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What’s Noirvember? It’s a month-long celebration of all things noir, started by Marya over at Cinema-Fanatic.com. I’m thrilled to be participating in this awesome commemoration for the third straight year, and I hope you’ll come along for the ride! I’m starting this year’s read more

The Player (1992) is described by some as a satirical comedy, by others as a mystery/crime film. To me, it’s a first-rate neo-noir that will leave you breathless. But it doesn’t start out that way. This Robert Altman-directed film begins innocuously, with a seamless, eight-minute unedited sequence t read more

What time is it? Time for another installment of the 2016 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival: Even More Adventures in Paradise! And today’s installment covers one of my most memorable experiences – an interview with Angela Lansbury, followed by her Oscar-nominated performance in The Manchuria read more

Almost every time I pick a movie for my Pre-Code Crazy recommendation, it’s a film that’s a longtime personal favorite. Not this time. This is the first time that I selected a movie that I knew I’d never seen before, strictly on the basis of the starring cast and the thumbs-up reviews from my read more

You know the anticipation a six-year feels while she waits for Christmas? Well, that’s how I feel waiting every year for the announcement by Raquel over at Out of the Past about her annual Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge. That’s the one where you commit to reading six classic film-related read more

Vaudeville 101 in Club TCM. Now that TCM has announced its dates for the 2017 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (April 6-9, 2017), I thought this was an ideal time to offer up another installment in my year-long look at the 2016 event. (What – I didn’t mention that I was plan to write about the read more

In my experience, pre-Code movies with a woman’s name in the title tend to serve up title characters who are multifaceted, strong-willed, take-no-crap dames – Frisco Jenny (1932), Blondie Johnson (1933), Lilly Turner (1933), and Sadie McKee (1934) are among those that spring most immediately read more

Picture this. It’s the dead of night, three miles outside of Desert Springs, Arizona. We know this because the signpost announcing the location is briefly illuminated by the glaring headlights from a speeding car. When the car stops in the middle of the desert, we see three men in the front seat. read more

Red-Headed Woman is one of my very favorite pre-Codes, starring one of my very favorite actresses, Jean Harlow. So why haven’t I devoted a post to this film before now? Beats the heck outta me! But better late than really, really late, I always say. Red-Headed Woman tells the story of Lil Andrews read more

Dance, Fools, Dance (1931) may not be one of those films that turns up on Top 10 lists of pre-Code movies, but it’s one of my favorites. When I say it’s got it all, you can take that to the bank. Gratuitous shots of ladies in their lingerie. Financial ruin. Premarital sex. Bootlegging. Gangsters. read more

When we first see Molly Louvain, she’s with a man. And she’s crying. It’s a sign of things to come. The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, released in 1932, stars Ann Dvorak in the title role – and, boy, is “strange” a good word to describe her love life. Another word might be “ill-fated” read more

Catch the luminous Garbo on TCM July 21st. Thanks to a glut of Westerns on TCM this month, there’s not a whole lot of pre-Codin’ going on right now. Still, out of the handful of pre-Code films airing in July, I did manage to find one for my pre-Code pick: Queen Christina (1933). Starring Greta Garbo read more

The adventure continues . . . I know that there’s been a pretty hefty gap since my last post on this year’s TCM Film Festival – I have to admit that a series of real-life events, like my younger daughter’s prom, ballet recital, and graduation (sniff!) intervened, and knocked me a bit off track. read more

Yawn. I think we can all agree that anyone who writes or reads a classic movie blog is more than fond of classic movie stars, right? Still, it also can’t be denied that every classic movie fan is not a fan of every classic movie star. With that in mind, this week’s List o’ the Week (yes, read more

“My formula for living is quite simple: I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.” I love this concept from Cary Grant – talk about words to live by! I’ve decided to adopt it as my own motto, and one of the ways I “occupy myself as best I read more

Sgt. J.J. Sefton of Stalag 17. Hubba hubba! When I learned that Silver Screenings and Font and Frock were hosting a blogathon about favorite silver screen crushes, I was on board like a sailor after a weekend pass. (Or something like that. You know what I mean.) Why was I so excited about this parti read more

As much as I love, and as many times as I’ve seen, Dinner at Eight (1933), I was astonished when I realized that I’d never written about it here. So when I was reviewing TCM’s pre-Code offerings for June and spied this first-rate feature on the list, I instantly knew that it would be my choice read more

Speakeasy source  It’s the final day of the Great Villain Blogathon 2016. Before you peruse today’s huge and diverse group of movie nasties, your hosts, Ruth of Silver Screenings, Karen of Shadows & Satin, and Kristina of Speakeasy want to say a huge thank you to everyone who took part, read more

Silver Screenings We’re having a dastardly good time here at the Great Villain Blogathon. What’s not to love about the impressive variety of films and villains? Below are today’s posts. If you upload your post later this evening, never fear! We will include it in tomorrow’s recap, over at read more

Hi, ho, villain-lovers! It’s Day 5 of The Great Villain Blogathon 2016, and we’re not slowing down! Read on to check out today’s crop of baddies! And if you upload your post later this evening, don’t sweat it! We will include it in tomorrow’s recap, over at Speakeasy. Enjoy! read more