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flyonthewall2983 wrote:

hanshotfirst1138 wrote: Mon Sep 07, 2020 9:26 pm It it weren’t for TCM, I’d have no problem cutting the cord.

You can get it with the Hulu live TV package, YouTube TV or Sling.

Can you record with that though?


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They all come with in-app DVR's (at an extra cost)

If can view can view a desktop/app version of TCM don't miss The China Syndrome (1979, Bridges) On Demand. Good script. It's an obvious indictment of the media/big business collusion and at times borders on a horror (fairly apropos) but has one of the greatest performances by Jack Lemmon. He's the guy called Jack.

Looking forward to the "Women Make Film" lineup tonight: Harlan County U.S.A., The Virgin Suicides, and Loving Couples.

Wow, what a triple feature. I've had the last in my kevyip for a while but every indication is that it's great.

Looking forward to this month's star features with Dorothy Dandridge but she doesn't seem to have had quality collabs and/or good material after Carmen Jones.

The book on her might be able to come up with more example, but I quite like Rosson's Island in the Sun.

Whereas I’d say that’s the worst Rossen film I’ve seen! I see her credited in Orchestra Wives, which is a good movie though I don’t remember her in it. Remains to Be Seen is fun, but because of Van Johnson and June Allyson.

Johnny O'Clock by a wide margin has that honor for me.

I thought The Decks Ran Red was pretty interesting.

I was floored to see that they're airing the 1990 Canadian drama Strangers in Good Company on the morning of September 16th.

beamish14 wrote:I was floored to see that they're airing the 1990 Canadian drama Strangers in Good Company on the morning of September 16th.

Great film! I just rewatched it last weekend for the first time in probably 20 years. This was a film school favourite of mine and a big influence on my own work. The mix of fiction and documentary is very unique, and it hasn’t lost any of its charm. Would be a wonderful film for Criterion to release. They have released at least one NFB film before. It‘s available in HD on iTunes in Canada and looked lovely.

The Women Make Film series, running through December) has been interesting. WatchTCM has made post air-time viewing very convenient. A sad aside - I was going to post a word or two about a few films I discovered through the series on the official TCM message board but found that the curators of the site had problems with the concept of the project and so refrained from including a dedicated thread on the TCM Programs page. Instead they bitched about the project’s ill conception on a miscellaneous thread. Got out of there quick.

Yes, I am actively avoiding TCM's message board and Facebook page during this series. Any time TCM dares spotlight non-male/non-white/non-straight filmmakers or characters, the general chatter descends into "the sky is falling, TCM is dying, Robert Osborne must be rolling in his grave" pandemonium.

I can't say I'm surprised given the TCM's political message board is a non-stop Trump rally these days.

For WatchTCM viewers: In '46 Jean Negulesco teamed with John Garfield for two projects, Nobody Lives Forever and Humoresque, both of which are streaming until 10/14 and 10/11, respectively.

I've never seen Nobody but Humoresque is a favorite. As a smart and alcoholic socialite in the latter film, Joan Crawford tries her best to do something outside of her range but inevitably succumbs to theatrics and Garfield isn't that convincing as a pug violinist (they must exist) but the score is splendid (Oscar nod). I'm not sure if Negulesco had a signature style but I'm keen on watching more of his work.

Nobody Lives Forever is def worth a look. Here are my thoughts from the Noir thread

domino harvey wrote: Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:12 pmNobody Lives Forever (Jean Negulesco 1946) Conman John Garfield tries to hook wealthy widow Geraldine Fitzgerald, gets hooked by love instead. Though there are a few characters too many here, the film offers an often intriguing look at the assorted hierarchies of con artists within their community, from top chiselers like Garfield to washed-up old timers like Walter Brennan to low-level lackeys like tramps and elevator boys, and I enjoyed seeing everyone’s interactions within the substrata more than the more familiar noir narrative here.

Thanks. You're more charitable than Crowther (Times).

I could do without the endless self-congratulating breaks where the hosts tell us how much they love and adore and admire each other and how brilliant they all think they are.

Can they get a speech therapist for Alicia Malone? That nasal whine has me reaching for the remote everytime she appears on screen for fear she'll say "film nwaaaaaah" like some adenoidal duck.

In lighter news, their horror themed October promo is fun.

The Breaking Point is currently streaming on WatchTCM til Nov. 21 (an unusually long window). It's not a current Criterion Channel feature.

ando wrote: Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:10 pm (an unusually long window)

WatchTCM's windows have been rather variable starting this year. Although it used to be a solid 7 days for everything, now many movies will play for several weeks, while some every so often (Bava's Blood and Black Lace for one) won't even play for a week. For instance, a domino favorite, Vigil in the Night, which played back on October 6th, will be streaming until November 5th. I'm not sure what dictates these things, they seem to be at random.

Got up at 1 in the morning to catch a horror feature, The Werewolf (1956) last night; a creature feature so puzzingly dull that its McCarthy-era appeal is the only value I could fnd in it. The infantile narrative is a cover for a dark stranger and victim (of "science") in a mountain town whose denizens, despite attempts at compassion, hunt him down like the half-wolf he has apparently become. No pulp extremes. No great effects. Just outraged (not even threatened) bores looking for a hanging party. Blech.

Brad Bird does an excellent job doing the intros and outros for the Saturday night TCM Essential series with Ben Mankiewicz. Great insight. Probably has been my favorite so far

I hear Dracula A.D. 1972 is a hoot. Streaming on Watch til Nov. 3