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I only saw The Exorcist once. I made a promise to God that it would be the only time and I remember being terribly disturbed by the film, as in legitimately freaked out. The performances are on-point, especially Jason Miller's. I would definitely say it was unconventional for 1973, although not so much anymore (it created quite a few spawn.

Incidently, an article confirmed that Julie will indeed be there to discuss the first three films.

Maybe just an incidental note, but Macy's widow, Samantha Harper also had a stint on a Norman Lear show, appearing in about 20 episodes of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, so I guess Norman wanted to employ both of them over the years......

I'd also personally say that Patricia Arquette was quite touching in Bringing Out the Dead.....

Mmm. Silent Night Deadly Night. the one pulled from theatres in two weeks by TriStar (who then dumped the movie). I remember that one Siskel and Ebert clip where Siskel was listing the producers of the film so people could protest. From all accounts I read, Joker is fuelled not only by taxi Driver but also by The King of Comedy, and to make the reference even more pointed, Robert De Niro is essentially playing the old Jerry Lewis role. I've been quietly musing about Joker's reception. When it played in Venice, it won the grand prize. Here, its much more muted, and despite the box office success, I note a degree of anger at it. It will probably still be up for Best Actor, but I certainly feel that's its "legacy" will be convoluted at best.

How long ago do you usually stop at film-wise? Just curious because over 90% of the films I've seen this year were before 2000......

True. After all, I love the Jacques Demy musicals. And the comedies of Truffaut..... It's just though that there's almost always an insistence on discounting material that isn't striving to make a statement. It seems, not here, but in certain cinema circles, like if a film is supposed to just bring excitement or joy, its only an ordinary film and should not be held to as high a standard.....

One think I just saw a person say in response to a question I asked raises a fair point. (It doesn't relate to superhero films). It has to do with the way films are perceived in general anymore. They said that people like to look down in film circles on "fun" things, meaning comedies, romances, musicals, mainstream things and prefer to go for "artistic", "somber", "dark", "edgy", often independent and Foreign. I feel that both have their place and that one should not be discounted while the other is esteemed. I think one should value films of both schools of viewing.

Also maybe a bit of While the City Sleeps thrown in (you know the one where the newspaper writers were all racing against one another to find the lipstick killer)

Went a bit more modern today and took care of a film from 2007, Zodiac, on Showtime. I'm kicking myself over not seeing it sooner. Why did I wait so long to view it? Because I ended up loving it. It's one of the best of its decade and aside from a few gory scenes, is blessedly more atmospheric than grisly and in-your-face. For the most part it feels more like a 70s film in terms or depth of emotion than one made more recently. Sublime performances and a gripping tale that holds interest for over 2 and a half hours.

It might be qa goofy idea, but I thought it could be fun. It came to mind because in one city the name of someone who came up short in a mayoral race was named John Crawford, which started me thinking what if, in her day, Joan Crawford had run for mayor? I would suggest that her campaign motto would be to clean the town up and rid it of wire hangers to boot!

According to Halliwell's, Richard Harris is wearing a band-aid in Camelot......

I admit that that documentary last year was a bit of a sore topic with me. If it was made up mainly of lies, then it was just a garish attempt to try to do a "tell-all" that might make Hollywood Babalon blush and spread some salacious stories that perhaps the people it was said about never would have gotten into. If it was the truth, then you have the fact that these.... goings-on.... to use a mild term, were supposed to be done in secrecy and never get out to the press, where it would destroy these peoples lives.So, if it was the truth, what they wanted to keep secret would be exposed to everyone posthumously, at a point where they couldn't say anything.....

In 1982's Annie, the characters go see Camille at Radio City. The film's set in 1933, per a line of dialogue late in the film. Camille wasn't released until 1936.

Another film due at some point in 2020, is a film very closely tied to one of the posters on this website....... Some other titles confirmed for Blu (and or DVD) for next year are:

I remember that scene well. Such a scream. Renee Taylor was the date in that scene.

I've seen it. Remember being terribly disturbed by the nightmare sequence at the end (where Einstein imagines the destruction that would be caused by an atomic bomb if it hit the very room where he was). It's kind of high profile still.... The Criterion Collection gave it a luxury DVD version some years back

Justice for Ida Lupino! Truly though as somnebody born in February and as a big fan of Miss Lupino I agree.

February is still going to be Oscar month on TCM. It's just that for most of us diehard viewers, we will have seen most of the titles airing by now.....

The Norma version does have an exceptional performance from Robert Morley as Louis XVI (his debut), and Norma's performance is good especially in the latter sequences when she's in prison. I don't remember too much about the Kirsten Dunst version. Did win an Oscar for the costumes though.

Had another one today: The Wiz. It won me over the longer it went.

I often use the phrase movie myself, it's what I've said since I was little and I'm used to saying it. Film, I've used that as well, but that feels more formal really, and in some ways, at least in my eyes, you need to be a bit informal when watching movies. I feel the best way to enjoy them is to just see what happens and proceed with an air of curiosity to see if the film engages your emotions or not.

Well if there was a way to bring fictional characters in the real world, i think i thought of the perfect host for A TCM Spotlight on this: After all, her initials spell out BED (Blanche Elizabeth Devereaux) and her home phone number is 555-3279 (EASY)

Just had to remark that one of the episodes that Hallmark aired last night has one of the most memorable villain arrests in the series. In "Portrait of Death", Jessica reveals that the killer is an escaped murderer from death row. Said killer then goes to try to kill Jessica, but is stopped as the police come right in. When they started the read the rights, the killer barks: "Forget It! I Know the Drill!"

Oh they are movies.... mind you I haven't seen too many superhero films though.... Superman from 1978 is still by far the best of the ones I've seen (Wonder Woman, two Batman films, Black panther). As for the Marvel films, I only saw Black Panther, and I just couldn't fully get into it. It had its striking moments, but it was a bit flat for me, and I kept waiting for something big for Angela Bassett to do. If it came to 2018 blockbusters, I preferred the non-superhero Ready Player One, which made me feel as giddy as a schoolboy.....