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"You can call me Kit, or you can call me Franklin, or you can call me Franklyn, or you can call me Austin ..." Of all the actors who appeared in 1930s movies, David Manners (1900-98) was certainly one of them. Today he is best known for playing the straight man in monster movies like "Dracula," "T read more

Actress Jeanne Eagels, one of the great legends of early 20th century American theater, became the toast of the New York stage by the time she was 30. She most famously originated the role of Sadie Thompson on Broadway in John Colton's Rain (based on a Somerset Maugham short story); the play ultimat read more

"You can call me Kit, or you can call me Franklin, or you can call me Franklyn, or you can call me Austin ..." Of all the actors who appeared in 1930s movies, David Manners (1900-98) was certainly one of them. Today he is best known for playing the straight man in monster movies like "Dracula," "T read more

Actress Jeanne Eagels, one of the great legends of early 20th century American theater, became the toast of the New York stage by the time she was 30. She most famously originated the role of Sadie Thompson on Broadway in John Colton's Rain (based on a Somerset Maugham short story); the play ultimat read more

A tip of the hat to Scott E. Weinberg for pointing me towards this one. Filmmaker Adam Green does a Halloween-related short film every year. This year’s related directly to the film Halloween and is very funny. There are other videos on the site as Green has made 14 such films. Enjoy! Follow t read more

Well, hey now, it’s Friday. Thanks to the magic of the interwebs, Pretty Clever Film Gal appears to be feverishly working at PCF Headquarters and she isn’t. Ha! Currently, she’s in an undisclosed location, playing gin rummy with Dick Cheney. Ok, not really, but I’m really no read more

Time travel.  You can go forwards in time, backwards, you can go side ways (you stay in the same time ((most of the time…pardon the pun), you simply change locations)), and you can experience alternate realties. In almost every film there is some element of time travel. Metropolis is one read more

One of the most popular features at the Cafe is our "A to Z" list. This month, we tackle film noir--a daunting task because there so many good ones. For example, for "D", we could have gone with any of the following:  The Dark Corner, Dark City, Detour, Desperate Hours, or Drive a Crooked Road. read more

I honestly cannot say that I watch that many music videos anymore. In part, because the two channels initially created in part to broadcast them scarcely do anymore. The other reason is that, at least with many popular music acts, videos are virtually bereft of narrative and scarcely events any more read more

Breaking news: I’ve just been informed it’s Friday. Seriously, this almost slipped past me. Granted I’ve been caught up in trying to find footage of the debate that Mitt Romney “won,” because surely everyone else is talking about a different debate than the one I saw. read more

Over the last decade, Internet film sites have displaced reference books as the primary source of classic film information. While I appreciate having access to an expansive virtual library, I always approach its content with some caution. Popular sources, such as the Internet Movie Data Base and Wik read more

David Michôd is a writer/director (and also actor) who has made his presence known to me through a few very intriguing, if not quite brilliant shorts. He also has a co-writing credit on last year’s Hesher, which is quite impressive. His two shorts can be found below. Bear in mind both contain read more

David Michôd is a writer/director (and also actor) who has made his presence known to me through a few very intriguing, if not quite brilliant shorts. He also has a co-writing credit on last year’s Hesher, which is quite impressive. His two shorts can be found below. Bear in mind both contain read more

It’s shaping up to be a fantastic week for the classic film fan, especially the ones who live in Toronto. First, we get the totally fab news that Blancanieves is Spain’s official nom for Best Foreign Language Film at next year’s Oscars. Stay tuned for wider North American release! read more

It’s shaping up to be a fantastic week for the classic film fan, especially the ones who live in Toronto. First, we get the totally fab news that Blancanieves is Spain’s official nom for Best Foreign Language Film at next year’s Oscars. Stay tuned for wider North American release! read more

The 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival is seven months away. But that’s not stopping me from getting excited. And this new promo from TCM, just released today, is only making it worse. Or better, depending upon your perspective. For some background on the event, and tips for film bloggers seeking read more

The countdown has begun. Turner Classic Movies has announced the dates for the next installment of the hugely popular TCM Classic Film Festival: April 25 – 28, 2013 in Hollywood. The Roosevelt Hotel on Hollywood Blvd. will once again serve as TCMFF command central, home to the “Club TCM& read more

An entire blog series can be created just for the shorts of Charles “Charlie” Chaplin, and I plan to do this for the next month starting with the letter ‘C’…maybe I should choose a different time. Regardless, Chaplin made his film debut in the appropriately titled, Maki read more

The Month in Film is going up a few days early as Halloween will be starting soon.  My movie totals continue to fall with school in full swing, although in my defense I’m still shocked I have time to write reviews and see movies at all.  We’re down significantly from last month and any read more

Margaret Hamilton plays the creepy housekeeper in 13 Ghosts. Good Haunted Housekeeping: The Housekeeper in the Gothic Film Tradition The Gothic tradition features a host of particularly striking stock characters. We have the mysterious first wife, whether missing, mad, or murdered, the read more