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Gone With the Wind 27 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
The Blind Spot is an ongoing series hosted by The Matinee in which bloggers watch and write about movies they've never seen before. For a list of past entries, visit the home site. Gone With the Wind...
Books: I Do and I Don't 23 Aug 2013 | 10:46 pm
The 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge is an event in which the goal is to read and write about a variety of books related to classic film, hosted by Out of the Past. For a complete list ...
To save the drive-in, you must destroy it 23 Aug 2013 | 12:18 am
...As a baby boomer, I grew up in the heyday of drive-ins. I remember my parents putting my brother and me in our pajamas and toting us off to the outdoor screen in Paramus, New Jersey (now long gone)...
The Tingler 21 Aug 2013 | 11:50 pm
The Tingler seen @ Film Forum, New York, NY 8.18.13 So... who has two thumbs and recently said something along the lines of how William Castle movies don't get played often anymore? [this guy] For ...
SUTS 2013: Hattie McDaniel 20 Aug 2013 | 08:21 pm
The TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon is a month-long event corresponding with the Turner Classic Movies annual presentation, in which each day in August is devoted to the films of a different clas...
Fruitvale Station 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Fruitvale Station seen @ Kew Gardens Cinemas, Kew Gardens, Queens, NY 8.8.13 In my life, I've had encounters with police twice - however, they turned out to be misunderstandings both times. The first...
Three the not-so-hard way 16 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
Not a whole lot to say on the third anniversary of WSW except thank you for reading and I hope you continue to do so. (Also, I've learned that Dorian launched her blog a mere six days after I did, so ...
The Magnificent Seven 15 Aug 2013 | 10:51 pm
The Magnificent Seven seen on TV @ TCM 8.9.13 There's a wonderful novel that came out a few years ago called Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea. It's about a small Mexican town in which m...
SUTS 2013: Catherine Deneuve 13 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
The TCM Summer Under the Stars Blogathon is a month-long event corresponding with the Turner Classic Movies annual presentation, in which each day in August is devoted to the films of a different clas...
The Butler (advance screening) 8 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Getting kinda tired of seeing posters for black films that don't show faces. The immense success of Lee Daniels' film Precious still bewilders me after all this time. It's a totally unsubtle, feel-ba...