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Live-action ‘Cats’ movie trailer is the weirdest thing you’ll see today
The trailer for the live-action Cats musical is here — but the technique used to turn stars like Taylor Swift into cats has left many horrified.
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for SILENT SUNDAY........
12:00 AM
dramaDiary of a Lost Girl (1929)Synopsis: A society girl falls from grace after she's seduced.
Dir: G. W. Pabst Cast: Louise Brooks ,LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 G. W. Pabst. Louise Brooks, Fritz Rasp, Josef Ravensky, Sybille Schmitz, Valeska Gert.
"Pabst and Brooks' follow-up to their PANDORA'S BOX is even more sordid, yet in some ways more intriguing: Louise is, in succession, raped, gives birth, is put in a detention home, then a brothel, inherits money, marries, is widowed... and writer Rudolf Leonhardt claims only the first half of his script was filmed. Fascinating nonetheless, with an explicitness that's still surprising."
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late Sun., 7-14 for TCM Imports......
4:00 AM (ET)B/W - 104 m
TV-MAVeronika Voss (1982)Synopsis: It was based on the life of Sybille Schmitz, a star of Nazi cinema favored by Joseph Goebbels who disappeared from view until committing suicide in 1955. ...
Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Cast: Rosel Zech , Hilmar Thate , Cornelia Froboess
" Veronika Voss fictionalizes her life and elaborates on the unknown relationship between Schmitz and her doctor. Rosel Zech plays Voss with the imperious cluelessness of Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard; she is a woman out of time, living off borrowed glamor. ......
Fassbinder said that, "If a thing of so much significance could be forgotten or repressed, then something must be pretty wrong with this democracy and this 'German model.'" Veronika Voss was the model German, now the victim of a society's vast forgetting. "
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17371/Veronika-Voss/articles.html
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VarietyVerified account @Variety
Rip Torn, who earned a Tony nomination in 1960 as well as receiving acclaim for his more well-known roles in 'Men in Black' and 'The Larry Sanders Show,' died at age 88
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Thurs., 7-11 for Tab Hunter........
8:00 PM & 1:30 AM (ET)B/W - 90 m
TV-PG
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)Synopsis: When Tab Hunter's autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential which dealt openly with the dichotomy between his public image and private life, appeared in 2005, it shot to the top of the best-seller lists and inspired this award-winning 2015 documentary.
Dir: Jeffrey Schwarz Cast: Tab Hunter , Robert Wagner , Clint Eastwood .....David Friend of Vanity Fair calling it, "slick, savvy, rollicking, and eye-popping....Tab Hunter Confidential is not only brave for its candor and enlightening for the social context it provides, it is also a delightful eyeful, using ingeniously edited vintage clips and employing rarely seen still photos...."
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2194594/Tab-Hunter-Confidential/articles.html
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Cartoon BrewVerified account @cartoonbrew 1h1 hour ago
Cuphead Is Getting A Netflix Animated Series:
The show is aiming for an animation style "inspired by the classic Fleischer cartoons from the 1930s."
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/streaming/cuphead-is-getting-a-netflix-animated-series-176735.html …
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Mon.,7-8
6:15 PM (ET)B/W - 100 m
TV-PGCremators, The (1969)Synopsis: An alien life form that is a huge ball of living matter invades earth, and replenishes itself by absorbing people.
Dir: Harry Essex Cast: Mason Caulfield , Marvin C. Howard , Maria Di Aragon .
"...... The story combines features from black comedy and horror (comedy horror). It is often recognized as a follower of German Expressionist film[2] and also as an example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. ... The Cremator is often considered to be one of the best movies ever made in Czechoslovakia. It has also gathered a prominent cult following ....
the films reaction were different in every country, noting that "In Prague, people were depressed; in Slovakia, they laughed; in the Netherlands, it was a comedy from the beginning to the end"[9]TV Guide awarded the film 3/5 stars, stating that "Hrusinsky's scary performance highlights this morbid, darkly funny work."[10]
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4 hours ago, mr6666 said:
Sun., 7-7 for TCM Imports........
