more
FIFTY SHADES OF LOVE…IN BLACK & WHITE and COLOR
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 14, 2015
For Valentine’s Day the new movie “Fifty Shades of Grey” is being released. I know I know: * No one will be caught dead seeing this movie. * Critics will laugh, hate and shred this film apart. * The movie will be a huge box office success. Since we’re classic read more
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY: Now…Unshred My Heart!
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 14, 2015
‘Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.’ Gosh, I dunno. I don’t know about that. I STILL struggle to reconcile that philosophy with my heart. Movies, you see, already have it alllll figured out. And since I willingly admit movies are smarter than read more
“OUT OF THE PAST” – TWITTERED
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 7, 2015
One of my favorite films of 1947 is “OUT OF THE PAST” which I write a little about it here if you scroll down. Mitchum takes his girlfriend for a ride and tells his tale in flashback. By the time he pulls up to his destination at Kirk Douglas’ Tahoe retreat, we (the audience) are read more
LIZABETH SCOTT
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 7, 2015
There’s nothing lonelier than being in a crowded West Village bar in Manhattan full of music, alcohol and conversation, and finding out one of your favorite actresses from ‘those old movies’ has passed away. LIZABETH SCOTT ( 9 / 29 / 1922 – 1 / 31 / 2015 ) That was my Friday night. What read more
NETWORK ( 1976 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 2, 2015
Well it’s Oscar time again. I’ve been watching the Oscar ceremonies since I was a little girl and saw Sidney Poitier and Julie Christie win their Academy Awards waaay back in the 60’s. I’ve been recording the ceremony every year since my 1983 VCR days. My Oscar-tradition is: lights out, read more
TWENTIETH CENTURY ( 1934 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Feb 1, 2015
“TWENTIETH CENTURY“ is a laugh out loud riot. I am not really a screwball comedy nerd, per se. Too wild, too frenetic, slow brain, I can’t keep up. But there’s something about “Twentieth Century” that just finally clicked with me. Maybe not with screwball read more
DUELING DIVAS: “Libeled Lady” vs. “Easy to Wed”
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Jan 31, 2015
This post is in conjunction with the 4th annual Dueling Divas Blogathon hosted by BACKLOTS, and I want to thank you Backlots for letting this “new blog on the block” participate. I’m entering a blogathon under my own steam this time around, having read more
“A CANTERBURY TALE” ( 1944 )
CineMaven's Essays from the Couch Posted by Theresa Brown on Jan 25, 2015
“A CANTERBURY TALE” ( 1944 ) – This movie is as much about feelings, emotions…longings, memories, as it is of plot points and solving a mystery. It takes its own sweet time moving the plot along. In no great hurry, it weaves and wends its way as you might, walking down a country road read more