Showing posts with label Turner Classic Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turner Classic Movies. Show all posts
It's that time of year again! It's that time of bags and bags of caramel apple milky ways, peanuts with candy corn, and every casserole made from my online recipe book. But most importantly, it is the time for all the classic horror movies that AMC and ABC Family just won't touch! Turner Classic Movies does not entirely knock it out of the park (How many times can a girl watch "The Devil Doll" or "The Dead of Night" without wanting to recreate a few classic murder movie scenes?), but a whole night devoted to Val Lewton! Halloween Disney things! Homicidal! Mark of the Vampire! The Haunting! The list only goes so far, 

I do understand that Turner Classic can only acquire so many movies considering copyright, but maybe it's time to break out some Universal or, be still my heart, anything creepy lingering in the Warner Archives now forgotten. A night of German expressionism maybe? I find myself very excited for Val Lewton night (which will summon every ounce of my TCM Halloween marathon watching skills acquired in the past 5 years...), a little known British production of "Fall of the House of Usher", and the Spencer Tracy version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" which I have not seen yet! This will prove to be a very productive October.

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Friday, October 2nd
TCM Spotlight: Haunted Houses

7:00 pm  Two on a Guillotine (1965)
9:00  House on Haunted Hill (1958) *
10:30 The Haunting (1963) *
2:30 House of Dark Shadows (1970) *


Friday, October 9th
TCM Spotlight: Rogue Body Parts

7:00 pm Mad Love (1935) *
10:15 Hands of a Stranger (1962)
1:30 Corruption (1967)
3:15 Eyes Without a Face (1959)


Friday, October 16
TCM Spotlight: Scary Kids

7:00 pm The Nanny (1965)
8:45 The Bad Seed (1956)
12:45 am The Village of the Damned (1961) 


Friday, October 23
TCM Spotlight: Literary Horror

11:45 The Fall of the House of Usher (1949) 
1:00 am The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) *


Wednesday, October 28
TCM Spotlight: Treasures from the Disney Vault

7:45 pm    The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) *
9:00 (Short) The Old Mill (1937) *
9:15 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Plausible Impossible (1956)
12:00 am (Short) Lonesome Ghosts (1937) *
12:15 (Short) Frankenweenie (1984) *


Thursday, October 29

6:45 am Freaks (1932) *
8:15 The Devil Doll (1936) *
9:45 House on Haunted Hill (1958) *
11:15 Macabre (1958)
12:45 pm Suspicion (1941) *
2:30 Stage Fright (1950)
4:30 A Bucket of Blood (1959) *


Friday, October 30

7:15 am The Mummy (1959) *
3:45 Crescendo (1972)
5:15 Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) 


TCM Spotlight: Val Lewton Horror
7:00 Cat People (1942) *
8:30 Martin Scorsese Presents, Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) *
10:00 The Seventh Victim (1943) *
11:15 The Leopard Man (1941) *
12:30 am The Ghost Ship (1943) *
1:45 The Body Snatcher (1945) *
3:15 Isle of the Dead (1945) *
4:30 Bedlam (1946) *


Saturday, October 31

6:00 am   Doctor X (1932) *
7:30 White Zombie (1932) *
8:45 Dementia 13 (1963)
12:15 Homicidal (1961) *
2:00 The Tingler (1959) *
3:30  House of Wax (1953) *


The Essentials: Happy Halloween
9:00 Curse of the Demon (1958) *
10:30 Dead of Night (1945) *
12:30 am Mark of the Vampire (1935) *
1:45-2:45 David Lynch Shorts


For those of you already opposing my post who are not familiar with my blog, I love snow! I love the beginning of winter where you get those special Lorelai Gilmore shivers of wintery excitement, complete with the rights to make popcorn and hot chocolate, maybe bake some cookies and watch movies feeling the snow raging outside. Too much Christmassy spirit for you?


Turner Classic and Disney Gave Me the Biggest Yule Present Possible... 

Ah December 21st, my holiday. All Christmassy like traditions have been given an en route to Yule instead of the 25th, so what could be better than an endless string of Christmas movies on Turner Classic that Sunday (Christmas in Connecticut, Holiday Affair..)? Oh, I don't know, stuff from the Disney vault perhaps?

