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Because Labor Day is considered the unofficial end of Summer, I spent most of my weekend celebrating in the surf at Santa Monica Beach.  I wasn't the only one...this is one of the busiest times of the year along the ocean.  Tourists come from all over the world to visit and locals pour in read more

In the 1932 film "If I Had a Million," a cantankerous millionaire (Richard Bennett, the real-life father of actresses Constance and Joan Bennett) decides to stiff his greedy relatives and leave a million dollars to eight people picked at random from the city directory. It was a big year for "all-st read more

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are about to begin a film series in celebration of Universal's 100th anniversary with special movie theater presentations of four newly restored Universal classics. On Wednesday, September 19, "The Birds is coming" - again - and Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 read more

Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events are about to begin a film series in celebration of Universal's 100th anniversary with special movie theater presentations of four newly restored Universal classics. On Wednesday, September 19, "The Birds is coming" - again - and Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 read more

Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle: A Birthday Tribute Labels: Dorothy Parker, Harpo Marx, MRS. PARKER AND THE VICIOUS CIRCLE (1994), Tallulah Bankhead, The Algonquin Round Table Yesterday, August 22nd, Dorothy "Dotty" Rothschild Parker (1893-1967) would have been 119 years o read more

It's always incredible to me how few people know Kay Francis.  Even those who do know her seem to fail at recognizing and appreciating just how much she contributed to classic cinema as well as to today's fashion.  There is no question that Kay was a style star and consistently so in every read more

I wish I could go on a vacation with Clark  Since the coming of summer in Quebec City we have been more than spoiled of superb weather and sunny days. In fact, since I moved in my house, July 1st, there have been so few rain that my lawn is practically just dust. However, since our Hone read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

You can't talk about the 1932 film "What Price Hollywood?" without dishing some Hollywood dirt -- that the plot, for instance, was inspired by the real-life marriage of rising star Colleen Moore and producer John McCormick, or that Lowell Sherman based his portrayal of dipsomaniac director Max Carey read more

I thought it was time to put my entry to the Film Classics writing competition. It wasn't my best effort, but it was in an area that I am most passionate about and was awarded in the top ten. If anyone has any opinions on it can they put them at the bottom. Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Movie read more

photo by Jack Cardiff One chilly winter morning in 1953, a 15-year-old boy took a bus from his home in New Jersey to New York City in search of adventure. Times Square epitomized his concept of the city at that time and so he roamed the neighborhood until daylight began to fade. As he made his wa read more

photo by Jack Cardiff One chilly winter morning in 1953, a 15-year-old boy took a bus from his home in New Jersey to New York City in search of adventure. Times Square embodied his conception of the city at the time and so he roamed the neighborhood until daylight began to fade. As he made his wa read more

A família de Tarzan Direto das selvas para o mundo todo através de quadrinhos, filmes e séries, o personagem Tarzan alcançou fama mundial. Pouco importava se no cinema da década de 1930 os efeitos especiais fossem bizarros e os animais muito esquisitos; não houve menino que não sonhou read more

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its 2012 Summer Under the Stars program with an all-day celebration of John Wayne on August 1, which will thrill some classic movies fans and irritate others. John Wayne has always been a polarizing figure – people either love him or hate him. Younger women, in read more

Turner Classic Movies kicks off its 2012 Summer Under the Stars program with an all-day celebration of John Wayne on August 1, which will thrill some classic movies fans and irritate others. John Wayne has always been a polarizing figure – people either love him or hate him. Younger women, in read more

Every year in August, Turner Classic Movies presents its popular month-long salute to 31 stars, each honored with a full 24 hours devoted exclusively to their films. August 2012 marks the movie channel’s 10th annual Summer Under the Stars celebration and among those being showcased for the fir read more

Every year in August, Turner Classic Movies presents its popular month-long salute to 31 stars, each honored with a full 24 hours devoted exclusively to their films. August 2012 marks the movie channel’s 10th annual Summer Under the Stars celebration and among those being showcased for the fir read more

This is my contribution to the 'Great Recasting Blogathon': Like most of the classic film bloggers, I had a problem finding a post-1965 movie that I loved enough and had enough knowledge of to recast. My other issue was that at the beginning I made the decision that I was going to change the fil read more

Bodega School House Eye on the Bay, a feature of KPIX, CBS’s San Francisco TV outlet, was recently on the trail of director Alfred Hitchcock, traveling around the Bay Area to take an up-close look at locations used in his films. The 20-minute piece, Hitchcock Step-By-Step, focuses on sites read more

Bodega School House Eye on the Bay, a feature of KPIX, CBS’s San Francisco TV outlet, was recently on the trail of director Alfred Hitchcock, traveling around the Bay Area to take an up-close look at locations used in his films. The 20-minute piece, Hitchcock Step-By-Step, focuses on sites read more