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 2023 #ClassicFilmReading ChallengeMay 20th to September 15th, 2023It's my honor to announce that the 2023 #ClassicFilmReading Challenge is now live! Every year I host this challenge to encourage you to read and review six classic film books this summer/winter (depending on which hemispher read more

I usually start to bawl towards the end. I try to keep a brave face and make it through the whole thing without a tear but it's usually the big name towards the end, the one they dwell on for a little more time that gets to me. This year it was a bit different. As soon as they showed Dennis Hopper t read more

If you haven't already signed up for TCM's streaming service FilmStruck now is the best time. FilmStruck, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Digital, will be adding hundreds of classic movies to the service. And to celebrate beloved movies from the Golden Age of Hollywood, TCM Select will offer stre read more

The construction of United Nations Secretariat building in New York City, New York was completed in 1952. Although it is in New York and activities that happen on the premise are under state and local jurisdiction, the land on which this building stands is considered international territory. The edi read more

My Cinefest lanyard and booklet The grand finale of Cinefest was bittersweet for many. Regulars and newcomers alike felt the pang of sorrow coupled with the excitement of seeing old friends, meeting new ones and being treated to rare cinematic treasures. My trip to Cinefest was my first and last read more

Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot 9780307453211 Hardcover 368 pages October 2011 Crown Archetype (Random House) I don't remember the names of many biographers but Marc Eliot stands out for me. I've read Eliot's biographies on Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Both were excellent, well-written an read more

The stripes are invisible because even though they are no longer in jail, they will never be free. Invisible Stripes (1939) watches a lot like another Bogie movie that came out that same year: Roaring Twenties (1939). Instead of James Cagney and Bogie coming home from World War I you have George read more

The year was 1963 and Columbia Pictures was in a pickle. They had two Cold War movies currently in production that basically told the same story but in very different ways. One was Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a farce based on the otherwise read more

Greer Garson, racehorses “All of a sudden I found myself in a race to get the sports pages in the morning.” – Greer Garson In 1948 Greer Garson met Buddy Fogelson, a man of many trades including horse and cattle breeding. They married in 1949 and were together until FogelsonR read more

Photo by Sammy Davis Jr. by Burt Boyar ISBN 9780061146053 Hardcover It Books February 2007 "Jerry [Lewis] gave me my first important camera, my first 35 millimeter during the Ciro's period, early '50s... I met Milton [Greene]. He got me involved with serious photography and using available light." read more

 I'm excited to share the first round-up of reviews for this year's Classic Film Reading Challenge. I'm so impressed with the reviews in this batch. A wide variety of selections and there are some very thorough reviews as well as great YouTube videos from Lee, Andy and Robert! Chris and Andy ar read more

A coworker mentioned to me back in May that the Somerville Theater was showcasing a Buster Keaton film festival. I thought she may have confused that with the Charlie Chaplin festival they were having. I put it out of my mind until I saw something in a local town blog about the Somerville Theater sh read more

This week marks Out of the Past's 6th Blog Anniversary! I would like to celebrate by hosting a 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge. Your challenge, if you choose to accept, is to read up to 6 classic film related books this summer. You can read 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 books total but your ch read more

WOW! This is by far the biggest review round-up yet! The Summer Reading Challenge participants have been busy reading some great books and sharing their thoughts about them online. And yes I read every single review. I've been loving the range of books chosen and review styles. I encourage you to do read more

Ernest Borgnine (1917-2012) Hearing the news today broke my heart. I'll miss you buddy. I loved your big goofy grin, it always lit up the screen. And you were such a great character actor. Thank you for all the wonderful entertainment over the years. read more

Hollywood Digs: An Archaeology of Shadows by Ken LaZebnik Kelly's Cove Press ISBN: 9780989166447 Paperback March 2014 Hollywood Digs seeks to do what an archaeologist does when excavating a site: dig up material and put it into the context of human history. Film and television writer Ken LaZebnik read more

I can't believe the TCM Classic Film Festival is in two weeks! And this year I get to go. Woah!!! I have been fairly quiet about the festival because frankly I have been in an extended state of disbelief. After I booked the passes, I still didn't believe I was going. Then I booked the hotel and sti read more

Directed by Camille Hardman and Gary Lane, Still Working 9 to 5 (2022) chronicles the making of 9 to 5 (1980), its impact on our culture and its legacy while also examining the continued struggle women face in the workplace.In the late 1970s, a movement was gaining steam. With ev read more

Cue the Gilligan’s Island theme song! We’re going on... a three hour tour... a three hour tour. On the morning before the TCM festival, members of the media hopped on board the TCM & Starline bus for a three hour tour of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We saw roughly 50 movie locations a read more

TCM 20th Anniversary Photo Booth and Interview Back Drop Day two at the TCM Classic Film Festival was the first day of festival activities. It was such a whirlwind! The day started off at the Chinese Multiplex theater. TCM staff was setting up the lobby with an anniversary photo booth and a charg read more