But it's good to watch from any point
― dow, Sunday, 5 July 2015 20:10 (eight years ago) link
Today:
6:00 AM FOLLOW ME QUIETLY (1949)7:30 AM A WOMAN'S SECRET (1949)9:00 AM SIDE STREET (1950)10:30 AM BLACK HAND (1950)12:15 PM ARMORED CAR ROBBERY (1950)1:30 PM CAGED (1950)3:15 PM D.O.A. (1950)4:45 PM DESTINATION MURDER (1950)6:15 PM THE TATTOOED STRANGER (1950)8:00 PM RED LIGHT (1949)9:45 PM KISS ME DEADLY (1955)11:45 PM ON DANGEROUS GROUND (1952)1:30 AM THE HITCH-HIKER (1953)2:45 AM BLUE DAHLIA (1946)4:30 AM RAW DEAL (1948)
This looks like the most authentically noir lineup yet. Raw Deal got remade as Point Blank and Payback, right?
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Friday, 10 July 2015 12:07 (eight years ago) link
i kinda doubt it -- it predates the novel the other two are based on.
Side Street is a keeper
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 July 2015 12:10 (eight years ago) link
Agreed. Kiss Me Deadly is crazy, great OTT pulp cheese, and that ending is unforgettable. Often known now as "the movie Tarantino stole the suitcase gimmick from in Pulp Fiction".On Dangerous Ground is really great too IMO. Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, kind of proto-Coens in the atmosphere.
― Nhex, Friday, 10 July 2015 18:43 (eight years ago) link
I just looked to see what TCM On Demand has available right now and the only thing in the War category is Duck Soup.
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Friday, 10 July 2015 22:05 (eight years ago) link
I think Act of Violence might be my favorite of this summer's noirs so far, but I have 10 or 11 recorded and three more Fridays of programming.
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Saturday, 11 July 2015 21:59 (eight years ago) link
tomorrow:7:45 AM TENSION (1950)9:30 AM WHERE DANGER LIVES (1950)11:00 AM THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 (1950)12:30 PM A LADY WITHOUT PASSPORT (1950)2:00 PM CAUSE FOR ALARM (1951)3:15 PM NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951)4:45 PM STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)6:30 PM THE RACKET (1951)8:00 PM TOO LATE FOR TEARS (1949)10:00 PM THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946)12:15 AM 99 RIVER STREET (1953)2:00 AM CONFLICT (1945)3:30 AM KLUTE (1971)
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Friday, 17 July 2015 02:50 (eight years ago) link
Martha Ivers really isn't that good, but I have a soft spot for it, largely because of the insane girl in the introduction who will later grow up to be Barbra Stanwyck
― Nhex, Friday, 17 July 2015 03:07 (eight years ago) link
Double Indemnity in theaters Sunday/Monday (at least in my area) from TCM/Fathom Events - anyone been to one of those re-releases?
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Friday, 17 July 2015 03:57 (eight years ago) link
Going to try to watch the Candidate/Last Hurrah double-bill tonight--I've only seen the latter once, 35+ years ago. What will actually happen is that I'll drift in and out of sleep through both.
― clemenza, Saturday, 18 July 2015 20:28 (eight years ago) link
Any of these extra-good? I've seen Elevator to the Gallows but none of the others.
6:45 AM ROADBLOCK (1951)8:00 AM THE STRIP (1951)9:30 AM BEWARE, MY LOVELY (1952)11:15 AM CLASH BY NIGHT (1952)1:15 PM KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952)3:00 PM MACAO (1952)4:45 PM TALK ABOUT A STRANGER (1952)6:15 PM SPLIT SECOND (1953)8:00 PM THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)9:30 PM HIS KIND OF WOMAN (1951)11:45 PM THE LOCKET (1946)1:30 AM ANGEL FACE (1952)3:30 AM ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (1958)
― dart scar rashes (WilliamC), Friday, 24 July 2015 02:42 (eight years ago) link
Angel Face is fun
― Sharia Law and Lambchop (The Yellow Kid), Friday, 24 July 2015 03:23 (eight years ago) link
aww only two weeks left. barely watched anything... need to delete some stuff for room for Elevator to the Gallows.
The Locket is a great Rashomon-esque, Russian nesting doll narrative, well ahead of its time. I think it was generally slept on for years due to a lack of home video release until recently.
Angel Face is a fun Mitchum joint with a lovely, bananas femme. I am quite fond of the ending. Don't miss it!
― Nhex, Friday, 24 July 2015 03:54 (eight years ago) link
NARROW MARGIN , people!
― Archaic Buster Poindexter, Live At The Apollo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 July 2015 08:38 (eight years ago) link
His Kind of Woman is worth seeing for the Mitchum/Russell pairing and the screwball elements ... Macao is more of the same but less successful
― Brad C., Friday, 24 July 2015 12:17 (eight years ago) link
Was going to say something similar
― Archaic Buster Poindexter, Live At The Apollo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 25 July 2015 00:29 (eight years ago) link
Vanishing Point on tonight
― Brad C., Saturday, 25 July 2015 23:16 (eight years ago) link
Les Blank docs Tuesday night July 28th from 8pm through to Wednesday morining
TCM PRIMETIME - WHAT'S ON TONIGHT: LES BLANK
as reflected in this TCM salute, Blank's idiosyncratic films and short subjects covered a wide range of subjects including Cajun culture in the U.S. (Spend It All, 1971): black Creole life (Dry Wood, 1973); the city of New Orleans (Always for Pleasure, 1978); cooking (Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers, 1980); and the polka and its devotees (In Heaven There Is No Beer?, 1984). Of the 11 Blank films shown in our tribute, no less than eight are TCM premieres!
