I saw this being suggested in another thread, so I thought why not....

Let's talk about classic films! Which ones do you like? Which ones don't you like? Which movies do you consider classics?

Favourite actors and actresses?

Let's start with the perhaps most classic of all the classics.... It might not be the best movie ever made, but if any movie can be labeled a true classic this is it:

Definitely a bit of a Streisand effect here. By attempting to censor it, they only drew attention to it. There are dozens of Zaslav takedowns across the web amid an endless sea of content most people won’t read a tiny fraction of. This one was harsh with the Pretty Woman comparison, but I can’t help but think they’ve only done worse damage to themselves by trying to bury it than they would by simply ignoring it.

Oh I saw that the GQ editor-in-chief is producing a movie for Warner Bros. Huge conflict of interest.

@DRW50

 

@Vee Thanks. That was a longer dive than I had expected from EW in recent years. I'm glad people there are some attempts to restore the channel but I can understand why they are not believing it - I'm really not either. The notion of something being profitable yet being gutted because of the ridiculous salary being given to an executive feels like the final stage towards gutting any and all product as long as a handful of people rake in all the remaining cash. Channels like TCM are a canary in the coal mine, and I'm glad many in Hollywood realized this.

Edited August 8, 20232 yr by DRW50

@Vee @DRW50 you may have already seen this.

 

Thanks!

36 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

@Vee @DRW50 you may have already seen this.

 

Oh, I saw. I'm very pleased. I have the old Criterion BBS boxset somewhere which includes Last Picture Show, but this is an update and moreso I'm pleased about Texasville. I saw the DC in color, but I guess B&W may have been Bogdanovich's later intention for it to match the first film. So I'm happy it's getting a proper release and has some features dedicated to it.

 

Happy 100 Glynis Johns!!!

Edited October 9, 20232 yr by Bright Eyes

I found this picture of Vivien Leigh a few days ago, and just had to post it. I think it's a colorized picture from "That Hamilton Woman", and Vivien looks stunningly beautiful.  😍

30 years of TCM! Beyond falling in love with early Disney films and The Wizard of Oz as a child, the first true classic film that caught my eye was Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte, the spiritual sequel to Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? I can't remember my exact age at the time, maybe just shy of entering my pre-teen years, but I don't think I ever even knew movies could be in black and white. It was one of those moments where I had walked into it being on the television and I felt myself being compelled to watch as Olivia de Havilland ruthlessly tortured Bette Davis, for reasons I had to figure out, and thus a long-standing love and adoration for classic film, it's history, and the pop culture surrounding it was born!

 

Quick summation of the how the channel came to be ...

 

Edited April 5, 20241 yr by Bright Eyes

 

One of my most beloved movies - Dark Victory

A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and must decide whether or not she'll meet her final days with dignity.

A classical musician from the slums is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

Something of Value (1957) - This awfully generic title has no business being put upon this striking, horrifying film about the Natives of Kenya fighting back against their colonizers. The movie doesn't waste time showing you the ugliness of racism, having to concede that Britain bought the land "fair and square." Sidney Poitier is overwhelmingly soul crushing in his performance, and Rock Hudson is a strong, beautiful lead. It's the film's heavy emotional stakes that keep you invested, especially the relationship between Hudson and Poitier's characters. The horrors of war are not shied away from, but shown even more brutally when in a more suburban setting. There's a raid scene where Wendy Hiller's character comes down the stairs bloodied that revolts you, but none more than the ending which makes you want to throw up, exasperated.