Only four days of this week are mentioned, but really it’s Monday and Tuesday with most of the treats. Add in some noir on Wednesday and I can’t complain a bit. Monday is centered around the Telluride Film Festival while Tuesday has Joan Blondell and Bernard Herrmann. Lots to watch. As always, all times are [...]

Summer Under the Stars has been really great this month, but it could only last so long before regular programming returned. The good thing about September is that we have an actor as Star of the Month in Claude Rains who you’d hardly expect to see honored with that title. He’s a splendid choice despite [...]

This seems to be a very solid week of movie stars getting the daily TCM spotlight. Frank Sinatra on Friday gets quite a bit of attention normally, but the other six (Sterling Hayden, Angela Lansbury, Fredric March, Merle Oberon, Yul Brynner and Ida Lupino) all fly under the radar more or less. It might be [...]

This is quite the strange set of picks. The “Summer Under the Stars” thing this week offers a really odd mix of performers so I completely avoided the days devoted to Elvis Presley, John Wayne and Red Skelton. That left several options still, with other hard to find films featuring Deborah Kerr, Jennifer Jones and [...]

I feel incredibly fortunate to have seen six Nicholas Ray films screened over the past two weeks. TCM is stingy with Ray (though A Woman’s Secret is airing this week) and so many aren’t on DVD here. I did bite the bullet on Warner Archive’s Party Girl because it ultimately seemed like a better choice [...]

Mark your calendars - Thursday August 13th on TCM is devoted entirely to Gloria Grahame as part of the channel’s “Summer Under the Stars” month. This gorgeous image was created to mark the occasion:

Running late again. I’m working on a very lengthy post to be up here in the next couple of days on Nick Ray’s rarely shown Wind Across the Everglades.  The other thing I want to mention is that someone from the Netherlands contacted me last week (incidentally, I now have an official spot for contacting [...]

Nice and early this week since Saturday morning looks to be of particular interest. I don’t know if it’s dangerous self-satisfaction or what, but I’m proud of this week’s selections and would gladly watch any of these movies. In particular, Beat the Devil has been on my radar for awhile now and I’m pleased to [...]

Got sidetracked and had to skip Saturday’s would-be picks so here’s a late and shortened (TCM 8?) though still relevant look at the best of what our favorite channel has to offer this week. As always, all times are EDT and program days begin at 6:00 AM.

Sunday July 19

2:00 PM Not with My Wife, You [...]

Well, quite the interesting week. Some often unheralded people get the spotlight, from Jean Seberg to William Dieterle, plus Star of the Month Stewart Granger. Also, some crime films centered around undercover work air Monday night and that looks to be a noteworthy block. Away from TCM, my top 50 films of the 1990s list [...]