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I can already tell, not a lot of time this week. It’s sad too because I just spent the last couple hours working on a big to-do list of things I’m sure I won’t get done and I had something like 10 different specific post ideas I want to write, but I’m not sure whenContinue reading “TCM WATCH: KERR AND BOGART END THINGS WITH A BANG”

TCM’s brilliant month of programming continues with what, for my money, is the best weekdn of the entire month. One really can’t ask for more than a Spencer Tracy Saturday paired with a William Holden Sunday. Several of each stars best performances are included in the daily lineup, and anyone who has read this blogContinue reading “TCM WATCH: SCOTT, TRACY, HOLDEN, BENNETT — THE BEST WEEKEND YET”

I have no idea what happened, but somehow a post announcing a bit more Fringe coverage at Gothamist just completely disappeared, and I definitely don’t have time to rewrite what I’m sure you know must have been Pulitzer or Peabody-quality writing. I mean it was a brilliant post, I tell you. Probably the best I’veContinue reading “LIVING (BARELY) AT WORK AND ON THE FRINGE, AND NOT MUCH ELSE”

Not much time today, but I just wanted to remind everyone that TCM’s “Summer Under the Stars” continues this week with days dedicated to four fantastic talents. Be sure to check the Turner Classic Movies website for specific schedule information. After the jump, reprints of my original capsules on Basil Rathbone, Sophia Loren, Norma ShearerContinue reading “TCM WATCH: DON’T MISS RATHBONE, LOREN, SHEARER AND SCOTT”

So there was this bachelor party this weekend of a good friend tha basically involved riding on a “party bus” for over three hours to Hancock, NY, hanging out at a bar there (it has meaning to the future groom) until after 2 AM, and then getting back on the bus for the somehow shorterContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN REVIEW: NOTHING BUT FRINGE, AND NOT MUCH OF THAT”

Yeah, so I’m late again. Big deal. This weekend is turning into a bit of a nightmare even as it’s actually supposed to be fun. In just a couple hours I’m getting on a “party bus” for a bachelor party, and apparently I’m not being allowed to get home until 6 AM tomorrow. Oy. There’sContinue reading “TCM WATCH: STEWART, O’HARA AND CRAWFORD”

So yeah, I said I’d have this weekly thing up before my head hit the pillow yesterday, but that was just impossible. For one thing, my head never actually hit the pillow yesterday as I didn’t get home until 2 AM this morning. Then, after finally getting some much-needed sleep, I’ve been busy trying toContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PRE… RE …: AW SCREW IT”

Wow. That’s upsetting news to wake-up to today: George Fasel, who wrote the very smart critical film blog A Girl and a Gun passed away this week on Wednesday after an apparently long battle with cancer. His wife Ruth posted the news on his blog this morning. I didn’t know George — had never metContinue reading “SAD NEWS IN THE FILM BLOGOSPHERE — RIP GEORGE”

Sufjan Stevens’ first of five sold-out shows tonight at Bowery Ballroom was an fantastic and fun. Stevens and his enormous band of Illinoise Makers bring the music, especially from Stevens most recent album “Illinois” but unfortunately, nobody knew in advance that as part of Illinois Spirit Week, each performance has a different theme. Tonight wasContinue reading “THIS IS NOT A MUSIC BLOG BUT … KNOW YOUR SUFJAN PEP THEME OR ELSE!”

Oh my … have I fallen behind. And suddenly I find myself thrown into this huge project which will certainly take away from the attention I would otherwise be paying to things like posting regularly irregularly, as I tend to do. Take my weekend film preview for example. Oh yes … it’s coming. At someContinue reading “THE FRINGE GOES ON”