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... as chosen by Random.org are... Entry # 5  Thomas Thomas' favorite Elia Kazan film is On The Waterfront (1954). His great grandfather brought the family over from Norway after having lots of luck playing poker in America! Entry #12 Kate Gabrielle of Scathingly Brilliant Kate's favo read more

Three Mitchums for the price of one! That's right. You get not one, not two but THREE Mitchums! And three generations at that. Promises to Keep is a TV movie from 1985 starring Robert Mitchum, Christopher Mitchum and Bentley Mitchum. I usually don't review films from the 1980s or any TV movies bu read more

In the late 1950s, the young adult rite of passage known as "spring break" was blossoming. Legions of college students would make the trek to warmer climes. Spending Easter week in the sunshine and sand broke up the monotony of collegiate life. It wasn't until author and English professor Glendon Sw read more

Find your next read with this list of new and upcoming classic film books! I have selected a variety of titles with publication dates ranging from January to July 2015 (specific on sale dates are subject to change). Links lead to Goodreads or the publishers' page. Books include biographies, memoirs, read more

Rear Window Timelapse from Jeff Desom on Vimeo. EDIT: The video was taken down. If I see a new version up online I'll replace this one. Otherwise, I'll delete this post after a few weeks. This is an interesting video. Not really sure what it's trying to accomplish but very cool nonetheless. It read more

The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival is fast approaching which means TCM has been releasing a lot of very exciting news about the different appearances, special events and screenings that will take place during the festival. This year's theme is Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind and yesterday T read more

Capitol Theatre - Rome, NY Last week we packed up the car and traveled 300 miles to Rome, NY for Capitolfest #14. This journey was filled with ups and downs but the end goal was always to watch rare movies from the 1920s and 1930s on the big screen with my fellow classic film enthusiasts. We marvel read more

Happy Birthday to Me! - I share my birthday with the following actors and actresses: Kathryn Grant Charles Emmett Mack Ricardo Montalban Nostalgia and Comfort - 2012 has been a year of major change for me and sometimes I want things to just slow down. I find some comfort in thinking about the read more

Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel by Christina Rice Hardcover - 370 pages 9780813144269 University Press of Kentucky October 2013 Barnes and Noble Indiebound Powell's Amazon Ann Dvorak: Hollywood’s Forgotten Rebel by Christina Rice is one of the finest books I have ever read. It's take read more

In 1949, Robert Mitchum was a household name. By that time he had made a splash in the genre that was later dubbed film noir with movies such as The Locket (1946), Undercurrent (1946), Crossfire (1947) and the noir we all know and love Out of the Past (1947). That last film made him famous and his a read more

Cagney by Cagney Doubleday Paperback, 202 pages Originally published 1976 ISBN 9780385520263 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's "Acting is work, nothing more or less than work, and it comes into existence only with work." - James Cagney By 1976, at least three biographies had been written ab read more

Anna Karina in Band of Outsiders French New Wave legend, Jean-Luc Godard muse, style icon and all around goddess Anna Karina is making a rare visit to the United States. She’ll be in California and New York to promote the US premiere and theatrical release of a new restoration of Band o read more

This time next week I'll be in Hollywood for the TCM Classic Film Festival. It'll be the sixth year attending the festival and also my sixth covering the event as press. Stay tuned as I'll have lots of posts coming up including daily recaps and in-depth looks at individual screenings and panel discu read more

I got to meet the lovely Sheana Ochoa at Book Expo America back in May . Her book Stella! Mother of Modern Acting is one of the best biographies I've ever read. She graciously agreed to an interview for this blog which you can read below. -------------------------------- What made you decide to wr read more

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the cultural phenomenon that is The Graduate (1967). Prior to this month I had never watched the film in its entirety. Key scenes are so ingrained in our collective pop culture knowledge that there's no escaping them. And no one could spoil the movie for me be read more

"I'm a big girl now. I'm allowed to play with matches." Director Lewis Allen's Desert Fury (1947) stars Lizabeth Scott as Paula Haller, the daughter of a wealthy gambling magnate, Fritzi Haller (Mary Astor), who returns home to the fictional town of Chuckawalla, Nevada. Paula brings home read more

The summer reading challenge is officially over! I'd like to personally thank every one of the participants who all did an amazing job at their challenge. They are read a wide array of interesting and eclectic books. The challenge encourage folks to read up to 6 books this summer and post reviews on read more

This post is sponsored by DVD Netflix. How do you capture the look and feel of Spain without having ever been there? This was the challenge director Rouben Mamoulian had working on Twentieth Century Fox's new big budget movie about a Spanish bullfighter. He had to make Mexico City and sta read more

Summer Movies30 Sun-Drenched Classics by John MalahyForeword by Leonard MaltinTCM and Running PressHardcover ISBN: 9780762499298June 2021208 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Powells — TCM ShopSummer Movies: "an underappreciated category of movies — those that depict the read more

"It was strictly dog eat dog on the waterfront." - Wildfire Before there was A Dog's Purpose (2017) there was It's a Dog's Life (1955). This film tells the story of Wildfire, a bull terrier making it on the mean streets of New York City at the turn of the 20th Century. He's been taking care of his read more