4:15 AM (ET)B/W - 91 m
Il Bidone (1955)Synopsis:
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Broderick Crawford , Richard Basehart , Franco Fabrizi ." Although the overall mood of the film is lightly suspenseful, the climax arrives with a joltingly unexpected plot twist and the finale is starkly tragic, relieved only by the knowledge that a sort of rough justice has finally been served on at least one of the crooked main characters. ....."
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92125/Il-Bidone/articles.html
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Federico Fellini. Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi.
"Absorbing Fellini tale, which he co-scripted, about a trio of small-time crooks who go about fleecing peasants in Italy, each planning for a better life. The spotlight is on the eldest, a world-weary loser nicely played by Crawford. Not among the director's best; still an intriguing portrait of hope and desperation.
Aka THE SWINDLERS. Original title: IL BIDONE."
bump for Sunday
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Noir AlleyVerified account @NoirAlley 26m26 minutes ago
Tonight at Midnight ET catch THE TATTOOED STRANGER ('50) on
#NoirAlleyhosted by
@EddieMullerhttp://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92420/Tattooed-Stranger-The/articles.html
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Sun., 7-7 for TCM Imports........
4:15 AM (ET)B/W - 91 m
Il Bidone (1955)Synopsis:
Dir: Federico Fellini Cast: Broderick Crawford , Richard Basehart , Franco Fabrizi ." Although the overall mood of the film is lightly suspenseful, the climax arrives with a joltingly unexpected plot twist and the finale is starkly tragic, relieved only by the knowledge that a sort of rough justice has finally been served on at least one of the crooked main characters. ....."
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/92125/Il-Bidone/articles.html
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Federico Fellini. Broderick Crawford, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart, Franco Fabrizi.
"Absorbing Fellini tale, which he co-scripted, about a trio of small-time crooks who go about fleecing peasants in Italy, each planning for a better life. The spotlight is on the eldest, a world-weary loser nicely played by Crawford. Not among the director's best; still an intriguing portrait of hope and desperation.
Aka THE SWINDLERS. Original title: IL BIDONE."
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& if they try to change or remove any of 'the usual suspects',
they catch a lot of public negative backlash.....
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Tues., 7-2 for TCM SPOTLIGHT: OUT OF THIS WORLD ....
11:15 PM (ET)B/W - 170 m
Die Frau im Mond (1929)Synopsis: A scientist discovers that there's gold on the moon, he builds a rocket to fly there, but there's too much rivalry among the crew to have a successful expedition.
Dir: Fritz Lang Cast: Klaus Pohl , Gerda Maurus , Gerhard Dammann .
"..... Lang, who also made Metropolis, had a personal interest in science fiction. When returning to Germany in the late 1950s he sold his extensive collection of Astounding Science Fiction, Weird Tales, and Galaxy magazines.[3] Several prescient technical/operational features are presented during the film's 1920's launch sequence, which subsqequently came into common operational use during America's postwar space race: ........
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Fritz Lang. Klaus Pohl, Willy Fritsch, Gustav von Wangenheim, Gerda Maurus, Fritz Rasp.
"This lesser Lang effort, his last silent film, is about a spaceship and its trip to the moon. It's slow and way overlong, and it pales beside his brilliant METROPOLIS."
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Sun., 6-30
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8:00 PMB/W - 92 m
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Edmund Goulding. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Ina Claire, Reginald Gardiner, Olga Baclanova, Jean Howard.
Warm comedy of young Claudia suddenly marrying, facing adult problems, learning a lot about life in short period; beautifully acted. McGuire, in film debut, recreates her Broadway role. Sequel: CLAUDIA AND DAVID.
10:00 PMB/W - 78 m
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CaptionsClaudia and David (1946)Synopsis:
Dir: Walter Lang Cast: Dorothy McGuire , Robert Young , Mary Astor .LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Walter Lang. Dorothy McGuire, Robert Young, Mary Astor, John Sutton, Gail Patrick, Florence Bates.
