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Ticklish Business #20: TCMFF Audio, Vol. 1
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Apr 17, 2017
Listen to my exclusive audio from the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival. In this episode you’ll hear introductions with Cari Beauchamp, Rose McGowan and Michael Douglas, as well as my interviews with Keir Dullea and Wyatt McCrea. If you listen via iTunes, please consider leaving a rating and revi read more
My TCM Classic Film Festival Coverage
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Apr 12, 2017
This year’s TCM Classic Film Festival coverage is a little different. My pass this year was granted to me as part of my work with Culturess, so if you’d like to hear a blow-by-blow of what I did and saw during TCMFF, click the following links. Stay tuned to Journeys in Classic Film over read more
North by Northwest (1959)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Apr 12, 2017
If you’ve looked at my previous coverage on Alfred Hitchcock then you’re aware of the glaring omissions in his filmography for me. Well, cross one of the biggies off the list for I’ve finally seen North by Northwest. Hitchcock’s Bond-esque story of the man who wasn’t th read more
The Lake Update for April
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Apr 5, 2017
As you’re reading this I’ll be winging my way down to cover the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival for another year as press. You’ll want to check out my coverage both here and at Culturess where I’ll be posting as many reviews and photos as I can without dying from exhaustion. A read more
The TCM Top 10 for April 2017
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 31, 2017
My TCM consumption will be on overdrive this month as I wing my way down to L.A. for the TCM Classic Film Festival. However, that’s no reason not to watch TCM before and after my return. Or, if you can’t attend, you can get a small slice of the festival through the programming. Let me kn read more
Ticklish Business: Episode #19 – Gone With the Wind (1939)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 30, 2017
After several weeks of hype pop culture writer Terence Johnson joins me to talk about Rhett and Scarlett (and how much we hate Leslie Howard as Ashley) in 1939’s Gone With the Wind. Please consider leaving the podcast a rating and review on iTunes, or visit my Patreon page to find out more abo read more
My TCM Classic Film Festival Must-Sees
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 23, 2017
It’s that time again, when I prep myself for four classic-film soaked days as I race around Hollywood. It’s the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival! In spite of complaints that always tend to pop up, this year’s film festival will be my most challenging yet. Remember all those times I m read more
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 20, 2017
Zorro is one of those characters I’m aware of, but have never actively watched any of the myriad films or television shows featuring him and his feared “Z” mark. Best known to fans in his 1957 Disney television series, Zorro is a Latin Robin Hood with a healthy dose of what would s read more
Ticklish Business – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 6, 2017
Guest Danita Steinberg of the What About Meryl podcast and I talk Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Listening via iTunes? Consider helping Ticklish Business by leaving a rating and review. Interested in getting episodes early or getting your favorite film on the show? C read more
A Tribute to Robert Osborne
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 6, 2017
This is a post I never wanted to write. Death is inevitable, but for those of us who entrench ourselves in the classic film world are even more aware of it. The people we love have been dead for years or are old enough that prepping for their demise is a constant fear. TCM fans live on the edge of a read more
An Affair to Remember (1957)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Mar 1, 2017
Modern day romantic films have salted me on the romances of the classics. Raised on a steady diet of reductive and trite ways to “win” someone’s heart can leave one cynical, and it’s only through watching the right romances of the studio era that you uncover that well of admi read more
The Lake Update for March 2017
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 28, 2017
Greetings and salutations, friends! March is the month I call the calm before the storm. If I’m lucky, I’ll be winging my way down to L.A. to cover the TCM Classic Film Festival in just four short weeks. Until then it’s business at usual. If you’ve noticed the blog still isn& read more
The TCM Top 10 For March
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 28, 2017
The sun is shining depending on what part of the country you’re living in, and springtime is in arriving. If you’re like me March is simply known as “the month I need to get through before TCMFF arrives.” There were several great films worth spotlighting this month, but these read more
Ticklish Business – Dial M for Murder (1954)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 21, 2017
Peter of the Podstalgic podcast joins me to talk about Grace Kelly’s career and her performance in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock drama, Dial M for Murder.
NEXT TIME: Special guest Danita Steinberg and I talk about 1962’s Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
Listening via iTunes? Please consider l read more
All This, And Heaven Too (1940)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 20, 2017
Often imitated, never duplicated, Gone with the Wind‘s massive success in 1939 saw every studio attempt to find their own literary epic to adapt in the hopes of sweeping up awards (and box office dollars). Warner Bros., known for its conservatism went full-steam ahead with their take on Rachel read more
Pitfall (1948)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 17, 2017
There’s a formula to film noirs, and while not strictly enforced there are particular elements one looks for – the morally ambiguous hero, interplay between light and shadow, an evil femme fatale. It is both this adherence to and divergence from convention that makes director Andre de To read more
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 15, 2017
The Phantom of Crestwood is the equivalent of watching a radio serial play out on-screen. Maybe that’s because it was! As the film’s introduction states, the series was broadcast via radio with the final episode, solving the murder, revealed in the film. Call it deceptive or ingenious, T read more
Women He’s Undressed (2015)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 13, 2017
ZZ Top once sang “Every girl’s crazy ’bout a sharp-dressed man.” Costume designer Orry-Kelly was Hollywood’s most sharp-dressed man, whose techniques swathed several legendary leading ladies in their best finery. Women He’s Undressed, premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival read more
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 10, 2017
To many, Tab Hunter’s name doesn’t inspire any recognition. But for those who enjoy obscure and studio era cinema, Hunter’s both an intriguing outcast who made quite the career comeback through the work of John Waters, as well as the perfect representation of the 1950s leading man. read more
Ticklish Business – Top 3 Cary Grant Films
Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Feb 3, 2017
Special guest The Vern and I honor Cary Grant on his birthday by discussing our top 3 favorite Grant films. Want to support the show or pick episode content? Consider supporting me via Patreon. NEXT TIME: Grace Kelly gets the birthday treatment as my special guest and I look at her work in Dial M fo read more