Columbia Pictures 100: TCM Celebrates Studio’s 100th Anniversary

TCM announced their January programming plans to spotlight the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Columbia Pictures. The spotlight programming of the Columbia legacy will start on Wednesday, January 3. Join TCM host Ben Mankiewicz in the month-long celebration showcasing the breadth of the studio’s films with a different decade every Wednesday, from the 1920s and 1930s with It Happened One Night all the way through to 2000s Marie Antoinette. The celebration will kick off Wednesday,…

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David Zaslav Is Bad For Warner Bros. And Hollywood

David Zaslav is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with Hollywood and has no business running Warner Bros. Discovery. Is it too late to undo the merger that landed Warner Bros. at Discovery Communications? Action after action on account of Zaslav is just sickening and infuriating. As someone who loves movies and has great respect for the work that that Harry, Sam, Albert, and Jack Warner built together, watching everything happening just makes…

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TCM Must Be Saved At All Costs

TCM is a haven for classic film fans but Turner Classic Movies might become a victim of Warner Bros. Discovery’s cost-cutting efforts. I cannot tell you the number of times per week that I look through the TCM guide on YouTube TV and set movies to record. It happens more often than you might realize–less so when I’m busy during a film festival. But now that I’ve lost MLB Network because YouTube TV won’t make…

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Gregory Orr talks Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul

Gregory Orr spoke with Solzy at the Movies ahead of the TCM premiere of Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul on Sunday, April 2. Sunday night’s 9:45 PM ET broadcast premiere is the first of two airings in April in honor of Warner Brothers celebrating their 100th anniversary. The next WB100 airing of the documentary will take place on April 10 at 11:15 AM ET. Vision Films will release the film digitally on May 9,…

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TCM Honors The Jewish Experience In January

While antisemitism is at its highest levels in recent years, TCM is taking a trip down memory lane in its Jewish Experience programming. I’ve reviewed a few of these films already and also have links where applicable. I’m going to try and write some additional reviews but with my January schedule being what it is, I’m not sure how many other reviews will be appearing on the site. There’s nothing like starting out January with…

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High Noon on the Waterfront Premieres On TCM

Following its world premiere at the 2022 Telluride Film Festival, High Noon on the Waterfront makes its broadcast premiere on TCM. This film is a tale of two different filmmakers as TCM observes the 75th anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist during the month of October. This was one of the darkest times in both American and Hollywood history. If you’re not familiar, Hollywood filmmakers and actors were pressured to “name names” of communists because McCarthyism…

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Phantom Thread to Premiere on TCM (Clip)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread will premiere on TCM this Saturday night as a part of the Follow the Thread series. The Follow the Thread series is one that explores the intersection between film and fashion and features interviews from with iconic costume and fashion designers. Written and directed by Anderson, the film stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Vicky Krieps. The film is set in 1950s post-war London where Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and…

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Mark Harris talks Mike Nichols: A Life

Mark Harris spoke with Solzy at the Movies about his new book, Mike Nichols: A Life, ahead of this weekend’s TCM Classic Film Festival. The TCM premiere of Nichols and May: Take Two will screen on late Saturday morning. The documentary will be followed by Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in the early afternoon. Both screenings will include a conversation with Mark Harris. When did you first become interested in writing a book about Mike…

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TCM Classic Film Festival: Host Recommendations

Prior to the 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival, a number of network hosts offered their recommendations for first-time classic film viewers. TCM hosts Alicia Malone, Dave Karger, Jacqueline Stewart, and Eddie Muller were among the participants in a roundtable junket this past Monday. Malone and Muller were in one rotation while Karger and Stewart were paired in another. Unfortunately, I couldn’t ask the same question of Ben Mankiewicz during the West Side Story rotation. Both…

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TCM Classic Film Festival: Exec Q & A

Prior to the 2021 TCM Classic Film Festival, TCM executives and programmers sat down with the media to discuss the upcoming festival. TCM General Manager Pola Changnon, Festival Director Genevieve McGillicuddy, and SVP of Programming Charlie Tabesh were among those who sat down with media during Monday’s press junket. They made a quick pivot to TCM last year but this year, the festival has the added benefit of utilizing HBO Max for programming. One thing…

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