Enjoyable follow- up to CLAUDIA with McGuire and Young having a baby, adjusting to suburban life; engaging, well acted.
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TCM Imports......
4:45 AMB/W - 100 m
Deprisa, Deprisa (1981) (aka Faster, Faster and Fast, Fast. )Synopsis: Four juvenile delinquents commit robberies in the streets of Madrid to finance their vices.
Dir: Carlos Saura Cast: Berta Socuellamos , Jesus Arias Aranzeque , Jose Hervais Roldan ."... a raw and sobering portrait of a generation at an existential crossroads, struggling to find mooring and direction in an uncertain climate of transformative, social revolution, as Spain emerged from the repression of fascism towards the liberalization of democracy ...."
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thanks for the well-done & informative threads......
but any chance of moving them to FAVORITES or FILMS & FILMMAKERS sections?
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Fri., 6-28 for Stonewall.....
(times ET)
8:00 PM
Some of My Best Friends Are... ( 1971)
the melancholic frustrations of the gay community post-Stonewall, as reflected in a diverse assemblage of people frequenting a Greenwich Village gay bar on Christmas Eve.
Dir: Mervyn Nelson Cast: Tom Bade , David Baker , Paul Blake .
BW- 110 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
".... a rough piece of filmmaking, replete with uninspired camerawork, splotchy lighting and muddled sound recording. And while the film is lauded for its emotional authenticity, it also traffics in its fair share of clichs about queer culture and identity which are especially glaring from the vantage point of almost 50 years' hindsight...."
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/90739/Some-of-My-Best-Friends-Are-/articles.html
Underground....
2:00 AM
Myra Breckinridge ( 1970)
Myra (Raquel Welch) takes on toxic masculinity in the form of her uncle, former cowboy star Buck Loner (John Huston), and an overly macho male student (Roger Herren).
Dir: Michael Sarne Cast: Mae West , John Huston , Raquel Welch .
BW- 94 mins, CC, Letterbox Format
".... the film hardly seems the disaster it was dubbed at the time. Although West's dialogue had been recycled from her stage appearances in the 1940s and 1950s, it was new to film and often quite funny. Welch actually pulls off some of her comic scenes, creating a stylized performance as Myra that looks much better today than it did in 1970. The film's revolutionary sexual politics, although somewhat watered down from Vidal's original novel, have led to sporadic revivals at gay film festivals. "
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/84433/Myra-Breckinridge/articles.html
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re: Marie: a true story ......
just wondering........
in intro, BM said Jane Powell had a cameo (I didn't see her)
in credits, a Jane Powell was listed as a 'singer at the rally' (also @imdb)
the only rally I remember seeing was for Jimmy Carter & (I think) had an African-American (can I say 'Black'?) woman singing....
-was this screw-up or did I just miss it??
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On 6/25/2019 at 6:15 PM, kingrat said:
Marie, a True Story is about the corrupt regime of a Tennessee governor named Ray Blanton. Blanton appointed Marie to, IIRC, a prison board. The best way to win parole or pardon, of course, is bribery. I haven't seen the film, but I can assure you of this: no matter how slimy, oily, and ludicrous the actor playing Blanton seems, the actual man seemed even more so.
just wondering........
in intro BM said Jane Powell had a cameo (I didn't see her)
in credits, a Jane Powell was listed as a 'singer at the rally' (also @imdb)
the only rally I remember seeing was for Jimmy Carter & (I think) had an African-American (can I say 'Black'?) woman singing....
-was this screw-up or did I just miss it??
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China Box Office: Audiences Prefer Hand-Drawn Miyazaki Over CG Pixar
By Amid Amidi | 06/24/2019 8:18 pm | 37
What do audiences want to see more — an almost-20-year-old hand-drawn animated feature or a brand-new cg animated feature? That exact scenario played out in China last weekend and you may be surprised by the answer: audiences unequivocally chose hand-drawn animation........
