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Your Complete Guide to the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival!
Ah, spring! When movie lovers’ thoughts turn to the TCM Classic Film Festival… For the past two years, I’ve covered this fabulous fest for Sister Celluloid, and the lovely folks at TCM were kind enough to invite me again. But then, life had other plans. My Mom, who’s 86 and was already frail, recently had a bad …
Three Cheers for Eva Marie Saint! (And Happy Birthday!)
Happy 91st Birthday, Eva Marie Saint!! I’m trusting that tons of vintage photos of this luminous star are all over the intertubes today. But here are some I needed to share with you. Please forgive the blurriness—I was in the bleachers with my little Brownie camera! On the opening night of the TCM Film Festival, the …
The TCM Classic Film Festival: Friedkin Reminisces and Reclaims the Spotlight
The official theme of this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival was Family—which, for some, meant coming home: actors and films that had been dissed and dismissed finally felt the warmth of the spotlight and the embrace of appreciative crowds. Director William Friedkin was on hand to introduce his 1977 film Sorcerer, which, in its original release, …
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