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Oh, yes, I saw it. Definitely one of the best in 2018, and yes, horribly treated and neglected, but its a wonderful film. Also made me respect Laurel and Hardy more. It was a lot better than most of the films up for Oscars last year.

I saw the 1976 version of king Kong from Amazon Prime. Yes, it is the most maligned of the three versions. Yes, the ape effects look a bit dated now. But yet, the story still casts its magic spell, aided by two wonderful leads in Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges, and of course, the gorilla, who radiates more sympathy than horror than he did in 1933. John Barry supplies a marvellous score, and when the inevitable finale comes, I was sobbing profusely. I feel that is worth a reevaluation.

it's still lingering around in the on-demand section of HBO, so if you subscribe to that channel you should be able to find it.

Could be worse. She could put Beyond the Valley of the Dolls first on her schedule so that the Eastern part of the county gets it at 8 PM and the West gets it at 5 PM. Wouldn't that be fun? (being sarcastic)

Ms De Farge has a secret wild side. Her last off with their heads film is Beyond the Valley of the Dolls.

I think one of the records for a pretitle sequence was on the 1999 James Bond film, The World is Not Enough. The credits appeared 16 minutes in. And then there was the 2012 Les Miserables, where I sat in the theatre waiting for the title to flash on screen. They saved it for the end credits, almost 150 minutes after the start!

Indeed. Ca me as quite a shock today.

Madame De Farge if she was real appearing as a guest programmer on TCM.... consider her slate: Anne of the Thousand Days Mary of Scotland Lady Jane A Man for All Seasons Marie Antoinette

Not to be confused with the TCM Whine Club, a free club for people unimpressed by the channel.

Just noticed that after you said something. Sure makes it more cumbersome to see the schedule.....

Congratulations on your new healthiness! I know what you mean about scales. I'm no fan of them, and could afford to lose quite a bit.....

That's correct, and laughs and sad reactions and thanks. So, if you do that to one of my posts, I get an extra point, or if I do that to one of yours, the same happens for you.

I see where The Hollywood Reporter ran an article saying (much to their sadness) that the era of the independents and the up-and-comers seems to be coming to an end. I think that is correct, but I'd also say that another reason for it is that the Independent circuit was shaken to its core after the #metoo scandal hit in 2017, and it has never recovered. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-oscars-rarely-go-underdogs-anymore-1258854?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

Can be any era. Any film, just as long as the Oscars overlooked it.

You've been shortchanged!

Came across that. Talk about Too Much Information......

Saw Chaplin's final film A Countess from Hong Kong on DVD. It really got attacked in 1967, but looking at it today, taking it away from when it was made makes it seem like an imperfect yet witty little film, sweetly old-fashioned. Sophia Loren was lovely as ever, and one scene close to the end was near vintage Chaplin levels. The rest was witty and elegant, and even if it wasn't a perfect swan song, it made for a better one than I expected going in.

They did. I miss the turquoise at this point, even if it did remind me at times of Miami Vice and that shockingly tacky honeymoon suite in Married to the Mob.....

I like her a lot. Looking at the films I have seen over the yearws and logged, I have seen Joan in 33 films, a nice little total that puts her in the top 25 actors/actresses that I have seen in the most films. She has impeccable comic timing, but is also a wonderful dramatic presence too. ... And I'm finishing up the King and the Chorus Girl right now.

The general way it seems to be arranged is like the game Six degrees of Separation. Each film airing one after the other has one cast member in common with the one that aired just before it.

All That Jazz then must be airing on the first of February.....

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/weekly.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-02-02 http://www.tcm.com/schedule/weekly.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-02-09 http://www.tcm.com/schedule/weekly.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-02-16 http://www.tcm.com/schedule/weekly.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-02-23 http://www.tcm.com/schedule/weekly.html?tz=est&sdate=2020-03-01 February 1st is still AWOL. The few premieres: Bull Durham (1988)/ February 8 When Worlds Collide (1951)/February 13 The Firm (1993)/February 14 Sons and Lovers (1960)/ February 18 The Hours (2002)/February 21 Broken Lance (1954)/February 27 The Card (1952)/March 2

I'll start with one that just came to mind a minute ago: 1971's A New Leaf. I just noticed where it was absent from the BBC's list of best female-directed films (although May's Heartbreak Kid made the list), and it feels only right to highly such a funny film. Elaine May has appeared on screen only a few times, but she is a great comedian and in every scene as the eccentric heiress, she just glows. Walter Matthau is also in fine form, and May's script gets laughs out of almost every situation. It's just a great time.

What with the upcoming Oscar month being more than a bit expected, it seems only fair to switch the spotlight for a livlier thread. Instead of focusing on oft-seen Oscar films, let's twist it around to celebrate films that weren't nominated for Oscars, of which there are far more of every year. As long as it doesn't have that yellow band on IM Db saying nominated for or won Oscars, its fair game. Have fun!

There are three things which give me pause. First: The last few Oscar telecasts have not been kind to perceived front runners. Going into the big night, The Revenant, La La Land, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, and Roma were perceived as the winners. They all lost. And even Birdman in 2014 was a question mark to the end. Second: Netflix is doing it. There are reports that some Academy members were not too happy that Netflix was in the running for best Picture last year, and that might hurt The Irishman (and Marriage Story, and The Two Popes) this year. Third: The film got raves.... but so did Once upon a Time in Hollywood, a valentine to Hollywood's past which took over $400 million worldwide making it a hit in a period when the Oscars are usually the subject of harangues over having winners that aren't "popular" enough. That film is still a top contender, and keep an eye too on the Korean passion pick Parasite and the war film 1917.