Disney. The infamous vault. Late last month Turner Classic and the Walt Disney Company locked a deal together. TCM would help spruce and change up The Great Movie Ride  at Disney World if the Walt Disney Company would share some of the good stuff from the film vault, including ABC TV series like "Disneyland" or the classic "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" among many other magical and even Christmasssy treats. The other magical part of all of this? This series block will be will be offered "roughly four to five times a year" according to Turner Classic Movies's Senior Vice President for Programming and Production, Charlie Tabesh. 

What's in this month's lineup?

7:00 pm (Short) On Ice (1935)
7:00 (Short) Chip an' Dale (1947)
7:00 (Short) Santa's Workshop (1932)
7:30 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: The Disneyland Story (1954)
8:30 The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
10:00 Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
11:45 The Vanishing Prairie (1954)
1:00 Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
3:00 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color: Perilous Assignment (1959)

Bring it. I'm so ready for this!



Ace Wilder Starts a Sexy "Riot" in New Video


First she warns us that "Bitches like Fridays" (which has wormed its way into my guilty pleasure playlist...) and now, Swedish bad ass Ace Wilder is in our TVs insisting we start a riot... if not a pretty sexual one, I might add. Have I mentioned that it's currently in a commercial promoting Alyssa Milano's reality show that's coming in January? Oh yeah, I did a happy dance upon hearing that randomly on my TV. 

Warning, it will get stuck in your head.



Nick Offerman Sings About Whiskey


We all know Nick Offerman is basically Ron Swanson between his love for red meat, steak and eggs, alcohol, plaid and making things out of wood. So it really should be no surprise that he writes a little Scottish ditty about his disappointment that he does not have enough arms to both play his guitar and drink at the same time. I'll take it and love it immensely!


The First Wave of Mission Creek Festival Looks Pretty Damn Magical!


And magical indeed! As of March 31st, there will be way too much to see, hear and experience here in Iowa City. Music ranges from Father John Misty, electropop darling Betty Who (who I'm pretty excited to see!) Squrl, Foxygen among many, many many others you can find here. What could be better than this line-up? Oh, I don't know, Ingrid Bergman's beautiful and talented daughter, Isabella Rosselini performing her Green Porno on stage? What a Load of Craft's art festival being revived after a year of retirement? I'm already pretty excited, but then Mission Creek Festival is an amazing time of the year. Remember, this is only round one...

Mr. Little Jeans Puts Out a Christmas Song,
I repeat, Mr. Little Jeans Puts Out a Christmas Song!


I admit, I have a dream list of my favorite singers who I would kill to put out a Christmas song (if not an album) which includes Annie, The old line up of The Pipettes, All Angels, Charlotte Church 2.0, Charlotte Martin, Emily Wells, Hey Geronimo, Jamie Cullum, Le Kid, Lake Street Dive... the list goes on and on. But never would I have thought that Monica Birkenes would ever put out a Christmas song! Last night a happy gasp ran through my throat seeing this in my facebook feed and immediately hearing that Phil Spector-inspired bass beat, I immediately nerded out. Like what I wrote on a comment on the link, it's everything that I love: An original Christmas song, that retro sound and naturally, Monica herself. I already want to make up a Pipettes-like choreography and learn every lyric! 




Nothing is Better than Darren Criss Singing Disney Songs


It really is no surprise to anyone who knows me that I have the biggest lady wood for Darren Criss, Blaine Anderson, Harry Potter, whatever you want to call him. But Sunday night on ABC, he will be "that guy from Glee that's singing that one song that got cut from Aladdin" for the network special "Backstage with Disney on Broadway: Celebrating 20 Years." Anyone who is a Disney nerd knows that "Proud of Your Boy" was cut from Aladdin but found life in the musical. However, anyone who is a Disney nerd and spends too much time watching documentaries knows that it's impossible not to cry when listening to this knowing the story behind the song of our great Demi-God Howard Ashman and his wanting acceptance from his mother. It's a beautiful, heartbreaking song and Criss pares it down with a simple voice and guitar which is enough to turn me into a crying mess and a puddle simultaneously. 

You can hear it here.

