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Update: Bill Hader Returning for Third Season of “TCM Essentials Jr.”

Posted on April 18, 2013 by willmckinley

TCM announced today that “actor and writer” – they don’t add “impressionist,” which is my favorite of his skills – Bill Hader will return for his third season of TCM Essentials Jr., the summer showcase of films “that are ideal for parents … Continue reading →

Posted in TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN, Bill Hader, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, MON ONCLE, RUGGLES OF RED GAP, Scott McGee, TCM, TCM Essentials Jr, THE COURT JESTER, THE GRAPES OF WRATH, THE GREAT RACE, THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN, THE LAVENDER HILL MOB, THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, THE PIRATE, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Turner Classic Movies | 6 Comments

Henry Koster’s FRAULEIN (1958)

Posted on April 12, 2013 by willmckinley

Watching the DVD of Henry Koster’s FRAULEIN (1958) from 20th Century Fox Cinema Archives was one of my most frustrating classic film viewing experiences in recent memory. You can read all about it in my review at Cinema Sentries. In the meantime, … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, DVD Blu-Ray Review, Fox Cinema Archives | Tagged 20th Century Fox, CinemaScope, Dana Wynter, Dolores Michaels, Fox Cinema Archives, FRAULEIN, Henry Koster, James Edwards, Maggie Hayes, Mel Ferrer, Theodore Bikel | 3 Comments

UPDATE #4: My Obsessive-Compulsive Guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival

Posted on April 8, 2013 by willmckinley

(UPDATES are in italics.) This is something I look forward to – and dread – all year long. Now that the schedule for the upcoming TCM Classic Film Festival has finally been released, the impossible choices must begin. And, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival | Tagged A FOREIGN AFFAIR, A ROOM WITH A VIEW, AIRPLANE!, Alloy Orchestra, BADLANDS, Ben mankiewicz, BEN-HUR, Bill Hader, BONNIE AND CLYDE, Bruce Goldstein, Bugs Bunny, CAPE FEAR, CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS, Cari Beauchamp, Carl Davis, Chad McQueen, Chinese Multiplex, Cinerama Dome, CINERAMA HOLIDAY, CLUNY BROWN, Colleen Gray, COME SEPTEMBER, Conversation with Max Von Sydow, Conversation with Tippi Hedren, DELIVERANCE, DIAL M FOR MURDER, Disney’s El Capitan Theater, DON’T SAY NO UNTIL I FINISH TALKING, ED WOOD, Egyptian Theater, Eva Marie Saint: Live From the TCM Classic Film Festival, FLYING DOWN TO RIO, FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, FUNNY GIRL, GIANT, GILDA, GIMME SHELTER, GUYS AND DOLLS, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood’s Silent Echoes, HONDO, I AM SUZANNE, I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS, IT, IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY, IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, IT’S A MAD MAD MAD MAD WORLD, IT’S SPRING, Jane Fonda, John Bengtson, Katie Trainor, Kevin Brownlow, KISMET, LA TRAVERSEE DE PARIS, LADY AND THE TRAMP, LE MANS, LE MANS: Behind the Scenes, LIBELED LADY, MILDRED PIERCE, Musso and Frank, MY FAIR LADY, NINOTCHKA, NOTORIOUS, ON GOLDEN POND, ON THE TOWN, ON THE WATERFRONT, PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE, RIVER OF NO RETURN, ROAD TO UTOPIA, RUGGLES OF RED GAP, Safe in Hell, SALESMAN, SCARECROW, Scott McGee, SHANE, So You Think You Know The Movies, SOUTH PACIFIC, SUDDENLY, SUMMERTIME, Taking the Fall Panel, TARZAN FINDS A SON, TCL Chinese Theatre, TCM, TCM Classic Film Festival, TCMFF, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE BIG PARADE, THE BIRDS, THE DESERT SONG, THE DONOVAN AFFAIR, The General, THE GREAT ESCAPE, THE KILLING, THE LADY EVE, THE LADY VANISHES, THE LADYKILLERS, THE NARROW MARGIN, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE RAZOR'S EDGE, THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE SWIMMER, THE TALL TARGET, THE TRAIN, THE TWELVE CHAIRS, THEY LIVE BY NIGHT, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR, TO SIR, TRY AND GET ME, Turner Classic Movies, VOYAGE TO ITALY, WITH LOVE, Women of Early Hollywood, YANKEE DOODLE DANDY | 44 Comments

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I'm a New York City-based writer, producer, and digital marketing consultant. I've been a guest on Turner Classic Movies (interviewed by Robert Osborne), NPR, Sirius Satellite Radio, and the official TCM podcast. I've written for Slate.com, Game Show Network, getTV, Sony Movies, and NYC weeklies like The Villager and Gay City News. I'm also a contributor to four film-and-TV-related books: "Monster Serial," "Bride of Monster Serial," "Taste the Blood of Monster Serial," and "Remembering Jonathan Frid."

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