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Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2016 11:06 am
by FrauBlucher
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:16 am
by Ribs
In what may be a super obvious statement, if it's done right and priced well I don't see any downside to this - presently the WatchTCM interface leaves a ton to be desired as it still doesn't support HD and often looks pretty crummy as such. If a paid alternative subscription which features more diverse support across devices is in the offing, I'd be first to sign up.
(And also maybe it'd be nice for them to keep things on their website more than seven days, but I'm sure there's a contractual reason for this and I'm not expecting it to change)
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 3:44 am
by albucat
I don't think I'd be quite as irritable about their lack of HD if it hadn't had the "HD movies are coming!" message since the day it launched.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 2:44 am
by Trees
Turner Classic Film Festival schedule has been announced.
http://filmfestival.tcm.com/programs/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I really want to see the "The Passion of Joan of Arc" with live orchestra.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 3:39 pm
by FrauBlucher
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 9:38 pm
by Feego
On July 24 and July 31, TCM will be showing several films that will be in Kino's upcoming
Pioneers of African-American Cinema set.
They're also exploring
America in the 70s every Thursday in July. While most of the movies in this line-up are pretty standard, frequently played titles, there are a few of interest, particularly
The Stepford Wives (long OOP) and
Looking for Mr. Goodbar on July 14, and Jerry Schatzberg's
Scarecrow on July 28.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:28 pm
by Fred Holywell
Sternberg's first sound film is on Fri, Aug 5, 12:00 AM ET.
THUNDERBOLT (1929)
A death-row convict plots to kill the man who stole his girl.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:16 am
by jsteffe
Fred Holywell wrote:Sternberg's first sound film is on Fri, Aug 5, 12:00 AM ET.
THUNDERBOLT (1929)
A death-row convict plots to kill the man who stole his girl.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen
I checked the online schedule, and it doesn't list that film for August 5:
http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/schedule/east/2016-8-5/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I do hope they end up showing it, though!
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:22 am
by Ribs
As it's a midnight showtime it's listed on the previous night's page. It's kind of backwards but it makes sense in its own way.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:56 am
by Werewolf by Night
Is it any good?
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:18 am
by fdm
The Wedding March is on a few hours earlier...
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:44 am
by D50
jsteffe wrote:Fred Holywell wrote:Sternberg's first sound film is on Fri, Aug 5, 12:00 AM ET.
THUNDERBOLT (1929)
A death-row convict plots to kill the man who stole his girl.
Dir: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: George Bancroft, Fay Wray, Richard Arlen
I checked the online schedule, and it doesn't list that film for August 5:
http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/schedule/east/2016-8-5/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I do hope they end up showing it, though!
It's playing
Thursday, Aug 4 at 9pm Pacific / 12am Eastern.
link
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:54 pm
by Fred Holywell
Werewolf by Night wrote:Is it any good?
FWIW, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote in Chicago Reader:
Except for The Saga of Anatahan, this 1929 release is probably the most underrated of Josef von Sternberg’s sound pictures, and it’s underrated for the same reason: Sternberg is known almost exclusively as a visual stylist, but the most exciting thing here is the highly creative sound track. It’s Sternberg’s first talkie–a near remake of Underworld, a spiritual romance about a doomed gangster, with the same lead (George Bancroft) and Fay Wray–and although this is a minority opinion, I find it better than the original in many ways. With Richard Arlen and Tully Marshall.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2016 9:50 pm
by Fred Holywell
12/8 Thursday, 8:00 PM & 12:15 AM (Friday) ET
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1966)
A young sailor remembers the events that drove him to leave his domineering mother.
Dir: Michael Elliot. Cast: Shirley Booth, Barbara Loden, Hal Holbrook. C-104 mins.
A Lost “Glass Menagerie,” Rediscovered - The New Yorker
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 7:08 pm
by JamesF
Fred Holywell wrote:12/8 Thursday, 8:00 PM & 12:15 AM (Friday) ET
THE GLASS MENAGERIE (1966)
A young sailor remembers the events that drove him to leave his domineering mother.
Dir: Michael Elliot. Cast: Shirley Booth, Barbara Loden, Hal Holbrook. C-104 mins.
A Lost “Glass Menagerie,” Rediscovered - The New Yorker
I've never heard of this and was further tickled to read that none other than Pat Hingle plays the gentleman caller! Dearly hope I get to see this one day and compare it to other adaptations and stagings I've seen previously.
Sticking with TCM, apparently they've been showing Warner's in-progress restoration of Alfred Sole's
Alice Sweet Alice since the start of this year, which I'd love to see too despite it being cut. Stupid Atlantic Ocean in the way.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 4:54 am
by Fred Holywell
1/14 Saturday, 10:00 PM ET
PRIVATE PROPERTY (1960)
Two young criminals set out to seduce an unhappy married woman.
Dir: Leslie Stevens. Cast: Corey Allen, Warren Oates, Kate Manx. BW-80 mins.
http://www.filmcomment.com/blog/private ... e-stevens/
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:04 am
by Feego
TCM is reviving their old "Darkness After Dawn" film noir showcase on Sunday mornings, now called "
Noir Alley." A different film noir every Sunday morning at 10:00 am eastern, hosted by Eddie Muller.
They have posted the entire schedule through next January!
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:17 am
by domino harvey
Church counter-programming?
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2017 1:36 am
by Ribs
That is a remarkably conservative list - I was going to make a joke about how one of them isn't really a noir or something but pretty much all of them are clearly within the delineation. I guess they figured if something *wasn't* really a noir they'd get angry letters from rabid noir fans.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:22 pm
by Werewolf by Night
TCM is looking for people to become part of its "Inner Circle" (some sort of consumer feedback panel). Take the survey to see if you're their type:
http://myt.cm/InnerCircleFB" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:25 pm
by domino harvey
Those questions are rather invasive, I think I will have to live apart from this inner circle
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 5:34 pm
by Fred Holywell
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:37 pm
by movielocke
Damn. already missed opportunity to record Manxman. (I have it on one of those Hitchcock PD collections but the disc is kaput so I've never seen it).
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:43 pm
by hearthesilence
Wait, are you sure you missed it? The schedule looks a little funky, but I think those early morning times listed under Wednesday may be for Thursday - notice how they list the evening times first. I don't look at TV listings with nearly the same frequency that I used to, but at least for daily newspapers, I recall TV listings usually listing shows in chronological order while disregarding the change of day at midnight - with that in mind, I'm wondering if we're seeing the same thing here, albeit in a sloppy manner.
Re: Turner Classic Movies
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 6:47 pm
by domino harvey
You're correct, the Manxman airs laaaaaate tonite