https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-96nxi-1638d0e It’s the 50th anniversary of Chinatown and we’re celebrating with a discussion about it as well as our favorite LA noirs. And to help us discuss all things Los Angeles we have….Chicago Sun Times critic Richard Roeper! Richard, Kristen and Emily discuss the film’s use of LA, why Faye Dunaway is magic, and some of the other movies that make us love the city of Angels. This episode was created thanks to our Patrons: Ali Moore Amy Hart Danny David Floyd Donna Hill Gates Jacob Haller Jonathan Watkins Krista Painter McF Rachel Clark Shaw ..read more

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-f5qsf-1616ecb What happens when the It Girl of the 2020s name checks the It girl of the 1920s in her new song? You get this episode. Inspired by Taylor Swift’s song, Emily and Kristen sit down with Clara Bow biographer David Stenn to talk about why Bow remains such an icon. We talk about the feminism of the 1920s, debunk some rumors, and grouse about why Babylon shouldn’t have used her as inspiration. Buy Clara Bow: Runnin’ Wild here. This episode was created thanks to our Patrons: Ali Moore Amy Hart Danny David Floyd Donna Hill Gates Jacob Hall ..read more

There’s one simple lesson I’ve learned in my classic film viewing: that I’ll usually always love a film directed by George Roy Hill. Though I tend to love the movies Hill isn’t best known for. I’ve talked on the podcast about my love for 1962’s Period of Adjustment before and assumed that I’d probably really enjoy his 1979 feature A Little Romance. But I didn’t expect to fall deep in love with it. Maybe it was seeing it at this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival with leading lady Diane Lane talking about her career, but I was so enthralled, so moved by this movie that by the end I was sobbing te ..read more

I’ve seen my fair share of Ken Russell-directed movies (though I believe the only one I’ve reviewed here is Valentino, which you should all go back and read). Russell, as a director, is an acquired taste. For all his bold garishness there’s a deep love for film and literature that struggles to assert itself. In the case of The Boy Friend, Russell gives audiences his tribute to the classic musicals of the 1930s, specifically Gold Diggers of 1933. Though the acting of lead stars Twiggy and Christopher Gable is limited, there’s enough visual artistry and joy found within The Boy Friend to keep th ..read more

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pjx8-1603fc7 Britney and Ashley of the podcast Black Girl Film Club join Kristen and Emily this episode to celebrate the anniversary of Foxy Brown. The group celebrates all things Pam Grier, from her being a role model to young Black women, to being an overall badass. Listen to Black Girl Film Club on all podcast apps. This episode was created thanks to our Patrons: Ali Moore Amy Hart Danny David Floyd Donna Hill Gates Jacob Haller Jonathan Watkins Krista Painter McF Rachel Clark A Button Called Smalls Chris McKay Debbi Lynne Jeffrey Kayla Ewing Nic ..read more

Way back in 2018 I took Warner Bros. Original “Classics Made Here” Tour. It was meant to be a way to entice classic film fans to drop by the Warners lot and hear about the films made pre-1975. If you read my initial review, it was a bit middling in terms of whether it lived up to its name (it was a far cry from the combination basic/VIP studio I took even further back in 2013). But as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s renewed investment in TCM the company announced a new TCM branded studio tour that was, again, lauded as being built for the die-hard classic film lovers (particularly those who w ..read more

It’s been a few weeks since this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival came to a close. It’s always bittersweet when the festival ends because this means that I’m left waiting for next year’s event. I equate it to post-Christmas malaise. But with a few weeks removed I’m able to see things differently than if I’d written this review in the immediate aftermath of it. This year’s festival had a lot to prove. If I had written a proper review of the 2023 festival it wouldn’t have been particularly complimentary, though that’s also because there was a lot going on behind the scenes at the network that we ..read more

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-uwsav-15f9570 This year’s TCM Classic Film Festival has come and gone but we’re bringing it back to you whether you were there or there in spirit. Introductions from North By Northwest, Gidget and Them! are included. Head over to our Patreon to hear more festival audio, including Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta talking Pulp Fiction, Jodie Foster and Steven Spielberg. This episode was created thanks to our Patrons: Ali Moore Amy Hart Danny David Floyd Donna Hill Gates Jacob Haller Jonathan Watkins Krista Painter McF Rachel Clark A Button Call ..read more

Considered one of the seminal science fiction films of the 1950s, I was fortunate to see Them! in the best way possible. Not only on a big screen with an introduction by sound experts Craig Barron and Ben Burtt during the TCM Classic Film Festival; with Them’s amazing child actress Sandy Descher included. I also saw it after reading Foster Hirsch’s remarkable book Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties, an engrossing exploration of the decade that saw Old Hollywood change forever and that lays out how Them! played on fears ranging from communism to feminism. All that from a movie about giant ..read more

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ac4u5-15df95c It’s TCM Classic Film Festival time once again and we’re back with a special bonus episode highlighting all our picks. Author Lara Gabrielle joins us as does Ava Gardner expert Lora Stocker to break down the questions we have about this year’s festival (what does “corporate daddy” Warner Bros. Discovery have in store?) and the movies we aren’t gonna miss. PROGRAMMING NOTE: In light of the festival, our next episode will actually debut on May 1st.  This episode was created thanks to our Patrons: Ali Moore Amy Hart Danny David Floyd Donna ..read more