TCM + Criterion Partner for FilmStruck Streaming Service

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans,” John Lennon wrote in “Beautiful Boy.” And FilmStruck, a just-announced subscription video-on-demand service from TCM, is what happens to Old Movie Weirdos while we’re waiting for the option to subscribe directly to... Read full article

Warner Archive: Crime and Intrigue in Once a Thief (1965), The Secret Partner (1961) and Signpost to Murder (1964)

I recently watched three very different takes on the 1960s crime thriller now available on DVD from Warner Archive. Once a Thief (1965), The Secret Partner (1961) and Signpost to Murder (1964) tread similar ground, from bleak situations to twisty plots, but each film has its own unusual character. ... Read full article

Book Review: Hitchcock’s Partner in Suspense: The Life of Screenwriter Charles Bennett

Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky Release Date: Mar 24, 2014 It would be rather short sighted to assume that Alfred Hitchcock’s creative evolution wasn’t altered by the various individuals that collaborated with him. Out of all the screenwriters that Hitchcock worked with, Charles Benn... Read full article

Elaine May is my welcome dinner partner.

bon-aventures: The subject of Kate comes up. “I admire her,” says Elaine. “What else can I say? I admire her more than any woman I’ve known or read about. And all I know about her is what I read and what I hear from others. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her off the stage or screen. Every... Read full article