Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
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Backlots is devoted to honoring and celebrating all aspects of classic film and is written by Lara Gabrielle Fowler, a California-based classic film writer and historian.
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
8M ago
A flurry of excited emails arrived in my inbox yesterday, announcing that for the first time since 2019, the Egyptian Theatre will screen movies for the TCM Classic Film Festival. This is welcome news for classic film fans, who have ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
9M ago
Since 2012, the Santa Monica Conservancy of Santa Monica, CA, has thrown a large Marion Davies birthday party. It is held at the Annenberg Community Beach House, affectionately known as “the Beach House,” of which the Conservancy is the proud ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
1y ago
I would like to preface this post with the assurance that we are all safe and unharmed. This evening, TCM Classic Film Festival attendees received an alert on their apps that a shelter-in-place order had been issued for our area ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
1y ago
The 2023 TCM Classic Film Festival kicked off this afternoon, and it already feels like the big family reunion that the festival always is. For four days in April, Hollywood Blvd. turns into its own self-contained world. When I arrived ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
1y ago
For lovers of classic Hollywood, next week is among the most anticipated of the year. The TCM Classic Film Festival, held every April since 2010, has become an annual pilgrimage for classic film fans all over the globe. For three ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
1y ago
Happy New Year’s Eve, everyone! I hope that 2022 saw good things for everyone, and a return to something of a normal life. Though we’re all still trying to keep COVID at bay, I was able to attend so many ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
2y ago
Day 3 of the festival was predominantly a pre-Code day for me. Pre-Codes are famously popular at the TCM Festival, but they’re almost always screened in the smallest theaters. The question of why is a point of contention among attendees–some ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
2y ago
Day 2 of the TCM Classic Film Festival was one filled with laughter. From the first moment the schedule came out, I knew it would be–with The Sunshine Boys and Tootsie on the agenda, there is no other possible outcome ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
2y ago
“This California dew is a little heavier than usual tonight,” as Debbie Reynolds said in Singin’ in the Rain, and she might have been talking about this evening in Hollywood, where an unexpected downpour punctuates a full first festival day ..read more
Backlots - Lara G. Fowler
2y ago
This where the classic movie faithful converge. The greatest part of the weekend, for me, is reuniting with like-minded people, who speak the same classic movie “language.” Today I realized that this is my tenth festival, and each year I ..read more