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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

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

Classic television and memorable cars have a long history together. Who can forget My Mother the Car, in which Jerry Van Dyke's mom was reincarnated as--yes--a car (a 1928 Porter voiced by Ann Sothern)? Police cars earned title credits in Car 54, Where Are You? and Adam-12. Even cartoons got in read more

Hitchcock has appeared briefly in each of his films since 1926's The Lodger, in which his appearance was simply to "fill the screen." Often, he can be glimpsed as a passer-by, usually showing up near the beginning of a film (so viewers don't get distracted looking for him). It was tough to single ju read more

The "Golden Era of Movie Gimmicks" was in the late 1950s and 1960s when producer William Castle came up with some very innovative ways to lure audiences to his low-budget thrillers and horror films. Although Castle remains the undisputed King of Gimmicks, there were memorable ones before and after h read more

In terms of longevity, Alfred Hitchcock Presents was the most successful American television anthology series. It ran from 1955 to 1962 in a half-hour format and then from 1962 to 1965 as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour. The list below includes only the 268 half-hour episodes. Barbara Bel Geddes l read more

Leslie Stevens and Joseph Stefano (who wrote the screenplay for Psycho) were the creative talents behind the best sci fi anthology of the 1960s (maybe of all time). The concept was that each show would stay within the confines of the science fiction genre and feature a “bear”— read more

What is there to say about Marilyn Monroe that hasn’t already been said?  Fifty years after her untimely death, Marilyn’s star is still as bright as it ever was.  But for all the hype surrounding Marilyn’s image, the one thing I don’t think she gets nearly enough credit for read more

Trying to sift through all 156 episodes of The Twilight Zone and pick just the five best episodes is rather daunting. Plus, it opens one up to mass criticism because TZ fans are passionate about their favorite episodes. But this is the start of our annual "Five Best" month at the read more

Clara posing for Dancing Mothers Of all of the people that I share a birthday with, Clara Bow is definitely my favorite. She was a beautiful woman and an amazing actress, but led an unfortunately less-than-perfect life. Sunday marked 105 years since she was born, so to round off July’s Tuesday read more

As one might expect, the pioneers of motion pictures (being photographers themselves) often used the photographing process itself as a plot device within their films. With the evolution of prank-based comedies towards slaptick, a natural transition existed for these meta-ish films to introduce situa read more

George Dewey Cukor was born on July 7, 1899. Had he been born superhuman (which, in terms of talent, he was), last Saturday would have been his 113th birthday. Though he was replaced as the director of the legendary 1939 film Gone with the Wind, Cukor would go on to become a legend in his own right, read more

“I Walked With A Zombie” isn’t the only strange adaptation of “Jane Eyre.”  There have been 16 movies, 4 radio plays, 11 made-for-TV-movies, a graphic novel, and at least 15 books.  Out of all of those versions, here are the five weirdest: Where oh where is my Oscar?  How could you give read more

Fans of classic horror films will love the next London Film Memorabilia Convention with its mix of dealers from all over the world specialising in vintage and modern film and television memorabilia – film stills, monster magazines, rare dvds, movie posters, autographs and more!  There will also read more

Armand Dranem Performs Five O’Clock Tea (by J. Combe / D. Berniaux) in this phonoscene by Alice Guy. This early form of music video was created using a chronophone recording of Dranem, who was then filmed “lip singing”. Guy would film phonoscenes of all three major Belle Époque cel read more

As the Classic Horror Campaign prepares to launch the UKs newest and most exciting horror event The Frighten Brighton Classic Horror Film Festival taking place this summer we thought we’d bring you some interesting factoids about the event and its organisers! You can buy your all-day passe read more

Which came first – the chicken or the egg? This age old question can be adapted to suit many things, including my own entertainment consumption habits. I love watching adapted films and comparing them to the original work, in which case the novel/novella/story/poem obviously comes first. But t read more

Today is a bittersweet day. I took a little trip to the library and picked up five films I’m very excited to watch, but I’m also a bit sad, because TMP’s Through the Library series will be finished once these are watched! You may have noticed that in order to complete the alphabet, read more

Last week I explained how I came to love classic film, and mentioned that my family had a lot to do with it – my grandparents, in particular. Here are five films that they introduced me to during my childhood that became favorites, and that remain favorites today (listed in no particular order read more