John Wayne is an actor I’m still mixed on. I’ll probably never have the deep, emotional connection to him that my dad and countless other fans have. But there’s something … Continue Reading Ethan Wayne Talks About His Dad in Celebration of HDNET Movies ‘Western Icons’
It’s always the biographies I don’t think will grip me that affect me the most. When I told Michael Curtiz biographer Alan K. Rode that I compared his book to … Continue Reading Michael Curtiz Biographer Alan Rode Talks Everything But Casablanca
“The lost film,” a phrase that inspires articles and videos, as well as intriguing people bold enough to go out on a literal treasure hunt for fans in the hopes … Continue Reading Undercrank Founder Ben Model Discusses Marion Davies’ When Knighthood Was in Flower
At the end of May TCM announced Tiffany Vazquez as their new on-air correspondent, covering films on Saturday afternoons (with the unspoken implication of expanding her further). From TCM’s first … Continue Reading TCM Host Tiffany Vazquez Talks Cinema, the Glass Ceiling and More
TCM experts know our two on-air hosts, Ben Mankiewicz and Robert Osborne, but what about the third voice of TCM? If you’ve watched any of TCM’s packaged segments, their monthly … Continue Reading Voice Actress Robin Bittman Talks About Being the Voice Behind TCM
Tab Hunter is the quintessential 1950s male, but he’ll be the first to tell you those days are dead and gone. An actor who’s worked with such titans of the … Continue Reading Tab Hunter Talks About Hollywood, Then and Now
This has been an amazing year for documentaries about Hollywood’s Golden Era, and no one made that era sound good like composer Bernard Herrmann. Known predominately for his work with … Continue Reading Director Brandon Brown Discovers the ‘Lives of Bernard Herrmann’
Anyone who’s watched a noir on TCM knows the name Eddie Muller, the “Czar of Noir.” Founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and the co-programmer of the San … Continue Reading “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller Talks TCM’s Summer of Darkness
Lifetime, the studio that’s brought back to the biopic in a way that’s both fascinating and terrifying, has set their sights on our favorite “blonde bombshell,” Marilyn Monroe. In honor … Continue Reading Author Carl Rollyson Talks About the Legacy of Marilyn Monroe
Predominately identified as raconteur Victor Laszlo in the iconic Casablanca, audiences might not realize the diverse and varied career of actor Paul Henreid. So it’s appropriate that his daughter, Monika, … Continue Reading Interview with Monika Henreid
For most people, it’s hard imagining a world without the brilliant vibrancy of Technicolor. Of course, us classic film fans know it as just part of a progression in film … Continue Reading Interview With Robert Hoffman
If you missed my interview with David Heeley, check it out here. Documentary directors David Heeley and Joan Kramer aren’t lying when they titled their biography, In the Company of … Continue Reading Interview with Joan Kramer
Documentary directors David Heeley and Joan Kramer aren’t lying when they titled their biography, In the Company of Legends. There’s very few classic film stars they didn’t meet at some … Continue Reading Interview with David Heeley
In my brief time doing interviews on the site it’s always fun when the interview isn’t delineated into interviewer/subject, but two people having a conversation about a subject they both … Continue Reading Interview: Adam-Michael James Talks Twitching in The Bewitched Continuum
A few weeks back I’d mentioned the fantabulous webseries, A Quick Fortune. The series follows Kate (Erin Hunter) and Archie (James Gavigan), two Depression-era characters living in “dire straits” and … Continue Reading Interview: Erin Hunter and James Gavigan of ‘A Quick Fortune’
A few weeks back I reviewed 20th Century Fox‘s Blu-ray release of On the Riviera, released in honor of actor Danny Kaye‘s Centennial, and what a celebration its been. I … Continue Reading Interview with Dena Kaye