Thursday, December 4 ***My Birthday!!!***

9:00 Meet John Doe (1941)
3:15 All Mine to Give (1957)



Thursday, December 11

8:45 Holiday Affair (1949)
12:30 Fitzwilly (1967)
2:30 Bachelor Mother (1939)
4:00 Susan Slept Here (1954)


Sunday, December 14

1:00 pm The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
3:00 In The Good Old Summertime (1949)


Thursday, December 18

7:00 A Christmas Carol (1938)
8:15 Scrooge (1970)
10:15 Scrooge (1935)
1:15 Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
2:45 Fanny and Alexander (1982)


Sunday, December 21

11:30 I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
3:00 Holiday Affair (1949)


Wednesday, December 24

5:00 AM Scrooge (1935)
6:30 Bundle of Joy (1956)
8;30 The Great Rupert (1950)
11:15 It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
1:15 I'll Be Seeing You (1944)
3:00 The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
5:00 Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
9:00 Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
11:00 Cover Girl (1944)
1:00 Indiscreet (1958)
3:00 All Mine to Give (1957)


Thursday, December 25

7:00 AM Tenth Avenue Angel (1948)
8:30 Bachelor Mother (1948)
10:00 A Christmas Carol (1938)
11:15 Holiday Affair (1949)
1:00 In the Good Old Summertime (1949)
3:00 Little Women (1933)
I love Turner Classic Movies in October with movies full of the suspenseful ambience, the cheesy '60s Gothic Hammer auras, the movies that manage to be scary without a plethora of CGI effects. But this year, there's something magical about the line-up (aptly titled "TCM Special Theme: Ghost Stories") is that I have not seen that many of these! For a channel who in the past has spent a lot of time playing repeats (although I never complain for the ten millionth view of the original "The Haunting"), I am pleasantly surprised.And DUDE! The old Dark Shadows movies!!!

All movies are linked to a trailer or clip.


Thursday, October 2


Saturday, October 4
12:45 A Night at the Movies: The Suspenseful World of Thrillers (2009)


Thursday, October 9
3:15 AM The Ghost of Yotsuya (1959)


Thursday, October 16
11:45 The Ghost Goes West (1936)
3:45 AM Gildersleeve's Ghost (1944)


Thursday, October 23



Saturday, October 25
12:15 A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (2011) *
Tuesday, October 28
5:00 AM Nosferatu (1922) *


Thursday, October 30



Friday, October 31
12:30 AM Poltergeist (1982) *
**Including Spoilers**
Movie(s) I Couldn't Get Out of My Head Afterward:
Marnie (1964)
With power-house actors like Tippi Hedren and the swoon-worthy swagger of a young Sean Connery, who wouldn't have this movie in their head afterwards (as well as Sean Connery's accent)? But it is that last scene that really gets you: Tippi Hedren's fine acting as she reverts back into a child and relives the trauma she had from being molested by her mother's client. And Marnie's mother (actress and stage-vet Louise Latham) really adds a double punch in the stomach when she still won't offer affection to the institution-bound Marnie. Even for a movie made in 1964 I was shocked to see a hand under skirt shot implying rape. Leave it to the genius that Hitchcock was; having tackled attempted rape as far back as Blackmail in 1929!


I Confess (1953)
"I Confess" certainly falls under my list of "Amazing Stage to Movie Adaptations that Still Reads As a Play" despite the poor reviews and box office attendance. Even still, "I Confess" still remains today something that has never been entirely studied in a movie until "Doubt" came along: How much should the Catholic Church interfere with law and order? Although one can guess that Montgomery Clift's (don't even get me started on him just yet!) Father Michael Logan had a number of soliloquoys in the play, you can still see the fight of morality going on in his head and his taut facial gestures. It's enough until the last gun shot at the end that kind of stuns you. Despite Hitchcock's relationship with method actors such as Clift he should have been lenient to the practice. Imagine the Oscars he and his cast would have won!

Shadow of a Doubt
(1943)
The template to "Stoker" (which floored me in itself) was enough for me to feel strangely rushed and yet fascinated with the almost-incest tones that Hitchcock never took with "Shadow of a Doubt." Regardless, the movie is still genius proving why this is Hitchcock's favorite movie he ever made because of "the thought of bringing menace into a small town." (Patricia Hitchcock, Beyond Doubt) Plus what floored me as well was the conversations between Henry Travers (Poppa Newton) and Wallace Ford (Fred Saunders) about how a person could get away with murder. That fact alone stayed with me after the movie with American ignorance never knowing that evil is best not to be tampered with but it still fascinates. That creeps me out. As does (after watching Stoker as well) the phrase "Uncle Charlie." I know it's weird, but it does.