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1:45 AM
documentary
Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins, The (1970)
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2:19 AM
short
All Talking... All Singing... All Dancing (1971)
2:30 AM
Well Spent Life, A (1971)
3:30 AM
Sprout Wings and Fly (1983)
4:15 AM
In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984)
5:15 AM
God Respects Us When We Work But Loves Us When We Dance (1968
― curmudgeon, Monday, 27 July 2015 15:37 (eight years ago) link
Oops, didn't mean to cut and post all that
Tonight the Les Blank films show. Post-Midnight Clifton Chenier and blues docs should be good (worth dvring)and the 1978 New Orleans doc early in the night should also be worth checking out.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 15:35 (eight years ago) link
Leon Russell too?
― Archaic Buster Poindexter, Live At The Apollo (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 July 2015 16:18 (eight years ago) link
Nope.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 28 July 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link
Enjoying "All For Pleasure" right now (Professor Longhair!)...hope I can stay awake through the Lightnin' Hopkins doc
― kevin smith what a bro (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 00:41 (eight years ago) link
If there are any Archers fans who haven't seen I Know Where I'm Going, it's on tomorrow evening.
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 01:11 (eight years ago) link
it's greatthese bayou docs are fun too!
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 02:05 (eight years ago) link
Angel Face is really stupid btw
― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 03:19 (eight years ago) link
Kicking myself that I missed Les Blank's Spend It All. I didn't know it was airing until I got in later last night and saw the post above. I've been wanting to see that since Marcus put it in his decade-end list in an old James Monaco book. (It's on YouTube, I think, but that doesn't work for me.)
Here's something bizarre, though. I was at a rep screening of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl last night. I won't get into the movie here, but it not only includes a clip from Blank's Burden of Dreams, it has a reenactment of the same scene.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 18:37 (eight years ago) link
http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/movies/
The Les Blank movies are available on TCM on Demand until August 5th
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:46 (eight years ago) link
Thanks. I took a look, and that doesn't seem to be an option in Canada (not sure if my set-up would be suitable anyway).
― clemenza, Thursday, 30 July 2015 13:19 (eight years ago) link
Sorry. I am gonna try to take advantage of it here in the US
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:00 (eight years ago) link
http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/misc/blank-79.php
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 July 2015 16:01 (eight years ago) link
Christgau in 79 re Les Blank
Hulu Plus works for TCM on Demand too, according to a posting on ILM
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 30 July 2015 20:15 (eight years ago) link
If you still have a place that rents Criterions near you, Spend It All is in their Les Blank box set.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 30 July 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
If TCM had an on demand thing like HBO Now (aka doesn't require a cable subscription) I would snap it up so damn fast
― musically, Thursday, 30 July 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
they KINDA do but it's pretty meh
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 July 2015 20:44 (eight years ago) link
If you have Sling, you can stream TCM for $5 extra per month. No on demand yet though.
― Chris L, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:05 (eight years ago) link
http://www.tcm.com/watchtcm/ claims to have access to the past week's films on demand but i've had poor luck with it
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:06 (eight years ago) link
99% of my TV watching (not counting sports) is streaming – I don’t have the time or patience to watch things live anymore #firstworldproblems. Sling sounded great until I learned it didn’t come with VOD for all channels. I’ll give their website a try to see if there’s anything available for non-subscribers.
When Netflix first launched its streaming service it had a really solid catalog of classic films, now that their emphasis is on TV and original content their back catalog is pretty damn pathetic. Would like to see someone step up to offer classic movie streaming (and not terrible public domain films tyvm) for cord cutters.
― musically, Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:35 (eight years ago) link
900+ Criterions on Hulu...
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Thursday, 30 July 2015 21:48 (eight years ago) link
If they the same volume and kinds of ads that they did when I had my hulu trial earlier this year then no thanks. I still have some of the commercials memorized ugh
― musically, Friday, 31 July 2015 02:06 (eight years ago) link
no commercials on the criterions iirc they're just horribly organized.
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Friday, 31 July 2015 02:07 (eight years ago) link
How so, forks?
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Friday, 31 July 2015 02:13 (eight years ago) link
they're alphabetized and THAT'S ITso hunting for something to watch means that you have to know what you're looking for and even then it might be organized differently.some of this shifts depending on the GUI and player you use but Tivo/iOS/Sony's interfaces for Hulu and Criterion are very poor.
i just got (for my bday) an amazon fire tv explicitly to play mubi on my television; it's the only machine i can find that has an app. will report back.
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Friday, 31 July 2015 02:24 (eight years ago) link
Oh, I use my little cheat sheet -- sort by year, director, length, IMDB rating, etc.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12MGHYZXB_lTyWIoG_7-r4s-Xlve-obn1bM34kbDVtW8/edit#gid=901134214
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Friday, 31 July 2015 02:26 (eight years ago) link
nice. i just want to explore though.
― let's not get too excited w/ the ouches (forksclovetofu), Friday, 31 July 2015 02:29 (eight years ago) link
best thing I've ever seen in my life. thank you.
― dan selzer, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:11 (eight years ago) link
My particular frustration is with the title cards for selection, some of them are informative and some aren't. Some will list the director or whatever but the image is so small you can barely see it.
― dan selzer, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link
you should freeze the title/director etc row to keep it on the top.
― dan selzer, Friday, 31 July 2015 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, I never have figured out how to do that. yellow = I've seen it, btw
― rack of lamb of god (WilliamC), Friday, 31 July 2015 14:53 (eight years ago) link