Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – September 3
Movie of the Week
Singin’ in the Rain (MGM, 1952)
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A list of all of this year’s Oscars nominations is here. A downloadable PDF ballot for your Oscars party is here. Watch the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 5PT/8ET on ABC.
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This month’s “Three by…” director is Chloé Zhao. More about her filmography is on IMDb.com.
Movie of the Week
This week’s pick is The Ten Commandments (1956). The film will be screened as it is every year on the ABC Television Network this Saturday, April 3 (check your local listings). It will also be playing on the big screen as part of the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics series this Wednesday, March 31 and Easter Sunday, April 4; more info at fathomevents.com/tcm. I’ll be watching it on a Blu-ray Disc that I just ordered from Amazon.com.
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This month’s TCM Big Screen Classics film is a 65th anniversary screening of The Ten Commandments (Paramount, 1956). Screenings will be on Sunday, March 28 and Wednesday, March 31. Check fathomevents.com/tcm for details.
This year’s TCM Classic Film Festival will be another virtual event like last year’s festival. New this year is the addition of HBO Max as another virtual venue for classic films and interviews. The event will take place May 6-9, 2021. More info is at filmfestival.tcm.com.
Here’s a video introduction from TCM host Ben Mankiewicz:
Miss Marple
Actress Margaret Rutherford as Agatha Cristie’s super sleuth Miss Marple is pure delight. She appeared as the character in five films:
Murder, She Said (1961)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
Murder Most Foul (1964)
Murder Ahoy! (1964)
The Alphabet Murders (1965); cameo only
These films are available for rent or purchase on Amazon.com (I spoke incorrectly in the podcast…my bad).
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940; I have this on DVD from The Criterion Collection) vs. Netflix’s Rebecca (2020)
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This month’s “Three by…” director is Michael Mann. More about his filmography is on IMDb.com.
Also, check out this interview done last year with Michael Mann talking about the making of Heat.
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This year, I am watching all 50 movies listed in the great book from Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Must-See Musicals: 50 Show-Stopping Movies We Can’t Forgetby Richard Barrios (Running Press, 2017; available on Amazon.com, on the Shop TCM website, and, hopefully, from your favorite bookseller).
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This month’s “Three by…” director is Nancy Meyers. More about her filmography is on IMDb.com.
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One of the movie watching projects I’m taking on in 2021 is watching the 50 movies listed in a cool book from Turner Classic Movies (TCM) called Must-See Musicals: 50 Show-Stopping Movies We Can’t Forget (Running Press, 2017). Full list and more info is here. Follow my Instagram feed for my mini-reviews of all of the films.
My 10 Best Films of 2020
I compiled a list of my favorite films I saw for the first time in 2020 regardless of the films’ initial release date. Full list is on my Letterboxd page (click the “Lists” link).
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