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7 minutes ago, mr6666 said:
watching...........
wow! sad ending for both Powell & Lamarr careers
Female Animal, The (1958)Synopsis: strictly on the end of the spectrum as a kitschy B movie. The story centers on a love triangle featuring an aging movie star (Hedy Lamarr), the handsome extra who saves her life (George Nader) and the adopted daughter who shares her mother's penchant for liquor (Jane Powell).
TCMVerified account @tcm 34m34 minutes ago
Jane Powell and George Nader in the TCM Premiere of THE FEMALE ANIMAL ('58).
#LetsMovie
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watching...........
wow! sad ending for both Powell & Lamarr careers
Female Animal, The (1958)Synopsis: strictly on the end of the spectrum as a kitschy B movie. The story centers on a love triangle featuring an aging movie star (Hedy Lamarr), the handsome extra who saves her life (George Nader) and the adopted daughter who shares her mother's penchant for liquor (Jane Powell).
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Cartoon BrewVerified account @cartoonbrew
Interview: ‘Pachamama’ Director Juan Antín On How Stop-Motion Gave His CG Feature Its Unique Look:
The film started streaming on Netflix this month.
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Wed., 6-26 for SOTM: Jane Powell......
8:00 PM (ET)B/W - 82
Female Animal, The (1958)Synopsis: strictly on the end of the spectrum as a kitschy B movie. The story centers on a love triangle featuring an aging movie star (Hedy Lamarr), the handsome extra who saves her life (George Nader) and the adopted daughter who shares her mother's penchant for liquor (Jane Powell).
Dir: Harry Keller Cast: Hedy Lamarr , Jane Powell , Jan Sterling .
"......... While the film did not do well at the box office, it deserves more attention than it has received over the years. It's got a fantastic cast of players including Jan Sterling, who plays Lily Frayne, another aging actress holding on to any semblance of her youth, and James Gleason who has a small role as bartender Tom Maloney. Powell delivers by inhabiting quite a sexy performance. ..."
see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/74733/Female-Animal-The/articles.html
LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:😧 Harry Keller. Hedy Lamarr, Jane Powell, Jan Sterling, George Nader.
Sad waste of Lamarr as mature Hollywood star who grapples with adopted daughter Powell over Nader. CinemaScope.
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(not much New, but a least they're acknowleging the genre )
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July on TCM: It’s ‘Out of This World’ for sci-fi fans
".....Giant ants, pod people, trips to the moon, journeys back in time and close encounters with aliens both friend and foe. It’s a dream lineup for sci-fi movie fans.
We get all of that and more during the TCM Spotlight “Out of This World: A Celebration of Sci-Fi Movies” every Tuesday in July.
The series has 34 sci-fi films broken into weekly categories.
It starts July 2 with a night of early sci-fi films including the one considered to be the first in the genre: “A Trip to the Moon” by George Méliès.
July 9 is dedicated to films of the 1950s, a highly influential film decade that gave us such classics as “The Day the Earth Stood Still” and “It Came from Outer Space” (see photo, above).
July 16 is broken into two parts. Prime time is dedicated to “moon” movies in tribute to the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Late night (or very early morning) programming screens some great creature features including a giant reptile named Ymir.
July 23 is all about the 1960s with films from directors George Pal and Stanley Kubrick.
July 30 goes into galactic travel with films from the 1970s and ‘80s that changed Hollywood – including a little movie called “Star Wars.”......
https://watchingforever.wordpress.com/2019/06/24/july-on-tcm-its-out-of-this-world-for-sci-fi-fans/
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tarentino's upcoming once upon a time in hollywood already has strong reviews
in General Discussions
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Quentin Tarantino On ‘Once Upon A Time’,
His Vision Of ‘Star Trek’ As ‘Pulp Fiction’ In Space, And Hopes To Turn Leo DiCaprio ’50s Western ‘Bounty Law’ Into Series-
https://deadline.com/2019/07/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-a-time-interview-leonardo-dicaprio-brad-pitt-margot-robbie-star-trek-pulp-fiction-1202647835/