tcm alert thread (Jun '23 - tcm alert: dead)

fair warning: A FOREIGN AFFAIR on Sat night.

introduced by Alec Baldwin?

I am so amused that The Boogens and Night of the Lepus are both ending up on TCM (on the 22nd, in case you care).

yes, AFA is an Essential.

Repo Man in the wee hours

followed by Jodie Foster in Adrian Lyne's Foxes

bump for A Foreign Affair in 90 mins

goddamn it -- when can we expect a DVD release?

forgot about this! was going to watch the Lovely Bones but I'll save that for later.

I'm betting this was a lot better than a froze-up webstream of a baseball game. I know I liked it a lot more.

Really interesting film, I'm going to have to let it marinate in my head a while.

I have a deeper understanding of The Good German.

Alfred, everything should not be on DVD. It's good to have to work for things sometimes.

A Foreign Affair is a great book, don't think i ever saw the movie.

Alfred, everything should not be on DVD. It's good to have to work for things sometimes.

Like paying extra money a month for cable?

or move to a city w/ a rep house :)

He doesn't think the kids today have earned it, that's all.

btw saw Something Wild and it was pretty great for the most part.

I was too tired to watch SW (not the Demme film btw) and don't tape anymore, but yes I'd like to see it someday based on the first 10 mins.

I'm surprised it doesn't have a larger following. NY looks great as well. Also I never paid attention to Caroll Baker in the few things I've seen her in, but she was excellent! Quite a pedigree in the crew for an independent as well.

mark your calendars. TCM will show the newly restored Metropolis on Dec. 7.

So good.

Elio Petri's extremely rare proto-giallo, A Quiet Place in the Country(!), 3:15 am, Monday 11/01. Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero.

I saw that film maybe 6-7 years ago. Scarcely remember it.

Ebert was on last night talking w/ Osborne in his robot voice.

i've sought a legit copy this movie high and low, as i'm a big fan of 10th Victim and Investigation. there isn't even an Italian DVD. figures, like Deep End, that it has been moldering deep within the TCM vaults.

It's been up on torrent sites for about a year.

*legit*

I know. I'm just saying if you wanted to see it...

30 Thomas Edison films tonight

All of the Vincent Price movies yesterday were very very welcome.

baseball movies tonight

(i'd stick to the Joe E Brown pair in the wee hours)

it's Betty Hutton day!

they're rerunning the first part of this Hollywood hisyory doc-miniseries tonight (lots of Edison, Melies etc in the minutes I've seen)

Gentle reminder that the restored Metropolis premieres tonight at 8 EST, followed by Metropolis Refound at 11 EST.

Bill Forsyth's sublime Local Hero in about 15 mins.

Parallax View on after.

damn, Michael J Fox

oh, young Peter Capaldi.

there are great silent comedies on tonight, eh

I've got "It" set to record, as I've never seen it.

we could do an extended routine about what "It" is now.

well you ruined it now.

The "Moguls & Movie Stars" doc series is pretty great imo

I'm really enjoying it!

I didn't know a lot about the silent era, am learning stuff!

I had forgotten that Edison was such a cutthroat businessman.

duh. didn't you see The Prestige?

hell no

Days Of Heaven tonight at 11:15 PM EST.

1925 Wizard of Oz in a couple hours -- a weird one, even less faithful to the Baum book than the Garland musical -- followed by The Red Balloon and Bicycle Thieves.

Was at a becabled relative's for Xmas, caught a bunch of stuff on TCM that I'd not seen before - 3 Godfathers, original True Grit, The Lion in Winter. Narrowly missed Make Way for Tomorrow, though. :(

Get yourself to the recent Criterion release, if you can. It's an amazing movie.