mr6666 Posted December 31, 2015 Featured Films for Jan. 2016: Hiroshima, Mon Amour ('59) **** Equinox Flower ('58) **** Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (('70) Nobody's Children (1951) **** The Housemaid ('60) **** = Premiere 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted December 31, 2015 late Sun., 1-3-16 2:00 AM (ET) B/W90 minTV-PG drama Hiroshima, Mon Amour (1959) PREMIERE During a brief affair, a French actress and a Japanese architect think back on their devastating experiences during World War II. Dir: Alain Resnais Cast: Eiji Okada , Emmanuelle Riva , Bernard Fresson . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Alain Resnais. Emmanuele Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas, Pierre Barbaud, Bernard Fresson. "Resnais' first feature is a thoughtful, complex study of a French film actress (Riva) and Japanese architect (Okada), each with a troubled past, who have a brief affair in postwar Hiroshima. Scripted by Marguerite Duras.'' http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78083/Hiroshima-Mon-Amour/articles.html followed by.... 4:15 AM (ET) B/W80 minTV-14 drama La Pointe Courte (1954) Two storylines concern the simultaneous efforts of a husband and wife to mend their broken marriage interwoven with the life of a fishing village. Dir: Agnes Varda Cast: Philippe Noiret , Sylvia Montfort , Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 9, 2016 late Sun., 1-10 2:00 AM (ET) Color118 minTV-G comedy Equinox Flower (1958) PREMIERE A businessman who excels at giving others family advice, can't cope with his daughter's wedding plans. Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Shin Saburi , Kinuyo Tanaka , Ineko Arima . LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW: D: Yasujiro Ozu. Shin Saburi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kinuyo Tanaka, Ineko Arima, Chishu Ryu. "One of Ozu's final films, and his first in color, is a moving story of a young woman who clashes with her father when she rejects an arranged marriage and chooses a man of her own to wed. Another gentle and quietly observant study of parents and children from Ozu, this time imbued with a sense of melancholy over traditional ways being supplanted by impersonal modern society. Original title: HIGANBANA." See Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/509000/Equinox-Flower/articles.html -followed by.... 4:00 AM Color103 minTV-PG drama End of Summer (1961) A brewery manager tries to manage his daughter's affairs in the wake of his wife's death. Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Cast: Ganjiro Nakamura , Setsuko Hara , Yoko Tsukasa . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 22, 2016 late Sun., 1-24 2:30 AM (ET) B/W97 minTV-PG drama Nobody's Children (1951) A businessman's mother takes desperate measures to end his affair with an employee's daughter. Dir: Raffaello Matarazzo Cast: Yvonne Sanson , Amedeo Nazzari , Françoise Rosay . See article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/556526/Nobody-s-Children/articles.html 4:30 AM (ET) B/W100 minTV-G drama White Angel, The (1955) After losing his family, a businessman finds a woman who resembles his first love. Dir: Raffaello Matarazzo Cast: Amedeo Nazzari , Yvonne Sanson , Enrica Dyrell . article: http://filmsworthwatching.blogspot.com/2012/01/nobodys-children-1952-white-angel-1955.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted January 28, 2016 late Sun., 1-31 (not a premiere, but highly recommended) 2:00 AM (ET) B/W111 minTV-PG crime Housemaid, The (1960) Drama ensues when a married music teacher hires a young maid to take care of the house. Dir: Kim Ki-Young Cast: Lee Eun-Sim , Ju Jeung-Ryu , Kim Jin-Kyu . "....harrowing, incredibly lurid depiction of a household torn apart when a couple (a music teacher and seamstress) bring in a new housemaid whose pathology has deadly, permanent consequences beyond anything they could have imagined." Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/780004/Housemaid-The/articles.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DavidST Posted February 10, 2016 Did anyone notice that the recent showing on TCM IMPORTS of 1960's THE HOUSEMAID was presented in the wrong (i.e. stretched) aspect ratio? This is a mistake TCM rarely makes--remember all those "PSA's (of sorts)" the channel used to run to educate viewers to the value of letter boxing and the correct aspect ratio? Well, TCM Imports messed up big time on the recent presentation. I can't speak for TCM standard definition but TCM HD (here in Tucson, AZ, via Comcast) was stretched (both the movie and Ben's introduction). According to DVD Beaver, the restored version from Korea is 1.55:1. The Criterion Collection edition is described as 1.60:1. The version shown on TCM Imports recently was neither. I hope this was simply a technical error and not the start of a trend. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted March 2, 2016 Featured Films for March 2016: Cries and Whispers Sawdust and Tinsel Scenes from a Marriage Persona - click titles for more info (No premieres) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted April 1, 2016 Featured Films in April 2016: Wings of Desire (1987) Death of a Cyclist (1955) Four Bags Full (1957) Woman in the Dunes (1964) (click titles for more info) -No premieres 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted May 2, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, May 2016; Taste of Cherry L'Avventura La Ronde Lola (1981) (no premieres) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted June 2, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, June 2016: Ordet ('55) Carnival in Flanders ('35) Ohayo ('59) aka "Good Morning" Dillinger is Dead ('69) PREMIERE (click title for info) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted July 2, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, July 2016: The Vanishing (1988) Before the Rain ('94) PREMIERE Touki Bouki ('73) Trances ('81) PREMIERE -click on titles for info 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted September 1, 2016 Featured Films for Sundays, Sept. 2016 Il Sorpasso (The Easy Life) ('61) Harakiri ('62) PREMIERE The 47 Ronin ('41) PREMIERE La Promesse (1996) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted October 1, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, October 2016: Juliet of the Spirits ('65) House (Hausu) ('77) Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell ('68) The X From Outer Space ('67) Epidemic ('87) PREMIERE Diabolique (1955) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted October 1, 2016 House and Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell are mindblowing. I'll definitely be promoting those when their airdate nears. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arturo Posted October 24, 2016 Around these parts, we are always bombarded in October with "Hispanic Heritage Month", a term I loathe. However, I think it would be interesting if TCM could schedule films from Spanish-Speaking countries during the month. This can be done in tandem with the Halloween stuff, as two themes can be, and have been, done in a given month. Thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LawrenceA Posted October 24, 2016 I would like to see more Mexican films, and others from around Latin America. Spain has many fine films, but they get shown more often, for some reason. A series on Luis Bunuel's Mexican films would be great, or any of the fun Mexican horror films of the 50's and 60's. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Arturo Posted October 26, 2016 I would like to see more Mexican films, and others from around Latin America. Spain has many fine films, but they get shown more often, for some reason. A series on Luis Bunuel's Mexican films would be great, or any of the fun Mexican horror films of the 50's and 60's. Thanks Lawrence. Great suggestions here. Hopefully, some iteration of this can come to pass, maybe for next October. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted November 2, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, Nov. 2016: World on a Wire ('73) The Cranes Are Flying ('57) Courage for Every Day ('66) Wings (1966) The Ascent ('77) Umberto D ('52) (No premieres) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr6666 Posted December 5, 2016 Featured Films on Sundays, Dec. 2016: Dodes'Ka-Den Onibaba Ugetsu Paisan -no premieres Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
