My Leap Year TCM Classic Film Festival Schedule
Next week, this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival begins its grandeur come Thursday, the 28th. Once more hosted as it has been in the prime location of the…
Next week, this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival begins its grandeur come Thursday, the 28th. Once more hosted as it has been in the prime location of the…
More than four years ago, seems like only yesterday for some of us, my local ally Pop Culture Nerd linked her readers, and her L.A. Times Festival of…
More than four years ago, that’s 28 of them in my dog’s life, mi compadre Pop Culture Nerd linked readers, and her L.A. Times Festival of Books friends,…
Name someone who defined the gangster on film — and way, way before Coppola or Scorsese. Who would also go on to shape the screwball comedy, too. Might as well throw in the dark of film noir into the mix. Plus, take on that other Hollywood staple, the Western, challenging John Ford’s domain. And use John Wayne perhaps even more effectively. The answer would be one Howard Winchester Hawks (by the way, John Carpenter’s favorite director).
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Somehow, and quickly, the first quarter of 2012 is nearing its end. Coincidentally, it rained pretty heavily (for L.A. that is) the day I screened the…
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