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Federico Fellini: The Cartoonist
Federico Fellini is one of my favorite filmmakers so I was delighted to discover that TCM Imports is showcasing the movie maestro’s work every Sunday night throughout the month of November. In the...
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Were the Movies Sharper Then?
Today, TCM airs Mogambo, John Ford’s 1953 remake of Victor Fleming’s 1932 pre-code Red Dust. Despite the 21 year gap between the films, Clark Gable played the lead in both. A part of the...
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The Story of Chabrol
They called Claude Chabrol “the French Hitchcock,” but this was always more a marketing hook than a meaningful comparison. Alfred Hitchcock made crowd-pleasing suspense thrillers; Chabrol made vicious...
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Hitchcock/Truffaut
The 38th Denver Film Festival calls it a wrap today. When it began in 1978 it featured the works of such diverse directors as Woody Allen, Wes Craven, and Louise Malle. This year #DFF38 was held...
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Flickering Florida: The Sunshine State on Film
Over the weekend, I participated in a conference called Flickering Landscapes, which was organized by Bruce Janz and Phil Peters of the University of Central Florida. The conference focused on the...
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Opening the Vaults: John Ford’s The Black Watch (1929)
In the era of declining DVD sales, Hollywood studios are still experimenting with how to exploit their extensive libraries, if they choose to do so at all. With their Warner Archive line of...
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This week on TCM Underground: Class of 1984 (1982)
Everybody loves a deadline, especially when the Big Moment is pinned to a foreboding calendar square. Those with an investment in Mayan prophesy sweated out the twelvemonth of 2012 waiting for an...
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Life Advice from Douglas Fairbanks
TCM’s evening programming tonight spotlights silent film star and original action hero Douglas Fairbanks. If you tune in you can catch him in The Good Bad Man (1916), The Half-Breed (1916), The Mark...
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When Lightning Sort of Strikes Twice
Today TCM celebrates the career of the legendary Maureen O’Hara with a selection of movies that also features some of her favorite acting partners, including the also legendary John Wayne and Henry...
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Goat-Staring for Fun and Profit
So here we are, in the middle of November, sandwiched between the release of the latest James Bond flick and the upcoming release of the new Star Wars. The War on Terror rages on, with no end in...
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Top Five From the King. Vidor, that is.
Today, TCM airs one of the biggest big budget, all-star cast movies of all time, producer David O’Selznick’s 1947 Duel in the Sun, the movie he hoped would equal the success of his previous big budget...
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When Computers Were Big–and Evil
Let’s face it. All computers—from desktops to tablets—are like HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Under the guise of support and service, they seek to control or destroy us. The proof is all around:...
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Twilight of the B-Western: White Horse, Black Hat
C. Jack Lewis saw a lot in his 84 years. A Marine Corps veteran of three wars, he was also a self-described “reporter, drunk, editor and hobo” who spent decades on the fringes of Hollywood. A fan of...
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This week on TCM Underground: Polyester (1981) and … All the Marbles (1981)
This week on TCM Underground, we’re going to party like it’s 1981! As we head into this holiday weekend, let us be thankful for TCM Underground… programming so out there that it would dare pair John...
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Remembering Bruce Lee on his 75th Birthday
“Here we are . . . still talking about him. And for good reason. He tried to live what he believed. When you see him on screen you’re not just seeing a performance, you’re seeing the real human...
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When Everything Comes Together: Roman Holiday
Turner Classic Movies and Fathom Events will be hosting a theatrical screening across the country this weekend of the classic from 1953, Roman Holiday, starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck (see...
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Giving Thanks for King Kong vs. Godzilla (You’re Welcome)
For me, Thanksgiving and Godzilla go hand in hand as much as turkey and stuffing do. Back when I was a small child, Superstation WTBS consistently aired Godzilla movies—sometimes in double features or...
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Lured
Like most people, I mainly know Douglas Sirk via the melodramas he directed (Imitation of Life, All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind), so my curiosity was piqued by a title of his screening on...
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Introducing Film Noir to a New Generation
Early last summer, I solicited advice from the wonderful Morlocks readers regarding a film noir class that I was planning to teach at Ringling College. The advice worked out well; now that the semester...
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Throwing Hands: Close Range (2015)
As with their blockbuster brethren, direct-to-video action movies thrive on previously existing brands. These cheaply made concoctions can’t afford to license comic books, so they market personas...
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