Thank you for the Sessue Hawakawa reference. To go along with the article, here are the films TCM has scheduled this month: 5-6 The Cheat (1915) The Dragon Painter (1919) The Tong-Man (1919) (a TCM premiere) 5-13 Tokyo Joe (1949) The Geisha Boy (1958) Daughter of the Dragon (1931) 5-20 House of Bamb...

TCM has posted an article on their website that explains a special theme for May called "The Art of Artifice," which I could try to summarize as how the movies make fictional places and stories seem real: https://www.tcm.com/articles/Programming%20Article/021901/the-art-of-artifice The Art...

The Anatole Litvak tribute includes The Long Night and The Journey. Has The Long Night ever been shown on Noir Alley? The Peter Lorre tribute includes Three Strangers and Hotel Berlin, both of which I would be happy to see again. Three Strangers also belongs on Noir Alley, as does a film scheduled ...

In the Now Playing e-mail sent today, TCM has indicated that "Fox Stars" are being featured as the Star of the Month for Tuesdays in June. Specific film titles were listed for June 4 but the rest remain TBA. The schedule documents have been updated accordingly: http://escapepress.com/tcmsc...

Fans of 50’s and 60’s sci-fi should enjoy the daytime lineup on TCM tomorrow (Wednesday, May 1). Included is the TCM premiere of the Hammer film Moon Zero Two (1969) at 11:15 AM ET https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064691/ A detailed summary (with spoilers): https://musingsofamiddleagedgeek.blog/2023/02...

When was it on last? I missed it. Haven't seen it in a couple of years. Love the apartment set, and Agnes Moorehead never looked better on screen. Dark Passage was last shown on TCM on September 30, 2023, as part of a Saturday afternoon lineup. (There were 2 other showings prior to that in 2023.) E...

Here are the TCM premieres for May, as determined by the TCM schedules database. Notes: - The dates shown are based on a programming day starting at 6 am ET and running past midnight. May 1 - Moon Zero Two (1969) May 3 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) May 6 - The Tong-Man (1919) May 11 - Synecdoche,...

I just watched The Young Lions . About the ending... Do you just shoot someone coming out of the woods before you see if they are armed or not? And after you kill them, do you just leave the body there without checking for identification? These guys are just walking along the road, so it's not like ...

Let's not forget that they changed their name later on to Allied Artists. Coincidentally, TCM has scheduled a daytime theme around Allied Artists films on June 21. Here is the lineup (ET): 2024-06-21 06:30 AM It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947) 115m 2024-06-21 08:30 AM Black Gold (1947) 92m 2024-06-21...

For those who might have missed it, the Neo-Noir series on TCM was a special theme on Fridays in July, 2021. Each week Ben and Eddie would introduce and discuss three films classified as Neo-Noir. It seemed to be a joint project they had worked out together, and TCM promoted it as an offshoot of Noi...

I found this in a review for the VHS version of Bugsy Malone : "The film was released in late 1976 to positive reviews. It currently holds a score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. Despite the positive critical reception, Bugsy Malone was not a commercial success in the US, bringing in just over $2.7 ...

TCM has posted a partial schedule for June, 2024. Currently there are no titles listed for a Star of the Month. Additional details are available at my schedule information page: http://escapepress.com/tcmsched/tcm_overview.html The documents will be updated as additional information becomes available.

HoldenIsHere wrote: ↑April 18th, 2024, 6:11 pm Where can you see the list of movies that are leaving Criterion Channel at the end of the month?

I couldn't find a spot with a general link, but here's one for April:

https://www.criterionchannel.com/leaving-april-30

Hibi wrote: ↑April 17th, 2024, 8:46 am I see the Gun Runners is set during the Cuban revolution. Might be an interesting take on the story. Plus Don Siegal as director.

It appears that YouTube has a pretty good print of The Gun Runners (1958), so we can check it out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIUCCkc9sz0

It sounds like the Criterion streaming app could use the equivalent of an 'info' button that would show you the title of the film that is currently playing. Here's a link for the possibility that Disney may follow suit with dedicated channels: https://www.engadget.com/disney-may-add-cable-style-stre...