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Eddie Muller‏Verified account @EddieMuller 56m56 minutes ago It’s been applied cavalierly for decades and blithely accepted by people who should know better. The Writers Guild should NEVER have allowed directors to have that “A Film By” credit. If you didn’t write, produce and direct it ... “A Film By” is nonsense. @tcm @NoirAlley On @NoirAlley I will NEVER refer to a film as belonging to the director unless he/she wrote it too. It’s an insult to the writer. “Otto Preminger’s LAURA” — my ****. Movies are a collaborative art. @noirfoundation @tcm #endtheauteurmadness

Amanda Garrett‏ @oldhollywood21 May 19 Indian director Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1958) is one of the landmark's of world cinema. It's this week's #TCMEssentials pick, airing at 8 pm ET Saturday. #TCMParty #TCMPicks

Amanda Garrett‏ @oldhollywood21 May 19 Indian director Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali (1958) is one of the landmark's of world cinema. It's this week's #TCMEssentials pick, airing at 8 pm ET Saturday. #TCMParty #TCMPicks

tonight, 5-25 for The Essentials...... 10:15 PM (ET) B/W - 93 m drama Devi (1960) Synopsis: A young woman is deemed a goddess when her father-in-law, a rich feudal landlord, envisions her as the Goddess Kali. Dir: Satyajit Ray Cast: Chhabi Biswas , Soumitra Chatterjee , Sharmila Tagore . The film received critical acclaim upon its release.[2] On Rotten Tomatoes, Devi holds a score of 100% based on 10 reviews for an average rating of 7.6/10.[3] Directors William Wyler and Elia Kazan have described the film as "poetry on celluloid" .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi_(1960_film)#Critical_reception_&_legacy ========================================= late Sun., 2-26 TCM Imports.......... (times ET) 2:00 AM B/W - 96 m Pale Flower (1964) Synopsis: a killer who is released from prison after serving time for murder. He heads back to his old underworld Tokyo gambling haunts and falls for an intensely thrill-seeking woman who has as much a primal need for gambling, racing and drugs as he does for killing Dir: Masahiro Shinoda Cast: Ryo Ikebe , Mariko Kaga , Takashi Fujiki . "My subject is a man in traditional yakuza society who finds himself hopelessly out of place in the modern social structure and learns something about himself through this discovery." ....... see article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/558241/Pale-Flower/articles.html -------------------------------------------------- 3:45 AM B/W - 104 m TV-MA Double Suicide (1969) Synopsis: " Jihei (Kichiemon Nakamura), a rather pathetic paper merchant who has fallen desperately in love with a courtesan named Koharu (Shima Iwashita). ..... Dir: Masahiro Shinoda Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura , Shima Iwashita , Hosei Komatsu . ....."The kurogo (basically stagehands for Japanese puppet shows) lead the lovers, compelled to die, to catastrophe. They represent the eye of our camera and also serve as the agent for the viewer, who wants to penetrate into the mystery of the truth of the lovers' plight. And finally they represent the author, Chikamatsu himself. ........ see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73513/Double-Suicide/articles.html

Aladdin (2019) review- ".....The remake—directed by Guy Ritchie, with Will Smith taking over for the late Robin Williams in the role of The Genie—flips those priorities. That’s not to say that it’s never fun, because it sometimes is—just that it’s more often lumbering, patchy, meandering, and generally bereft of inspiration. It’s a dancing elephant of a movie. It has a few decent moves, but you’d never call it light on its feet. Written by John August (“Big Fish”) and rewritten by Ritchie, with music and songs by Alan Menken (and the late Howard Ashman) plus a couple of original tunes intended to qualify the film for Best Original Song Oscars, the film is unfortunately a perfect illustration of an observation by Josh Raby, summing up this era of both Disney features and computer animation: “Using CGI to turn expressive animated films into photoreal reboots feels like using a magic wand to make a toaster.” ....... This “Aladdin” is two hours and eight minutes long, 37 minutes longer than the original. This is also part of a trend in theatrical films: perhaps the increasingly long average runtimes of special-effects driven blockbusters are a response to complaints that tickets are too expensive, which is actually a way of saying that real wages haven’t risen substantially since the early 1970s: a longer movie = “getting more for your money” ......... As is often the case with the recent Disney remakes, this one seems to adhere to the same misconception that affects the rest of the film industry, particularly where science fiction adventures, superhero narratives, and fairy tales are concerned: that if it’s animated, i.e. a “cartoon,” it’s somehow not a “real movie,” and thus not worthy of the automatic respect bestowed upon the most expensive and heavily promoted motion pictures, ........ https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/aladdin-2019 ========================================= & PLEASE STOP w/lame CGI remakes of animated Classics!!

