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Me on the red carpet My fourth TCMFF was by far my best. I really pushed myself to do things outside of my comfort zone like filming with TCM and doing red carpet interviews. I also gave myself a lot more wiggle room in my schedule which allowed for more sleeping and eating. Our hotel was close b read more

John Sturges’ Never So Few (1959) is part WWII drama and part exotic melodrama. Inspired by true events, it follows the story of American and British troops in Burma (now Myanmar) working on an attack on the Japanese but are in turn attacked by Chinese guerrillas. The troop is l read more

One service that has been integral to my life as a classic film enthusiast is DVD Netflix. Over the years I’ve come to rely on the DVD rental service to enrich my life with classic movies but also contemporary, indie and foreign ones too. (And TV shows, lots of TV shows!) Before I share my own read more

Guy Kibbee. Photo source: Getty Images Guy Kibbee is a beloved silver screen figure among many contemporary classic film fans, myself included. Just hearing his name brings me joy. I know whenever Guy Kibbee appears in the credits of a movie that I'm in for a real treat. Kibbee was a Warner Bros. read more

What do classic movie fans do when they want to pursue their passion in other avenues? They wear vintage clothes and shoes. They style their hair in mid-century up-dos or slicked back styles. They collect big band albums and jazz records. They frequent estate sales and thrift shops. They attend hist read more

Hank & Jim The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott Eyman Hardcover ISBN: 9781501102172 Simon & Schuster October 20017 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells Their friendship was an oxymoron. They were polar opposites and they were two peas in a pod. Act read more

Here is a selection of classic film related books due to go on sale this Fall. A few of them are previously published and either being reissued or put into paperback but pretty much all of them are new. I will be reviewing a selection of them here in the coming months so stay tuned. Nicholas Ray: read more

City of stars  Are you shining just for me?  City of stars  There's so much that I can't see If ever there was a contemporary movie that could charm its way into the hearts of classic film fans it's La La Land (2016). Based on an original screenplay by filmmaker Damien Chazelle,& read more

Lillian Gish and Bette Davis in The Whales of August  (1987) "Passion and truth -- that's all we need." - Sarah Sometimes you need strong voices to tell a quiet story. Actresses Lillian Gish and Bette Davis were two forces to be reckoned with in the film industry. Gish and Davis helped read more

"First guy who moves gets a belly full of lead." Jim Henry (Richard Conte) was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Jim meets with a fellow Marine in Las Vegas to discuss fixing up his seaside home that's been flooded by rising waters. While in Sin City he meets temperamental model Terry Sm read more

In July, Carlos and I traveled from Boston to Hawaii for our honeymoon. And what a grand time we had! We did lots of fun things including parasailing, kayaking, hiking, swimming, golfing and more. We ate lots of great local food and also got to see the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor. We hadn't done read more

Who I Owe: I met illustrator/author Matt Phelan recently at Book Expo. The company I work for publishes some of his books for children. Phelan told me that he was currently working on a graphic novel for younger kids on the childhood of Buster Keaton (see a preview of the artwork for the book here). read more

On my fifth trip to Hollywood I finally made it over to the Griffth Observatory. For any classic movie enthusiast, visiting the observatory is a must. Especially if you're a fan of James Dean and Rebel Without a Cause (1954). While we didn't go into the actual observatory, we did get to explore the read more

"I want to sin and suffer. But right now I only suffer." - Glory Miss Glory Eden (Ginger Rogers), aka The Purity Girl, is a radio sensation. Ipswich (Gregory Ratoff), the owner of the Ippsie Wippsie Wash Cloth Company, which runs their own sponsored radio station, is desperate to lock down Glory wi read more

The last day of the TCM Classic Film Festival was bittersweet for several reasons as you'll see below. I went to the Cinerama Dome to attend a screening of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). And I took the obligatory photo of the Honeycomb ceiling. Press Photo Tom Brown of TC read more

Every Frenchman Has One by Olivia de Havilland Crown Archetype 2016 Reissue ISBN: 9780451497390 - 144 pages Amazon - Barnes and Noble - Powells Imagine sitting down for a nice long chat with actress and living legend Olivia de Havilland. Unless your Robert Osborne or some lucky soul, de Havilland& read more

Hank & Jim The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart by Scott Eyman Hardcover ISBN: 9781501102172 Simon & Schuster October 20017 Amazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells Their friendship was an oxymoron. They were polar opposites and they were two peas in a pod. Act read more

My Weddings in Film series explores the different stages of getting married as seen through classic movies. The fourth film, Double Wedding (1937), asks the question: whose wedding is it anyways? Congratulations on setting a date for your wedding! Not only is your family very excited about t read more

 Check out my latest YouTube video where I review two Kino Lorber Studio Classics Blu-rays starring Sidney Poitier: Lilies of the Field (1963) and The Organization (1971). I came to really appreciate Lilies of the Field with another viewing on this excellent blu-ray edition. Poitier won an Acad read more

On the opening night of the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival, I headed to the pool area of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel for some entertainment. To kick off the night they offered passholders a variety of free appetizers as well as some music courtesy of a “Wolfman Jack”. There were profes read more