Highlights for TCM’s Summer Under the Stars (August 1–31)

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) brings back Summer Under the Stars for the entire month of August! Each day, TCM dedicates its entire 24-hour schedule to celebrating a single iconic film legend.

TCM Host Picks

Don't miss these hand-picked favorites selected by your favorite TCM hosts:

• Wednesday, August 5: Joan Bennett (Eddie Muller’s Pick)
• Tuesday, August 11: Barbara Stanwyck (Alicia Malone’s Pick)
• Wednesday, August 19: Hattie McDaniel (Jacqueline Stewart’s Pick)
• Friday, August 21: Marie Windsor (Ben Mankiewicz’s Pick)
• Summer Under the Stars Debuts

Keep an eye out for these legends making their first-ever featured appearances during Summer Under the Stars:

• Diane Keaton
• George Hamilton
• Marie Windsor
• Bonita Granville
• Brock Peters

 

Click HERE for the complete Summer Under the Stars schedule.

Which star are you most excited to see?

 

TCM Announces Dave Karger and Alicia Malone as Full-Time Hosts

Turner Classic Movies has added Dave Karger and Alicia Malone as full-time hosts. Karger and Malone will host on a rotating basis with Ben Mankiewicz remaining as the network’s primetime host and anchor. Tiffany Vazquez is no longer the Saturday daytime host, but is still associated with TCM.

To read more about the two new hosts from Hollywood Reporter, click here.

Chicago Film Club field trip: “Singin' n the Rain” January 15 at ShowPlace ICON at Roosevelt Road

Where: ShowPlace ICON, 150W Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL 60605
When: January 15, 2017
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Hosted by Stephen Reginald
Run Time: 2 hours (approximate)

Ticketing: Tickets are available by clicking on the “Buy Tickets” button. If online ticketing is not available for your location, you can purchase your tickets by visiting the box office at your local participating cinema.

Fathom Events, Turner Classic Movies and Warner Bros. Entertainment are thrilled to present Singin’ in the Rain 65th Anniversary, in select cinemas nationwide on Sunday, January 15. The event also includes exclusive commentary from Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz, who will give insight into this classic film. 

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor star in one of the greatest musicals ever filmed. Musician Don Lockwood (Kelly) rises to stardom during Hollywood's silent-movie era--paired with the beautiful, jealous and dumb Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen). When Lockwood becomes attracted to young studio singer Kathy Selden (Reynolds), Lamont has her fired. But with the introduction of talking pictures, audiences laugh when they hear Lockwood speak for the first time--and the studio uses Selden to dub her voice.

Join the Chicago Film club; join the discussion
Twice a month we screen a classic film and have a brief discussion afterward. For more information, including how to join (it’s free), click here. The Venue 1550 is easily accessible by the CTA. Please visit Transit Chicago for more information on transportation options.

I’ll be holding up a Meetup sign by the concessions near the theater entrance (TCM/Fathom Events movies are usually in first theater south of the concessions). Let’s try and meet at 1:45 p.m.

This film will be shown in the same aspect ratio as when it was originally released in cinemas.

2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival Recap

The 2015 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival ended Sunday evening, but here I am, on Tuesday still basking in the afterglow. As a first-time attendee, the festival exceeded my expectations.

I met attendees from around the country and the world, met fellow movie bloggers for the first time
that I’ve known online for years, and watched and enjoyed some favorite classic films—16 films in four days—on the big screen with fellow classic film enthusiasts. Honestly, what could be better than that?

Robert Osborne was missed, but the festival went forward without a hitch. With great hosts like Ben Mankiewicz—who my friend Kristina got to speak with right before she left—Illeana Douglas, Eddie Muller, and Leonard Maltin, who soldiered on with a twisted ankle, how could it go wrong?

I found it difficult to walk along Hollywood Boulevard with my mouth closed, viewing and taking photos of the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the famous footprints—Jeanne Crain anyone?—in the courtyard of the TCL Chinese Theatre. And what a treat to actually see these classic films in legendary movie palaces like the Pantages, The Egyptian, and El Capitan.


Surely one of the benefits of the festival is meeting and making friends with fellow classic movie fans. It was wonderful to finally meet Laura (How could I not like someone whose avatar is a pic of Deanna Durbin?) and Kristina, two bloggers I’ve followed for years and whose writing I admire. It was also fun to meet Joel and Trevor, two of the managers of @TCM_Party Twitter account and Kelly and Aurora, two of the most enthusiastic movie fans and all-around wonderul and friendly women on the planet (and okay, they write pretty well too).

Over the next few days and weeks I’ll give you a day-by-day recount of my experiences at the festival and I’m compiling some suggestions for first-time attendees (I hope many get the opportunity to attend). I mean, what could be better than watching a restored print of Calamity Jane with a theater full of Doris Day fans? Answer: not much!