I love TCM. I know a few of you kids do as well. So here's a thread for TCM.

It's guest programmer month, and Neil LaBute is choosing films tonight:
Ace in the Hole
This Sporting Life
Manhattan
The 400 Blows

If you haven't at least seen the last two, you definitely should. I'm breaking out my TiVo for Ace in the Hole 'cause Billy Wilder is awesome.

They even got Alton Brown (Nov 11th), Matt Groening (Nov 14th), Kermit the Frog (Nov 21st: aww, he picked Singin' in the Rain), Mark Mothersbaugh (Nov 29th) and Martha Stewart (Nov 30th) to pick films this month!

[Edited on November 7, 2007 at 4:48 PM. Reason : Anyway, TCM wins. Discuss.]

11/7/2007 4:24:13 PM

can you provide a link for more info?

trying to be helpful for others like myself that are interested in reading something online

[Edited on November 7, 2007 at 4:28 PM. Reason : .]

11/7/2007 4:27:45 PM

http://www.tcm.com/index.jsp

[Edited on November 7, 2007 at 4:29 PM. Reason : how you didn't figure out "tcm.com" is beyond me]

11/7/2007 4:28:42 PM

i have a link for you my dear

/message_topic.aspx?topic=501165

my mind is a little preoccupied right now

11/7/2007 4:30:14 PM

Neil LaBute is the man. In the Company of Men is a classic

11/7/2007 4:33:02 PM

If you have not seen The 400 Blows do yourself a favor, and see it!

11/7/2007 4:37:56 PM

This Sporting Life is also really good

11/7/2007 4:41:21 PM

are there any contemporary classics? or are they all old?

11/7/2007 5:13:13 PM

If you think Manhattan is old, then yes, they're basically all old.

The only newer ones I saw on anyone's programmer list were On Golden Pond, Withnail & I, and Movers and Shakers.

11/7/2007 5:48:41 PM

I saw that Last Temptation of Christ is coming on TCM this week. I've seen A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum a few times on there, as well.

11/7/2007 6:46:37 PM

^i've always wanted to see that!!

[Edited on November 7, 2007 at 6:48 PM. Reason : haha we saw a funny thing forum one in latin class in hs]

11/7/2007 6:48:25 PM

Quote :

"I saw that The Last Temptation of Christ is coming on TCM this week"

Seriously? It's not on the schedule.

[Edited on November 7, 2007 at 7:05 PM. Reason : Maybe I'm just not seeing it or something.]

11/7/2007 7:05:01 PM

please tell me if you find it stillfurshia

11/7/2007 7:07:13 PM

Maybe I saw it on Encore. If so, I apologize.

TCM and Encore are the only two commercial-free movie channels that I receive, and Last Temptation is a classic - so I could see myself doing that. I definitely DVRed it though.

11/7/2007 7:55:04 PM

I think last time i was home i saw The Trial on TCM and it was the worst movie i've ever seen.

11/7/2007 8:02:01 PM

^
With Orson Welles?

I began to watch that, but stopped shortly thereafter. I do, however, have F for Fake permanently saved from when it came on TCM.

11/7/2007 8:06:02 PM

^^ Hahahaha, I taped that. I like that they used Kafka's parable at the beginning, and the movie does at least have that extremely absurdist feel to it. But overall, I don't know that Welles is the best guy to have done a Kafka adaptation: it still felt off.

11/7/2007 8:07:24 PM

Manhattan <3 <3 <3

11/8/2007 12:35:56 AM

bttt

'cause Casablanca is on

11/19/2007 12:27:08 AM

what station is that near campus

11/19/2007 12:29:26 AM

67

11/19/2007 12:36:14 AM

KERMIT THE FROG is picking films tonight, and he's fabulous.

11/22/2007 1:45:02 AM

bump

SUNRISE is on my television, for fuck's sake!!

[Edited on February 4, 2008 at 10:31 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2008 10:31:04 PM

I remember when AMC wasn't owned by turner, and they competed with the same quality as tcm


AMC might as well be now what tbs and tnt used to be.

2/4/2008 10:48:37 PM

yeah I wish I had TCM. Very rarely does AMC have something good on. If Catwoman is an American movie classic then I'm moving to Canada. Some of the stuff they play is horrible.

2/5/2008 9:41:25 AM

2001 and Lolita tonight!

2/7/2008 10:28:23 PM

Easy Rider in six minutes, I believe.

2/8/2008 1:22:51 AM

bttt for Crimes and Misdemeanors at 8 pm

3/1/2008 6:05:23 PM

metropolis on at midnight tonight

3/16/2008 5:59:35 PM

^ooooooh

might have to DVR that

3/16/2008 6:09:12 PM

All About Eve is on now, as well!

3/16/2008 7:02:58 PM

mind giving a synopsis of what the 8pm movie is about please?

3/16/2008 7:05:19 PM

Alex Trebek is programming tonight!

4/14/2008 7:45:09 PM

when are we going to see Marilyn Monroe givin out a BJ on this shit?

4/14/2008 7:49:20 PM

never

4/14/2008 7:51:31 PM

The 400 Blows

4/15/2008 2:25:21 AM

some 1965 sinatra on now

5/4/2008 8:12:29 PM

one of the best movies ever (IMHO) and one of Jimmy Stewart's best, The Glenn Miller Story, just started on TCM. If you haven't seen it, I highly recommend you check it out.

5/20/2008 1:38:38 PM

Seven Samurai tonight at 8pm.

6/21/2008 1:56:30 PM

The other day, Bill Maher was programming. He picked My Fair Lady.

6/21/2008 2:11:16 PM

signed!!!

6/21/2008 2:24:01 PM

We've been on a TCM kick the last year or two, trying to watch a lot of older stuff that we've never seen, and often never heard of (usually not too old, mostly from the late 60 to earl 80s). And honestly a good bit of it really isn't worth watching, but we've definitely been turned-on to some good stuff. Two that I'm remembering immediately are Robert Duvall in 1983's Tender Mercies, and 1973's Scarecrow with Al Pacino & Gene Hackman.

I hate that they cancelled TCM underground, we learned about a lot of good, weird, obscure stuff on that.

If you love film, you should be worried about what's going on at Turner Classic Movieshttps://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184544944/tcm-turner-classic-movies-david-zaslav

7/3/2023 4:13:43 PM

We certainly did. Although I heard from WSJ that Zaslav walked back several decisions.

7/3/2023 9:11:26 PM

Yep. Sounds like they didn't get rid of the Head of Programming (at the moment anyways)

Sound like Scorsese, Spielberg and Paul Thomas Anderson are TRYING to keep it from completely capsizing, but I dunno... not sure if they have the real means to keep a network afloat.

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/tcm-spielberg-scorsese-paul-thomas-anderson-partnership-charlie-tabesh-1235656973/

[Edited on July 5, 2023 at 12:05 PM. Reason : +]

7/5/2023 12:04:47 PM