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 No...

I haven't seen this one in a very long time! Not since are local station ran it many years ago when I was a teen. I remember not liking it then, but maybe I'll like it now for different reasons! To quote Eddie Muller, Rod Steiger in this is at "his most Steiger-est". And that is only one ...

I am especially a fan of LOVE LETTERS. My favorite of Jennifer Jones' dramatic performances. Singleton is a fascinating character.

Ten Favorite Oscar-Winning Performances for Best Supporting Actor : Van Heflin, Johnny Eager (1942) Charles Coburn, The More the Merrier (1943) James Dunn, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Walter Huston, Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) George Sanders, All About Eve (1950) Peter Ustinov, Spartacu...

I was glad that Eddie pointed out the homosexual implications of the Elisha Cook, Jr./Lawrence Tierney relationship. Their little apartment has one bed. Elisha is reading on his side of the bed when Tierney enters the room after committing two murders and then goes to sit down on his side of the bed...

Diana Ross and Jean-Pierre Aumont make a great couple. They both have fabulous hair!

For me, 1971 was not a very good year in the movies. Too many films that were closer to "meh" than to "liked OK." Top Three (alphabetical order) : Fiddler on the Roof The French Connection The Last Picture Show Also : Carnal Knowledge The Night Digger (aka The Road Builder) Sunda...

Some more thoughts about The Iceman Cometh : Jeff Bridges does well with a role that is very hard to bring off. He also looks right for the period. Tom Pedi as Rocky the bartender has lots of unintentionally funny lines with his deadpan style. Perhaps my favorite moment in the film is his encouragem...

1963 Word of the Year : "Nymphos!" (from Shock Corridor ) Most memorable dialogue : "What a tragedy! An insane mute will win the Pulitzer Prize!" (also from Shock Corridor ; imdb offers other examples of overripe dialogue from this film) Favorites : The Great Escape The Organize...

Swithin, I saw the road show company of THE ROYAL HUNT OF THE SUN after its Broadway run and was blown away by it.Have also seen a college production which was not bad, but not up to the mark.

CinemaInternational, are we ready to begin with 1963?

To discuss something more interesting: Last night I watched the first half of The Iceman Cometh . This is from the American Film Theater project that filmed eight plays with various stars in them. Whatever complaints I could make about the play--such as that the Brit and the Boer are too Boer-ing--...

To discuss something more interesting: Last night I watched the first half of The Iceman Cometh . This is from the American Film Theater project that filmed eight plays with various stars in them. Whatever complaints I could make about the play--such as that the Brit and the Boer are too Boer-ing--a...

Yesterday I tuned in A SUMMER PLACE just as Beulah Bondi was asking Richard Egan to fix the leak in her convenience. I'd forgotten about that!

lol, more often than not I go for a good hamburger over any cut of steak. However, I do draw the line at Hume Cronyn. Yeah, I'm with you on the hamburger thing. But I would have to also go with Maxwell Caulfield for the win! When Jessica Tandy was in that play with a naked Maxwell Caulfield, did Hu...