With summer right around the corner teens will be flocking to the beach, finding summer romance, and generally engaging in all those things movies of the past both praised and … Continue Reading TCMFF Review: Where the Boys Are (1960)
The final day of the TCM Classic Film Festival was a mixed bag. My illness was finally catching up to me and to say I was exhausted was an understatement. … Continue Reading The 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival: Day 4 and Wrap-Up
Day three was a day of fits and starts with my first shut-out from a feature. It was the also the day I reached the apotheosis of my illness so … Continue Reading The 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival: Day 3
Looking back on it now it’s surprising I was able to manage the film festival with a slight fever, massive congestion and a nose that sounded like a foghorn, but … Continue Reading The 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival: Day 2
April is always “TCM Classic Film Fest month” in my house. It’s a combination of Christmas, New Year’s, and your birthday wrapped into one. For four days we get to … Continue Reading The 2018 TCM Classic Film Festival: Pre-Coverage and Day 1
I say this a lot on the site, but how are we already in April? I’m not complaining because April is known in my house as “TCMFF MONTH!” (Yes, said … Continue Reading My TCM Classic Film Festival Must-Sees
Peter Bogdanovich is a director in love with cinema itself, and that’s encapsulated best in his ode to the Golden Era, 1971’s The Last Picture Show. Outside of its reminiscences … Continue Reading The Last Picture Show (1971)
Being on the brink of nuclear war is a niche our country has occupied as long as I’ve been alive. In the late ’70s though the concept felt all too … Continue Reading The China Syndrome (1979)
When I first started Journeys in Classic Film I was immediately drawn to the work of pre-Code star Jean Harlow. (It helped that I’d received a box set of her … Continue Reading Red Headed Woman (1932)
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)
My final episode devoted to the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival includes soundbites from Richard Dreyfuss, Peter Bogdanovich, and more.
More 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival audio with the likes of Edgar Wright, Peter Bogdanovich, Todd Fisher and more. If you’re listening via iTunes consider leaving a rating and review. … Continue Reading Ticklish Business #21: TCM Film Festival, Vol. 2
Outside of being an amazing opportunity to gather with like-minded folks and watch movies, the TCM Classic Film Festival is the place to hear bizarre stories about movies caught in … Continue Reading Rafter Romance (1933)
Last year I reviewed the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) starring James Stewart and Doris Day. I wasn’t in love with it, but Day was … Continue Reading The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Listen to my exclusive audio from the 2017 TCM Classic Film Festival. In this episode you’ll hear introductions with Cari Beauchamp, Rose McGowan and Michael Douglas, as well as my … Continue Reading Ticklish Business #20: TCMFF Audio, Vol. 1
This year’s TCM Classic Film Festival coverage is a little different. My pass this year was granted to me as part of my work with Culturess, so if you’d like … Continue Reading My TCM Classic Film Festival Coverage
