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woah

UGH! I missed it!

Eh, Who's That Knocking At My Door is... well, I'll be kind, it's very early for Scorcese.

set Dark Passages to record earlier today but something went wrong. typical.

UGH! I missed it!

― *tera, Saturday, March 8, 2014 6:22 PM (1 hour ago)

??? -- If you mean the Scorsese and Symbiopsychowhatchamacallit, those are on later tonight.

This is a good basic take on Who's That Knocking At My Door, under its original title, I Call First. Scorcese's full-length debut (90 minutes, but quite full), court reporter Keitel's debut too. Good basic, but doesn't get into the sometimes inspired, nobody-but-early-Marty S. bursts (opening has a childhood memory of Granny, smiling, bringing the camera a nice big treat from the oven, to the tune of what sounds like a subway zombie beating a railroad tie on a defunct third rail, in perfect rhythm--another side of the 60s)(it's a thoughtful investigation of/romp with the macho fuckhead mentality, like all his best and some not-so-good flicks) Anyway, here's young Ebert's first glimpse: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-call-first--whos-that-knocking-at-my-door-1967

Symbiopsychowhatchamacallit is worth seeing, but kind of like a stoned dream of visiting improvised scenes on the set of Mad Men (something to keep the third-tier supporting cast on their toes; no stars).

No I didn't miss it! Woohoo

13 Mickey Rooneys this Sunday

(all '33-47)

Princess Tam-Tam coming on, followed by Hungry For Ass

Holy Crap, just now realized: they started the day with The Russian Ark, now: Spirit of the Beehive, later: La Jetee (among others).
Happy Labor Day---http://www.tcm.com/schedule/

Oh, now I see: they're doing a 24 hour tribute to the Telluride Film Festival, flicks from that:
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1027361|0/24-Hour-Tribute-to-the-Telluride-Film-Festival-9-1.html

Strong month. I've got a bunch of stuff marked to record/watch. I missed Under Capricorn in August, glad they're showing it again on the 27th.

It's been a while since I've seen The Crying Game, so PVR'ing that tonight, plus I wanna fill in some of the gaps in my Bacall viewing later this month.

I missed Under Capricorn i
Need to watch too. Did you watch Beehive?

No, but I've seen it within the last couple of years, so I skipped it today.

I didn't have a chance to see it then, but every time I have, and meant to check out just a few minutes, I've gotten hooked (really didn't "mean" to watch the whole thing more than twice). The same can't said of Pan And The Labyrinth, though they're often connected. It was good enough, but the gifted lead actress was the only child in it, while Spirit's momentum was greatly increased by the tumult of two kids (and others in the audience onscreen, when they're all drinking in the original Frankenstein). Which may be why Pan's own historically-based Govt. vs. rebels storyline, so well-populated by adults, just about took over, while Spirit built and centered its own kinda beehive (and labyrinth, for that matter).
(I'm enjoying The Strain's juicy pulp pastiche so far; maybe more Del Toro's best kind of thing.)

It's on Hulu Plus! Which can be tried for free---h'm-m-m! http://www.hulu.com/watch/215859

Yeah, I should have mentioned, I can watch Beehive whenever I want. $8/month really is worth it just for the Criterions.

http://jewishexponent.com/culture/2014/09/classic-movie-channel-focuses-on-jewish-films

Newly restored for its 50th anniversary, and recently screened and celebrated at the Jerusalem Film Festival, Sallah airs Sept. 16 on Turner Classic Movies with another key title in the Israeli canon, the 1955 battlefield drama Hill 24 Doesn’t Answer.

The black-and-white double bill is the centerpiece of TCM’s expansive series airing Tuesdays in September, “The Projected Image: The Jewish Experience on Film.” Other highlights include the rarely screened Edward Dymytryk-Kirk Douglas drama The Juggler (part of a Sept. 9 focus on the Holocaust), the little-known 1934 historical drama The House of Rothschild (Sept. 23, when the theme is “Tackling Prejudice”) and the terrific World War II epic, The Young Lions, featuring Montgomery Clift as a Jewish G.I. (one of four coming-of-age sagas airing Sept. 30).

Alert! Green For Danger tomorrow in the AM.

OK, I've set it to record, but I'd never heard of it before. What in particular makes you recommend it?

It's got a good, tense British WWII noirish thriller atmosphere. Also director is not that well known so you might overlook it.

Hm. Newly unearthed trivia: Jane Birkin's mother, who was also apparently a favorite of Noel Coward, is in it. Her name was Judy Campbell.

Of course there are some more well-known names in the cast, who conduct themselves admirably.

Cool, I'll watch it tomorrow morning instead of the futbol.

Just rewatched. Was not disappointed.

Maybe should have mentioned it's also an operating room drama and a comedy whodunit.

Enjoyable bit of fun, especially Alastair Sim as the inspector. (Sim as Scrooge was the only version of A Christmas Carol that I've ever thought much of.)

Trevor Howard is great as usual. Think I've liked him in everything I've seen him in excerpt Brief Encounter. *ducks*

Now you need to see They Made Me A Fugitive, if you haven't yet.

To be honest, I thought Howard was a bit lost in the ensemble of suspects, and that Sim was the only standout in the cast. The script certainly helped with that -- Inspector Cockrill handled the medical staff like a bunch of puppets up until the last death.

I'm honored that you watched this film based on my recommendation but I'm afraid I have to somewhat disagree with you on this. He and Sally Gray were basically the leads in the first half of the film, although this does change with the arrival of Sims.

Holy Crap! Just now noticed: a night of vintage animation, starting with Windsor McCay:
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2014-10-06

wish you'd pointed that out an hour earlier but i'm taping from now till like six in the morning

If anyone in/near NYC can get me a copy of Bob Rafelson's Mountains of the Moon off da cable when it shows tomorrow, that'd be great.

http://www.rogerebert.com/demanders/mountains-of-the-moon-bob-rafelsons-lost-classic

Thanks for the heads-up -- I missed it when I was marking up the schedule. I saw it when it came out, but that's been a while now.

http://i.cdn.turner.com/v5cache/TCM/Images/Dynamic/i345/edgarulmer_apt_678x230_100120140223.jpg
Tuesday night:
Her Sister's Secret w other Ulmers I haven't seen, and doc about him----also his $0-budget-looking noirsterpiece, Detour.
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1036396|0/Directed-by-Edgar-G-Ulmer-10-21.html

If anyone in/near NYC can get me a copy of Bob Rafelson's /Mountains of the Moon/ off da cable when it shows tomorrow, that'd be great.

http://www.rogerebert.com/demanders/mountains-of-the-moon-bob-rafelsons-lost-classic

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Wazzabout The Black Cat?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B0bqsM_IgAIJzlg.jpg

Teatime on the set of Saboteur, started at 7 Central: Hitch's, but maybe not that great? Anyway like this pic (woof woof, Black Cat)

A few good sequences in that one make it worth it.

Just finished watching it -- I almost missed it but looked up at the clock just in time. Decent chase/wrong man film in the Hitch style, but a couple too many screeches to a halt for patriotic speechifying.

saboteur was definitely a lesser hitchcock -- last two reels are particularly unsatisfying, though it starts off promisingly enough and there are some exciting set pieces

funny circus scene, partly scripted by Dorothy Parker

The patriotic speechifying is the best part. It was '42.

I just watched Mountains of the Moon. It was great! A real they don't make them like they used to type of epic. There's one totally unbelievably silly moment at the end, but not enough to ruin things.

yeah, it's a surprisingly good movie! and i'm not a rafelson fan (except for head, which sort of doesn't count)

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