Previously on Streamline
Previously on Streamline
A Look at the Short Films of Harold Lloyd
As I prepare for this year’s TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, I am revisiting the films of some of the actors and actresses whose work is being featured at the annual event. With […]
Previously on Streamline
Longing For Summertime
Each winter, after all the excitement of the holiday season has passed, I always feel a touch of melancholy. The shortened days with their gray skies, bare trees and cold winds have a lonely feel […]
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New Beginnings: Lessons from Dodsworth (1936)
At the end of every year I, like many people, take stock of the events that took place throughout the previous months. I reassess the bad moments, trying to find ways that I could’ve avoided […]
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If Only You Believe in Miracles
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936), now streaming on The Criterion Channel of FilmStruck, is a lovely, albeit odd little comedy based on a short story written by H.G. Wells, directed by Lothar Mendes […]
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A Call to Arms: 49th Parallel (1941)
In 1940, the British government asked director Michael Powell to make a film supporting the ongoing war effort against Nazi Germany. Along with his partner, Emeric Pressburger, Powell wanted to use the sanctioned platform to […]
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Nicholas Ray’s Directorial Debut: They Live By Night (1949)
FilmStruck has just added programming dedicated to director Nicholas Ray, including six films he made throughout his thirty-year career and one documentary feature directed by his widow Susan Ray. One of the films included […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT #12: Movie Music & Absinthe
While we wait for the Biden Presidential Victory to finally be announced, Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler present a diversion to keep your thoughts away from the Trump S#^t-show by offering our picks for great […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT #11: “Drive-Ins, Bowling & Dives (off of buildings)”
Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler accept they can’t go anywhere anymore, so they program the best screenings for their virtual backyard drive-in and suggest movies and shows you should stream — all from the safety […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT Presents: Roots, Rock, Reggae
Drinking While Talking Co-Host Wade Sheeler brings back his class ic podcast tracing the roots of rock, R&B, reggae and popular music. Each episode he takes a genre or song and goes as far back […]