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Monthly Archives: June 2014
How the Death of Aereo Impacts Classic Film + TV Fans
At 11:30 a.m. (ET) on Saturday, June 28, Aereo suspended service to subscribers in the eleven U.S. television markets it served – including as many as 135,000 in New York City. I was one of them. For me, the Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Film, Classic TV, getTV, Technology
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Remembering Eli Wallach + 5 of His Films
Sometime in the mid-1990s, on the corner of 82nd Street and Riverside Drive, I stopped to gawk at an icon. “Yes, it’s me,” Eli Wallach said, apparently accustomed to silent, slack-jawed admirers on New York City street corners. He greeted me … Continue reading
TCM Remembers Ruby Dee w/ Two-Film Tribute
“Why can’t we image makers become peacemakers, too?” Ruby Dee asked after accepting a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild in 2000, alongside husband Ossie Davis. Until her death on June 11 at age 91, Dee endeavored to … Continue reading
Posted in TCM
Tagged A RAISIN IN THE SUN, EDGE OF THE CITY, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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Angela Lansbury and James Earl Jones Drive Miss Daisy to the Multiplex
There’s a new Angela Lansbury film in theaters this week, which is news that will delight any classic movie and TV fan. But the version of Driving Miss Daisy in which the legendary actress stars opposite James Earl Jones isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary Film
Tagged Angela Lansbury, Driving Miss Daisy, James Earl Jones, screencast
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Ben and Frank Mankiewicz Talk CITIZEN KANE, Bobby Kennedy, and Living up to a Famous Name
As a host of Turner Classic Movies, Ben Mankiewicz is accustomed to interviewing living legends. Yesterday in New York City, he turned the mic on a legend he knows better than any other: his dad, Frank Mankiewicz. “There aren’t many fathers who … Continue reading
Posted in Film Forum, Screening Report, TCM
Tagged Ben mankiewicz, CITIZEN KANE, Film Forum, Frank Mankiwicz, Herman Mankiewicz, Orson Welles, TCM, Turner Classic Movies
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