Noir Alley‏Verified account @NoirAlley May 21 Lizabeth Scott and Humphrey Bogart star in John Cromwell's DEAD RECKONING ('47), this week on #NoirAlley hosted by @EddieMuller

yeah, seem ok now

anyone having trouble using 'emoticons'?

WWII in the Movies: Thursdays in May & June.... "This year, TCM honors the 75th anniversary of D-Day with Never Surrender: WWII in the Movies, a two-month salute featuring films from and about the era......... http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1483892|0/WWII-in-the-Movies-The-Homefront-Thursdays-in-May.html -isn't that enough?

Tues., 5-21 12:30 PM (ET) B/W - 96 m drama La Chienne (1931) Synopsis: A streetwalker leads a married man along to make money for her pimp. Dir: Jean Renoir Cast: Michel Simon , Janie Mareze , Georges Flamant . " One of the great films of classic French cinema, Jean Renoir's La Chienne (1931) was almost one of those masterworks - like Ophls' Lola Montes (1955), Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) and Renoir's own The Rules of the Game (1939) - that were butchered and mishandled in distribution by producers who didn't understand or appreciate the director's vision. ... In La Chienne, he took innovation even further, refusing to shoot his Montmartre street scenes in a studio or use simulated effects. The result was the first sound film in France to be shot and recorded live in real locations. He also contributed to what Roud called "one of the glories of the French cinema," the use of music, not just as background but as a narrative device. ....." see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/503063/La-Chienne/articles.html LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Jean Renoir. Michel Simon, Janie Mareze, Georges Flamant, Madeleine Berubet "Renoir's first sound film, and first sound-film masterpiece: a terse, somber drama of mild- mannered bank cashier Simon, with an overbearing wife, who plays into the hands of prostitute Mareze and her scheming pimp. Renoir coscripted; Mareze died in a car accident a couple of weeks after filming was completed. Fritz Lang redid this as SCARLET STREET; what a video double bill they would make!" ==================================================== 2:15 PM (ET) B/W - 29 m TV-G Le Coup du berger (1956) Synopsis: Dir: Jacques Rivette Cast: Virginie Vitry , Anne Doat , Jacques Doniol-Valcroze . "It stars Virginie Vitry as a wife cheating on her husband (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze). When her lover (Jean-Claude Brialy) buys her a mink coat, the adulterous pair hatch a plan to avoid her husband's questioning the coat's origins. Fool's Mate is considered by some to be the first film of the French New Wave, or the movement's earliest antecedent. Released in 1956, the film is something of a curio thanks to a scene in which Rivette and New Wave contemporaries Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, and François Truffaut are seen in the same room as party guests..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool's_Mate_(1956_film)

-just a reminder, SILVER SCREEN OASIS was started some yrs. ago by a group of TCMites, unhappy after a former flame-war http://www.silverscreenoasis.com/oasis3/

