In 1963 television entered the world of the strange and unusual with The Outer Limits, a sci-fi anthology series created by Leslie Stevens that left audiences simultaneously captivated and haunted … Continue Reading The Outer Limits (1963)
My year-long Centennial Celebration kicks off with a two-episode look at composer Leonard Bernstein.
Originally published December 2nd, 2014 The Lion in Winter was an eleventh-hour addition to the list simply because I wanted one more Christmas movie I’ve never seen. I would say … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: The Lion in Winter (1968)
Originally published December 24th, 2015 The 1950s were a comfortable time for the Walt Disney Company; they knew how to cater to 1950s audiences. Their movies are perfect representations of … Continue Reading Babes in Toyland (1961)
The 1960s have come represent a decade in turmoil, and that’s true. With Vietnam, political and racial unrest, it doesn’t appear too far removed from our current times; but in … Continue Reading A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
They don’t make romantic comedies like they used. Or maybe Hollywood just realized there’s no way to top the work of the great Neil Simon. Playwright Simon took the adage … Continue Reading Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Guest Danita Steinberg of the What About Meryl podcast and I talk Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Listening via iTunes? Consider helping Ticklish Business … Continue Reading Ticklish Business – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane (1962)
“Murder starts in the heart, and its first weapon is a vicious tongue.” You can’t sum up the macabre lunacy of Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte any better. A film more well-known for what … Continue Reading Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Entering the world of classic film is a sad endeavor as the knowledge looms large that people you love have been dead for years or will eventually pass. I knew … Continue Reading Fridays With…Debbie Reynolds: The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Twilight Time could never have predicted the recent passing of Omar Sharif, star of their latest Blu-ray release, The Night of the Generals. Directed by Anatole Litvak, this WWII murder … Continue Reading The Night of the Generals (1967)
Carnival of Souls is the touchstone from which directors like George Romero made their best works. I cite Romero especially because watching Carnival of Souls will easily make you think … Continue Reading Carnival of Souls (1962)
Hollywood loves kids. They love kids so much they pack as many of them into a film as they can! In 1950 Hollywood gave us our first overburdened family in Cheaper … Continue Reading Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Originally published January 28th, 2015 Second-wave feminism (you’ve already stopped reading, haven’t you?) wouldn’t crop up for another couple of years, but that’s not to say Hollywood wasn’t doing its … Continue Reading The Thrill of It All (1963)
By the 1960s Doris Day represented everything good and wholesome about Hollywood, a concept that would soon be at odds with the nine years that would follow. As Day’s star … Continue Reading Please Don’t Eat the Daisies (1960)
I belatedly close out Hitchcock week with the film that tore his professional relationship with actress Tippi Hedren. Hedren, despite the issues she’s recounted of working with the director, cites … Continue Reading Marnie (1964)
Doctor Zhivago is a movie whose reputation precedes it. Doctor Zhivago marks my first foray into David Lean territory – a director I’ve avoided because his movies require getting comfy for … Continue Reading Doctor Zhivago (1965)
