Head honcho of Lobster Films, Serge Bromberg is an avid collector and preserver of film, and happily for the rest of us, he is also an enthusiastic exhibitor. He came to the TCM Classic Film Festival this year with a fascinating program of short experiments and showcases for various stereoscopic filming techniques, dating all the […]
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TCM Classic Film Festival: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968)
Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is a loved horror movie, but is it really that great? Perhaps not.
TCM Classic Film Festival: The Legendary Costume Design of Travis Banton, with Mae West in I’m No Angel
The Legendary Costumes of Travis Banton… featuring I’m No Angel, Nothing Sacred, and The Scarlett Empress. Introduction: The TCM Classic Film Festival is known for screening rare, formerly out of print, and all-time classic movies for an over-eager crowd of festival attendees. People come from all over the country to […]
Film Rave: The Five-Year Engagement as presented by Film Independent at LACMA
The romantic comedy genre doesn’t leave room for too many surprises. We know that at some point a boy will meet a girl, the boy will do something foolish and lose the girl, and then the boy will eventually get the girl back with a heartfelt speech, or a symbolic gesture of some sort. And […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: Cover Girl (1944)
The TCM Classic Film Festival presentation of Cover Girl (1944) was special because, as festival godhead Robert Osborne declared in his typically informed and engaging introduction, it was the one screening for which he had allowed time in his busy schedule to watch in its entirety (it was some pressing matter, no doubt, that demanded […]