Mon., 2-20 for Dolores Del Rio.... 8:00 PM (ET) B/W - 73 m Devil's Playground (1937) Synopsis: Dir: Erle C. Kenton Cast: Richard Dix , Dolores Del Rio , Chester Morris . ".... Devil's Playground (1937). It's a Navy tale about submariners and her character Carmen is the center of a love triangle. At Warner Bros., she had been starring in costume pictures and supporting top stars like Al Jolson, so the Navy 'service drama' is indeed a step or two rungs down the career ladder. Not only is Devil's Playground an ordinary program picture, but it's a second remake of a silent picture directed by Columbia's top talent Frank Capra. .... see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73020/Devil-s-Playground/articles.html LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Erle C. Kenton. Richard Dix, Dolores Del Rio, Chester Morris, Pierre Watkin, Ward Bond. Good combination of action and romance with diver Dix discovering wife Del Rio in love with Morris; exciting underwater climax. Remake of 1928 Frank Capra film SUBMARINE.

good question....though they have "Watership.." listed in their 'imports' list.... http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1484401|0/TCM-Imports-in-May.html

late Sun., 5-19 'Bobby Bumps' silent shorts.... 12:30 AM (ET) " Said to be based on the popular early 20th century comic strip (and later shoe company mascot) Buster Brown, Bobby Bumps was the lead character in a series of animated shorts created by Earl Hurd for the Bray Studios, a print comics company that moved into cinema early on with great success. Bobby Bumps was a little boy who, along with his dog Fido, managed to get himself into mischief over and over.... The most significant fact about the Bobby Bumps series was that these cartoons were the first to be produced using the cel animation process developed by Hurd and patented by him and Bray. .... The shorts have to be viewed with an understanding of a far different and less enlightened time, considering two rather offensive characters often seen in the films, Bobby's black friend Choc'late and the stereotypical Bumps family maid Goldie." The shorts in the series to be screened by TCM include: Bobby Bumps and His Pointer Pup (1916) Bobby Bumps Helps a Book Agent (1916) Bobby Bumps' Fly Swatter (1916) Bobby Bumps Gets a Substitute (1916) Bobby Bumps Adopts a Turtle (1917) Bobby Bumps at Fido's Birthday Party (1917) Bobby Bumps, Chef (1917) Bobby Bumps, Surf Rider (1917) Bobby Bumps at the Dentist (1918) Bobby Bumps Caught in the Jamb (1918) Bobby Bumps' Last Smoke (1919) Bobby Bumps in Hunting and Fishing (1921) Bobby Bumps in Their Master's Voice (1921) see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2165010/Bobby-Bumps-Caught-in-the-Jamb/articles.html

tonight 5-17 for Gary Merrill..... 8:00 PM (ET) B/W - 76 m TV-G Closed Captions Blueprint For Murder, A (1953) Synopsis: Dir: Andrew Stone Cast: Joseph Cotten , Jean Peters , Gary Merrill . TCM articles: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/69249/Blueprint-For-Murder-A/articles.html LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: 😧 Andrew L Stone. Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Gary Merrill, Jack Kruschen, Mae Marsh. Whodunit has Peters as prime suspect of poison killings, with Cotten seeking the truth.

Jessica Pickens (JP)‏ @HollywoodComet 4h4 hours ago THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY (1942) airs on @tcm at 3:45 a.m. ET as part of the homefront series. It isn't on DVD and doesn't air often so set your DVRs! #TCMParty #LetsMovie ---------------------------------------------------------------- " Hollywood films during World War II generally featured patriotic characters who took pride in their country. Most characters were either fighting in the war or doing their part back home to help those overseas. But in real life, not everyone wanted the United States to be involved in the war, especially in the early days of World War II. Others felt they were above to having to ration and make daily life sacrifices. One movie that shows an honest depiction of these feelings is the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY (’42), released in September 1942, less than a year after the United States entered World War II. ....... https://tcm.tumblr.com/post/184879100524/the-war-against-mrs-hadley-by-jessica-pickens

see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2131282/Eyes-of-Orson-Welles-The/articles.html

TCM‏Verified account @tcm As we remember Doris Day, we wanted to share an interview (audio only) between Robert Osborne and Day from March, 2014, for her 90th birthday: https://youtu.be/wmmvLiMKBbs #TCMRemembers