Vertigo
(1958)
"Vertigo" is truly a mind-fuck, to put it mildly. Although it's plot seems fairly simple: an out-of-work cop takes a job to watch over a college class mate's wife out of the suspicion that she is not acting like herself; that's barely the half of it. Complete with allusions to being possessed by a dead great-grandmother, fear of heights, an obsession with a beautiful blonde woman and death itself, the movie seems to study fear in a way that it becomes a nightmare of itself. And I'm not even counting the beautifully animated dream sequence; the best scene in this movie (for me) is the first time at the Mission San Juan Batista, especially looking at the tree trunk. The colors are so perfect and that's only a testament to the genius that is Alfred Hitchcock and Edith Head.  Aren't the best scary movies based on allusion and what you feel anyways?
 






 Favorite Leading Actress(es)
Anny Ondra as Alice White
in "Blackmail"

Tippi Hedren as Marnie Edgar
in "Marnie"



















 
Movie I Couldn't Understand the Hype Over:
 
Maybe the Birds is iconic the way Psycho is iconic; it set the bar for the scary movie and the attack movie formula. I'll give the movie that as well as the great pleasure to stare at Tippi Hedren shaking my head going "Her daughter Melanie [Griffith] really does look like her! Damn!" Otherwise, it's a good movie for its time, reasons for being made for the movie formula to be set; but I didn't see much to personally enjoy. And I'm one of those people who will watch a classic movie with its out-dated effects and find my inner '20s-'30s audience movie-goer and try to see it as they would have. It fell dead on my ears much like most zombie movies. The Birds maybe beautiful in its atmosphere and the haunting yet beautiful setting of Bodega Bay. Oh and Jessica Tandy. Oh, oh, and Suzanne Pleshette. But despite all the things that are lovely about the film; it is a template for future reference and I've never been a huge attack movie fan. But for what it did for the time, it's a movie that had to have been made.
 
 
 
 
 
Favorite Leading Actor(s):

Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill
in "North by Northwest"
Montgomery Clift as
Father Michael William Logan
in "I Confess"

 
Sean Connery as Mark Rutland
in Marnie

Robert Walker as Bruno Antony
in "Strangers on a Train"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Movie(s) that Made Me Go "Oh my God, I love it, I love it!!!!"


The Lodger:
A Story of London Fog (1927)
"The Lodger" reads like a backwards almost-fairy tale. You have the bumbling but cute and unaware parents (with Hitchcock's signature humor in the execution) the beautiful curly blond haired daughter who could possibly be the next victim to a Jack the Ripper-like killer with an affinity for killing curly blond haired women, the idiot boyfriend to the daughter that is a cop and is a huge jealous idiot for June's Daisy Bunting's crush on Ivor Novello's The Lodger. Novello moves into the extra room in the Bunting household almost conveniently when this killer is making attacks closer to the neighborhood so obviously Malcolm Keene's idiot boyfriend intends to make him out of as the killer. When they go through his room with a warrant for his arrest; it turns out Novello may know more about these killings. But it turns out he's rich and he's in love with Daisy! Most silent movies are meant to be very simple but once the neighborhood townsfolk starts chasing after Novello's Lodger at the end complete with his hands cuffed in a very James Whale-Frankenstein kind of way, you're starting to see there's an extreme depth to this actor! Unfortunately the beautiful Welsh Ivor Novello was more of a composer and musician (but what Welsh person isn't?) but he really could've acted his way into Hollywood if he wanted to.
 
 
 
 
 
Lead Actor(s) I haven't Seen Before That Gave me a Severe Lady Boner

Ivor Novello's The Lodger
in "The Lodger"
Montgomery Clift's Father Michael William Logan
in "I Confess"















Hitchcock Sequences That I Held My Breath During 

Albert Hall sequence in The Man Who Knew Too Much

 

Movies I Had Already Seen and Loved

Psycho, Notorious, Rear Window, Dial M for Murder, Rebecca 
 

Movie(s) I will definitely watch again:
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