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

FB post about pulled GQ article

And here

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/05/business/media/gq-david-zaslav-warner-bros-discovery.html

And via defector

https://defector.com/gq-rolled-over-and-showed-its-belly-to-david-zaslav

*sigh*

just saw first cross-promotion for Shark Week on TCM

— Brandon 🚷 (@bnowalk) July 7, 2023

B-b-but what about Jet Week?

recently watched: along the great divide (raoul walsh. 1951. kirk douglas.) dark of the sun (1968. jim brown. rod taylor. loved it!) flesh (1932. john ford. wallace beery.)

stuff i recorded that i need to watch: ah, wilderness!, midnight lace, the unsuspected, jewel robbery, witness for the prosecution, cynthia, the big trees, the feminine touch, don't make waves, first lady, the safecracker, close to the heart, our vines have tender grapes, on moonlight bay, fitzwilly, never say goodbye, hell's heroes, holiday affair, irene, winter meeting.

via tcm i developed a mad crush on miriam hopkins during the pandemic. oof!

Dark of The Sun is awesome.

it really is. i was surprised.

I saw Sullivan's Travels maybe two weeks back on TCM. What an amazing film. So meta!

On Apr 26, @TCM announced a two-night memorial tribute to Harry Belafonte in July.

At some point in the last few weeks, that became a *one-night* tribute.

Night 2 (tonight) was replaced by programming promoting BARBIE, released by TCM's sister company Warner Bros.#TCMParty https://t.co/MHYzG2ihGj

— Will McKinley (@willmckinley) July 22, 2023

I noticed recently that the Watch TCM app has stopped working on my Roku, Android, and iOS devices; the app loads but won't play anything.

Just finished watching THE PHILADELPHIA STORY and then my eyes were blinded by a giant big pink Barbie logo behind Ben Mankiewicz and Greta Gerwig, who is apparently picking the films for this evening, as per an earlier post.

My eyes were so dazzled I didn’t notice the redundant “giant big” in my post.

Ugh, still contemplating this.

They just aired Frank Perry’s incredible Last Summer, but I haven’t had a chance to watch my DVR recording of it yet. I’ve seen a 16mm print from Australia’s National Film Archives and the 1980’s VHS release, which are both different.

I'm glad to see the Watch TCM app is working again

Did it break?

it was out of action on all my gadgets for several days

Same here. But it's working fine now.

No doubt the guy who knew how it worked got fired or else was working on the Barbie tie-ins.

not quite dead

https://ew.com/tv/tcm-insiders-detail-fight-to-protect-turner-classic-movies-network/

Good article – I don't remember EW's reporting getting that granular in the past (in particular the long section potentially linking the cuts to Zaslav's salary/earnings).

Okay, then. But the whole thing made my stomach turn and it is still not quite calmed down.

Oh damn they namechecked Millie in that EW piece. She's a pal, so I'm never not going to be furious about that.

William Friedkin tribute tonight (times EDT)

8:00 The French Connection
10:00 To Live and Die in L.A.
12:15 The Boys in the Band

Read about a movie that sounds interesting to check out (Experiment in Terror, Blake Edwards)… it’s not streaming readily, but turns out it’s on TCM tonight & tmrrw morning; what serendipity.

it's fun. great soundtrack iirc

That movie whips ass

Yeah, it’s good.

Next week, Noir Alley is showing Abandoned (1949), which has never before aired on TCM.

Greil Marcus "Real Life Top 10" bait: Where the Boys Are and Godard's Weekend, back-to-back in a couple of hours.