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DEAD MAN Tells Quite a Tale

Oct 18, 2018 0

The accountant sits in the train and slips in and out of consciousness as the American countryside rushes in and out of focus, racing itself further and further into the past. The forests give way […]

California Dreaming: MODEL SHOP

Oct 17, 2018 0

Just a few years after directing two of the greatest musicals ever made, French auteur Jacques Demy set his sights on the land that had pioneered the genre he so adored. Arriving in Los Angeles […]

Long Live THE KING OF JAZZ?

Oct 16, 2018 0

Director Lloyd Bacon and choreographer Busby Berkeley’s 42nd Street has rightfully been heralded as a masterpiece, but less can be said for the film that inspired it: John Murray Anderson’s King of Jazz (1930). One […]

Suddenly, Last Summer Still Shocks

Oct 5, 2018 0

One of the first movies I saw ever saw in a film class was Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer. At the age of 18, a lot of the subject matter flew right over my head. Re-watching […]

Modern Problems in HELL AND HIGH WATER

Oct 4, 2018 0

In the early 1950s, Hollywood went into a “television panic.” Scared to death that their audiences were being eaten up by “that box,” the major studios were desperate to get their audiences back into the […]

An Essential: The Asphalt Jungle

Sep 14, 2018 0

The Asphalt Jungle is the film that made director John Huston the father of Jean-Pierre Melville and the grandfather of Michael Mann and Steven Soderbergh. It was from this mean little film that the fundamental […]

“You’re Welcome Here Anytime” – Remembering Robert Osborne

by Jill Blake in Featured 5

by Jill Blake, Senior Editor Five years ago this May, I had the honor of sitting in on one of Robert Osborne’s shoots for TCM. I had recently attended a screening of Seven Brides for [...]

5 Reasons The Beatles’ 1964 Washington D.C. Concert Kicks Ass

Feb 11, 2016 6

52 years ago today, on a frigid February afternoon, The Beatles played their first ever concert in the United States at the Washington D.C. Coliseum, to a sold out audience. The energy of that performance is as riveting [...]
The 8 Most Cinematic Duran Duran Music Videos Of All Time

Apr 15, 2016 6

When my big sister and I were growing up the 80s, I was pretty much at her mercy when it came to … everything. And without a doubt, her biggest rule was: no cartoons. At [...]
5 Ways the Jimmy Stewart / Henry Fonda Bromance Will Ruin Your Life

May 20, 2015 4

Today is James Maitland Stewart’s birthday, and in case you didn’t know, the Retro Set is a huge Stewart fan. (Don’t believe us? Check out his tag.) And in celebration of the birthday boy (it’s his 107th), [...]
Top 5 Films Never Nominated for an Oscar

Feb 19, 2015 4

With the Academy Awards just around the corner, all of us (nominees and fans alike) can get whipped up into a froth over who should win. And while the nominees who DON’T get to pick [...]
6 Movie Duos That Totally Deserved A Spin-Off

Sep 22, 2014 3

[dropcap size=small]I[/dropcap]f you could pick two of your favorite characters from one of your favorite movies, and give them a spin-off, who would you pick? It’s a downright delicious thought, eh? Oftentimes, the best thing about [...]

DEAD MAN Tells Quite a Tale

California Dreaming: MODEL SHOP

Long Live THE KING OF JAZZ?

Suddenly, Last Summer Still Shocks

Modern Problems in HELL AND HIGH WATER

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DEAD MAN Tells Quite a Tale

California Dreaming: MODEL SHOP

Long Live THE KING OF JAZZ?

Suddenly, Last Summer Still Shocks

Modern Problems in HELL AND HIGH WATER

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5 Reasons The Beatles’ 1964 Washington D.C. Concert Kicks Ass

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Top 5 Films Never Nominated for an Oscar

6 Movie Duos That Totally Deserved A Spin-Off