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The different breeds of noir can end up creating a dark morass of shadows and fog, with little variety in-between that it’s remarkable that some noirs were able to stand out from the pack at all. Director Fritz Lang was a film noir maestro by the time The Big Heat was released – having read more

Technically, American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy stole my thunder on this with the recent announcement that Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon would take on the roles of Bette Davis and Joan Crawford in a television exploration of the making of Baby Jane called Feud. The early bird catches the w read more

Robert Taylor returns in this old-fashioned tale of forbidden love, miscegenation and fabulous fashions! Lady of the Tropics saw Taylor as a Hollywood star, paired up with actress Hedy Lamarr in her second Hollywood film, all directed by the fabulous Jack Conway who helmed the likes of Libeled Lady read more

To confess sins, whether in the cloistered confines of a confessional or the wide-open, if somewhat anonymous, world of the internet is to lay oneself bare. Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess presents confession as deceptive, dangerous, and deadly (the worst of the three “d’s”). Mo read more

This post is written as part of the 5 Movies on an Island Blogathon hosted by Classic Film and TV Cafe. Everyone has the movies they could kick back and live off of for the rest of their life. Whether it’s the films you watch when you’re sick, or the ones you’d save in a fire, you read more

The TCM Classic Film Festival left me behind on my Fridays With… series. The crop of Taylor films this month aren’t his best, but they’re a start.  We kick off this dive into the career of Robert Taylor with his first leading role. Movies are critiqued today if they’re incons read more

News in a nutshell: Lots and lots of news. Serves me right for not getting these out sooner! Anthology “auteur,” Ryan Murphy announced that his next project will be entitled Feud, focusing on the filming of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962) and the feud between stars Bette Davis a read more

Twilight Time, long the company providing beautiful Blu-ray transfers of oft-neglected titles, enters the giallo business with La Bambola di Satana or The Doll of Satan. Unlike the giallo work of luminaries like Mario Bava, The Doll of Satan is helmed by first (and last) time director Ferruccio Casa read more

Many use their last day at the TCM Classic Film Festival to fill up on movies or take it easy. I tend to go with the latter approach and this time it was even more important considering what I’d be doing that day. The day started with an early morning screening of the Douglas Sirk feature All read more

Donnie Dunagan and William Joyce It isn’t until Saturday that I watched my first pre-1960s movie. I’m a bad film festival attendee, I know. But it shows the power of the TCM Classic Film Festival that it can take a film you’ve watched several times before and helps you reevaluate i read more

Writing these recaps always feels at odds with other attendees’ because I attend an inordinate amount of screenings, content more to watch the once-in-a-lifetime panels and other press events. I had originally planned on going to The More the Merrier (1943) since I wasn’t able to get on read more

The TCM Classic Film Festival has finally arrived! This is my Christmas, Super Bowl, and family reunion all rolled into one. For many, myself included, it’s what we save and wait for all year. I’ll be chronicling my adventures in Los Angeles both here and at my new sister site, Ticklish read more

You’ll notice this month’s TCM Top Ten doesn’t start till after the TCM Classic Film Festival. Sure, I’ll be getting my fair share of films, but I’d hate to miss something on the channel so I’m keeping everything safe (not that there weren’t great choices). read more

We conclude Fridays With Mary Pickford and….I can’t say I ended up with a positive impression of her. As one of my friends said, Pickford was a trailblazer but her acting doesn’t quite withstand the test of time. Stella Maris wasn’t intended to be my entry into Pickford’ read more

News in a nutshell: getTV adds more shows to their lineup, the UCLA Film and Television Archive has a new slate of films, and what’s new on DVD and Blu-ray. getTV is even more dedicated to giving audiences rare television shows they can’t watch anywhere else (and I maintain my cable co read more

My Foolish Heart’s claim to fame is being the first and last adaptation of a story by author J.D. Salinger. Salinger was so horrified by the resulting adaptation of “Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut” that he refused all studio offers to adapt his works again…so maybe it’s n read more

The 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival is only a week away – you should hear me yelling out the days at home – and, once again, I’ll be covering the festival as a TCM Social Producer. Whether you’ll be attending the fest itself or living vicariously through me, here’s the f read more

Hollywood loves the simplicity of recycling. What works for one star will surely work for another, and so it was when the studio discovered another pint-sized sprite with sausage curls: Shirley Temple. Temple was groomed and marketed as the next Mary Pickford so it stands to reason many of Temple read more

The beginnings of the 1960s saw the sun set on the Western audiences were used to seeing. John Wayne going off to bring back Natalie Wood had only happened two years prior, but even by then the questions raised about the treatment of Native Americans and the growing revolution defining the new gener read more

It’s a shame that every classic film fan can’t attend the TCM Classic Film Festival in two weeks. Maybe a few prizes can alleviate the gloom? Yes, you heard that right – I’ll be giving away a Warner Archive prize pack of three mystery titles to one lucky reader. All you have read more