Tag Archives: Classic film

The Good, the Bad, and the Old Movie Weirdos

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

“You’re an Old Movie Weirdo,” my girlfriend said to me. “I know you don’t think you are, but you are.” Before we go any further, you need to know something about Maggie: she’s honest to a fault, particularly when it … Continue reading →

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Review: Beyond CASABLANCA: 100 Classic Movies Worth Watching by Jennifer C. Garlen

Posted on November 30, 2012 by

This is my biggest frustration as a classic film fan: no matter how many old movies I watch, there will always be hundreds (thousands?) more I haven’t seen. Unless I buy every pre-1960 DVD ever released and lock myself in … Continue reading →

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Pre-Code Classics Shine Again in “Forbidden Hollywood” Volumes 4 and 5 from Warner Archive

Posted on September 11, 2012 by

“For me, the real ‘Classic Era’ in Hollywood was the mid-1930s until about 1959,” host Robert Osborne said at the third annual TCM Classic Film Festival in April. Coincidentally, those years also bookend the period during which the Motion Picture … Continue reading →

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Classic Film in 2012: The Opposite of Extinction

Posted on July 18, 2012 by

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Neal Gabler’s suggestion in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times that old movies are “dinosaurs,” looking forlornly in the eye-rolling face of the generation (the under-30 “Millennials”) that will finally and irrevocably consign them … Continue reading →

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