(sorry for late posting) MON., 5-13 11:15 AM (ET) B/W - 100 m Couch, The (1962) Synopsis: While being treated by a psychiatrist, a homicidal maniac continues to display disturbing and murderous behavior on the streets of Los Angeles Dir: Owen Crump Cast: Grant Williams , Shirley Knight , Onslow Stevens . https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055870/ ================================================== later tonight for Orson Welles.... 8:00 PM (ET) B/W - 110 m Eyes of Orson Welles, The (2018) Synopsis: Mark Cousins journeys through hundreds of sketches, drawings and paintings in The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018), the first documentary to explore the still life works by the great filmmaker. Dir: Mark Cousins TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2131282/Eyes-of-Orson-Welles-The/articles.html " ...The artworks on display run the gamut from sketches by the artist as a young man traveling the world with his father to whimsical cartoons and Christmas cards to formal paintings to costume and production sketches. In some cases, Cousins draws direct parallels between his drawings and images in his films, but his primary focus is on seeing through, as the title says, the eyes of Welles. ..."

Ava DuVernay‏Verified account @ava 5h5 hours ago This week’s film is very different in its tone and aesthetic. But still about a lonely man longing for a better life. An underseen gem by a master of cinema that not enough filmlovers know. Watch with an open mind + heart. And revel at the work of the great Haile Gerima!

TCM‏Verified account @tcm .@BenMank77 and @Ava discuss pursuing progress for diversity in Hollywood. The conversation continues tonight at 8pm ET with Haile Gerima's ASHES AND EMBERS ('82). #TCMEssentials ============================= Ben Mankiewicz‏Verified account @BenMank77 6m6 minutes ago Tonight on @tcm, many of you will be exposed to Ashes & Embers for the first time - as I was - by @ava DuVernay. And let me tell you, there is no better entry into this film than she provides. The movie expanded my world. I suspect it will yours. #TheEssentials

TCM‏Verified account @tcm .@BenMank77 and @Ava discuss pursuing progress for diversity in Hollywood. The conversation continues tonight at 8pm ET with Haile Gerima's ASHES AND EMBERS ('82). #TCMEssentials ============================= Ben Mankiewicz‏Verified account @BenMank77 6m6 minutes ago Tonight on @tcm, many of you will be exposed to Ashes & Embers for the first time - as I was - by @ava DuVernay. And let me tell you, there is no better entry into this film than she provides. The movie expanded my world. I suspect it will yours. #TheEssentials

Sat., 5-11 for THE ESSENTIALS: AFRICAN DIRECTORS ...... 8:00 PM (ET) B/W - 130 m Ashes and Embers (1982) Synopsis: film jumps back and forth through time to create an impression of life for a black Vietnam veteran (John Anderson) suffering from PTSD. Dir: Haile Gerima Cast: Barry Wiggins , John Anderson I , -won the FIPRESCI Film Critics Award at the Berlin Film Festival and Outstanding Production at the London Film Festival. see: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2196222/Ashes-and-Embers/articles.html

late Fri., 5-10 for Underground.... (times ET) 2:30 AM Chocolate War, The ( 1988) Story of the repercussions endured by a nonconformist at a Catholic boys school in New England. Dir: Keith Gordon Cast: Adam Baldwin , Ilan Mitchell-Smith , Bud Cort . BW- 104 mins, CC, Letterbox Format see TCM article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70875/Chocolate-War-The/articles.html 4:15 AM Class ( 1983) slightly repressed working-class teen gets a scholarship to a prestigious prep-school, but his world is turned upside-down when he has an affair with his wealthy roommate's mother. Dir: Lewis John Carlino Cast: Caitlin Hart , Candace Collins , Dick Cusack . BW- 98 mins, CC, Letterbox Format see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class_(film)

anyone notice Malone seems to be LOSING her cute Aussie accent?? Wonder if it's deliberate??