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As I was writing my R.I.P. Peter post last night upon hearing the news of Jennings death, I unintentionally ignored one crucial point — well, not ignored really, as much as I just didn’t think about it. But this morning as I see the outpouring of responses on TVNewser, I have to wonder if thisContinue reading “MORE PETER JENNINGS GOODBYE — THE IMPORTANT STUFF”

Last Thursday I wrote a little post about the new Al Gore-backed cable channel Current TV. I really wasn’t planning on revisiting the channel any time before maybe later this coming week, but sometime on Friday or Saturday I flipped over to 103 briefly, and I have to say … it was as bad asContinue reading “STAYING CURRENT: AN UPDATE OF ALREADY OLD NEWS”

So there I go on Friday, talking all about how there are too many new movies out, and how am I going to have time to see all of them — oh, I’m so worried I won’t get to everything, blah blah blah. So what happens? How many of the movies that I previewed onContinue reading “THE WEEK(END) IN REVIEW: NOT MUCH OF THE NEW”

That’s right kids — my how time flies. Another month, another round of Gothamist Interviews from yours truly and my friend Lily. I’m actually pretty excited about this week’s group because for once we got them all done ahead of time! Well, nearly. But most of the time I find myself scrambling, late into theContinue reading “THE GOTHAMIST INTERVIEW: AUGUST DAY 1 — STACEY BLUME”

“Summer Under the Stars” continues this week on TCM with a great lineup featuring Shelley Winters, Ray Milland, Lena Horne, Kirk Douglas, and Jane Wyman. There is more than enough to keep any cinephile occupied all week long. Even though I did the big comprehensive post early last week, I thought I’d do as IContinue reading “TCM WATCH: DAYS OF WINTERS, MILLAND, HORNE, DOUGLAS AND WYMAN”

Wow. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. We all knew he was sick, and obviously gravely so since I can’t imagine him otherwise stopping work. Still, when I saw the news online tonight that Peter Jennings had succumbed to cancer, it still came to me as a bit of a shock. I don’t have anyContinue reading “R.I.P. PETER”

indieWIRE’s Eugene Hernandez dealt with this issue on his blog on Wednesday, but as I look at what’s opening this weekend, I have to also ask, what’s with the ridiculous number of movies, and potentially interesting ones at that, coming out every single weekend in August. I suppose it’s because August is usually a slightlyContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: I’M HAVING TROUBLE GETTING MY HEAD AROUND IT ALL”

So I went to a couple movies around the corner at the Loews 84th Street tonight, and when I walked out of the theater at about 12:25 AM, look what was sitting on the sidewalk: Apparently there was a 12:01 AM showing, and the Upper West Side must have been considered ripe fodder for crazyContinue reading “IT SEEMS A BIT OUT OF PLACE ON THE UPPER WEST SIDE”

I was sitting around prepping for my weekly weekend preview post (hey this will be the third in a row: that makes it a “weekly”!) when I noticed something odd about a certain film that is opening on Friday … sort of. Generally, limited releases open in at least New York and/or LA before slowlyContinue reading “WHEREFORE ART THOU CHUMSCRUBBER?”

Well, Raoul Walsh has actually been dead for 25 years, but Peter Bogdanovich and Museum of Moving Image film curator David Schwartz will be on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show today during the 1 PM hour — educated guess says probably at 1:20 PM specifically at 1:07 PM — to discuss the late great filmmaker andContinue reading “RADIO ALERT: RAOUL WALSH ON LEONARD LOPATE”