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Anne Bancroft: A Life Douglass K. Daniel University Press of Kentucky, 2017 Though she acted for decades, on the stage, screen and television, Anne Bancroft will forever be known as Mrs. Robinson. That role in The Graduate (1967) ensured her immortality. A best actress Oscar for The Miracle Worker read more

The nights are growing longer and it is time for ghostly tales of Hallowe'en. Cozy up with your favourite horror author of past or present, slip that familiar Universal or Hammer feature into the DVD player or schedule your life around TCMs spooky movie line-up. Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) read more

The nights are growing longer and it is time for ghostly tales of Hallowe'en. Cozy up with your favourite horror author of past or present, slip that familiar Universal or Hammer feature into the DVD player or schedule your life around TCMs spooky movie line-up. Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) read more

TCM is airing a two-day tribute to producer/director George Pal on Wednesday and Thursday. The lineup includes the science-fiction classic The Time Machine starring Rod Taylor. TCM is airing a tribute to pioneering producer/director George Pal on Wednesday and Thursday. There's a documentary abou read more

Kirk Douglas as Dempsey. Borden Chase penned some of the most important Westerns in film history, to include: John Ford's Red River plus the Anthony Mann-James Stewart collaborations Winchester '73, Bend of the River, and The Far Country. He co-wrote the screenplay for Man Without a Star (1955 read more

Kirk Douglas as Dempsey. Borden Chase penned some of the most important Westerns in film history, to include: Howard Hawks' Red River plus the Anthony Mann-James Stewart collaborations Winchester '73, Bend of the River, and The Far Country. He co-wrote the screenplay for Man Without a Star&nbs read more

My friend from Australia, Crystal Kalyana Pacey, created this collage of Carole Lombard in honor of the 109th anniversary of her birth today. A job well done! read more

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. There are better entries in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series. In fact, when I ranked all twelve films from best to worst in 2009, Terror By Night came in #6--and, after viewing it again recently, that still feels right. But it h read more

Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. There are better entries in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series. In fact, when I ranked all twelve films from best to worst in 2009, Terror By Night came in #6--and, after viewing it again recently, that still feels right. But it h read more

This past Sunday, we ran this relatively unknown photo of Carole Lombard, apparently the last one ever taken of her. It was taken the evening of Jan. 15, 1942 at the Columbia Club in downtown Indianapolis, which she briefly visited before heading to the airport.The version running today includes a c read more

Giving films a second chance… On October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 By CarolIn Uncategorized Lately, I’ve been re-watching movies I didn’t particularly like when I first saw them, because I like to give movies a second chance. I don’ read more

This image of Carole Lombard with her mother, Elizabeth Peters, following the war bond rally at the Cadle Tabernacle in Indianapolis on Jan. 15, 1942 has long been regarded as the final picture of the star. Lombard and her mother were among those killed in a plane crash in Nevada the following day.A read more

TCM is featuring some of old Hollywood's most memorable movie monsters on Tuesday. The lineup includes Boris Karloff as Frankenstein's monster (photo above) in Frankenstein (1931) and The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). On Tuesday, TCM is airing a night of movies featuring some of the best Universa read more

TCM is airing a night of Dracula films on Sunday. The lineup includes Bela Lugosi in the 1931 Universal Pictures horror film. TCM is starting off October with a lineup of horror films featuring movie monster Dracula. There's also a great daytime lineup of movies about space invaders and an evening read more

Every once in a while when you are watching a film you probably find yourself proclaiming, "Hey! These two actors also played together in [fill in the blank]!"  Well, like you, the bloggers behind The Flapper Dame and Phyllis Loves Classic Movies experienced this, too, and so they decided to read more

Here’s a forthcoming movie that couldn’t be further away from film noir: a feature-length documentary about the great astronomical artist (and so much more) Chesley Bonestell. I’ve adored Bonestell’s work since childhood, and quite a few years back was privileged to be the ed read more

The 1960s have come represent a decade in turmoil, and that’s true.  With Vietnam, political and racial unrest, it doesn’t appear too far removed from our current times; but in the heart of the sixties, Beatlemania took over and defined the decade.  A Hard Day’s Night was the Beatles’ first read more

TCM is airing a night of films on Friday that were on a recent BBC list of The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time. Some Like It Hot starring Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon (pictured above) was No. 1 on that list. TCM is airing a an evening of films that were included on a recent BBC list of The 100 G read more

But I’m a Cheerleader is too short. It runs eighty-five minutes, which would be fine if the narrative fit into director Babbit’s affected, aspirationally camp style. But Brian Peterson’s script is front heavy. And Jules Labarthe’s cinematography is too flat. Rachel Kamerman’s production design read more

Natalie Wood was like looking at the sun. Just staring at her in photographs the luminosity burns out of her. Her daughter Natasha has described her as tough when necessary, but always present and loving. It’s often easy to overshadow Wood’s life and career in the wake of her tragic deat read more