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I had the opportunity to see Those Redheads from Seattle at the TCM Film Festival this year, but it is so much more appropriate that I saw it for the first time in Seattle, the city where it premiered at the Paramount Theater in 1953. Last night Robert Furmanek, archivist and founder of the 3D Film read more

I started my 43rd Seattle International Film Festival experience yesterday with a pair of films that could hardly be more different. The Marx Brothers classic Animal Crackers is familiar to many classic film fans, while the experimental documentary Dawson City: Frozen Time is a mysterious work, full read more

This is a great year for documentaries of interest to classic film fans at the Seattle International Film Festival. In this first week of the festival I will be attending Dawson City: Frozen in Time (2016), a film about the discovery of a stash of nitrate films in Yukon territory. In the weeks to c read more

In honor of National Classic Movie Day I’m participating in the Five Stars Blogathon hosted by the Classic Film and TV Cafe. Be sure to check out the other fine contributors here. Ask any two classic film fans to name the film stars that opened their mind to cinema of the Golden Era and neithe read more

Five Stars blogathon - My Top 5 classic film stars Happy National Classic Movie Day! Para a celebração deste ano do Dia Nacional do Cinema Clássico, o Rick do Classic Film and TV Café nos pediu algo quase impossível: que escolhêssemos as cinco estrelas de cinema antigo que mais amamos. read more

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Favorite Film and TV Homes Blogathon running from May 5th to 7th. This is going to be fun.  Day 1   Day 2   Day 3 I am one who ascribes to the thoughts of the private consulting detective Sherlock read more

Phyllis Loves Classic Movies and Love Letters to Old Hollywood are hosting The Favorite Film and TV Homes Blogathon running from May 5th to 7th. This is going to be fun.  Day 1     I am one who ascribes to the thoughts of the private consulting detective Sherlock Holmes when he re read more

I am beyond excited that it is almost time for Seattle International Film Festival! This year the event will run from May 18 to June 11. My hometown festival is one of the largest and most diverse in the world with over 400 films, which encompass a rich variety of cultures and perspectives. Even cov read more

It's that time again! I'm back at the Annenberg Beach House next week for the last in my HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM series with a talk that celebrates iconic 1970s and 1980s style. Tuesday, May 9th THE STYLE ESSENTIALS: HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM 1970s-1980s 6:30 pm - 8:00 pmGuest speakerAnnen read more

This sixteen-day festival — in honor of the late Allan Fish, cineaste par excellence — will be running on the excellent cinema (and other stuff) website Wonders in the Dark on May 11-26: click on the image or HERE for further details of the impressive line-up of contributing writers. Fo read more

Book Review Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool Peter Turner Picador, 2017 (Originally published 1986) In 1978, an English actor named Peter Turner met the film star Gloria Grahame in the UK, where she was performing in a play. Nearly thirty years his senior, she intrigued the young man. They became read more

More 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival audio with the likes of Edgar Wright, Peter Bogdanovich, Todd Fisher and more. If you’re listening via iTunes consider leaving a rating and review. Or, if you’d like to support the podcast in other ways, check out my Patreon page. NEXT TIME: A special read more

And another installment of Todd’s useful roundup of great movie and other a/v writing on the intertubes. Click HERE to be taken to Todd’s Sweet Freedom site and all the individual links. A. J. Jacobs: Alabama actresses before 1960 Alice Chang: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Anne read more

Charlie Chaplin once said, "A day without laughter is a day wasted." If this is the case, then there was not a day wasted at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival (TCMFF). The theme was Make 'Em Laugh: Comedy in the Movies and the programming - which delivered comedies from every era and everything read more

“Hey, this detective work is really fun!” Harper is the rare case of a film whose literary origin and cinematic style come from the same source. It was adapted from Ross Macdonald’s novel The Moving Target, which, upon publication in 1949, was a blatant attempt at emulating the private read more

For four days in May, twelve mostly rare films noir from eleven countries around the world will screen at San Francisco's Roxie Theater in the heart of the city's Mission District. The event, A Rare Noir is Good to Find 2, is the second international film noir festival to be presented at the Roxie b read more

Navigating a film festival is a skill, and each one has its own character. After four years of having a great time at TCM Classic Film Festival, but making all sorts of mistakes, I have finally determined the perfect formula for making the most of these four days. In essence: I have learned to relax read more

Ever been in the dumps? Filled with fear and anxiety? Depressed? Unworthy? Overcome by heartache? Who hasn't? Getting past the pain is rough, but if you love movies, you know they can be downright therapeutic. Film has gotten me through some of the roughest patches in my life. Trouble is read more

What a shame that Club TCM exists for only four days out of the year, a sort of Brigadoon of classic film fan hang-outs. Of course, I'd never leave if I had year-round access. Housed in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, the club serves as a meeting place and event location for TCM Classic Film Festival read more

I enjoyed my overall viewing experience at the TCM Classic Film Festival this year more than I had before. My schedule felt better balanced this year. It was fascinating to see films on nitrate, I enjoyed some flicks I hadn't seen or heard much of before (Panique, So This is Paris, Cock of the Air, read more