By now everyone knows how much I adore this actor. But today, I am not alone in admiration. The NYTimes Film Critic chimes in on the career of Lee Marvin: May 11, 2007, NY Times Film A Loving Look at a Cinematic Tough Guy: Gangster, Hit Man, Gunslinger By MANOHLA DARGIS Lee Marvin moved across the s...

Well, I guess I did have lots to say about Liberty Valance. But I want to know what others think as well. In the final scene on the train going home, Ranse asks Hallie if it would be okay if he gave up politics. She is overjoyed. My two questions: If and when did Ranse realize the toll that killing ...

Five Essential Skills to Master in a Lifetime 1. Listening to others 2. Manners 3. Reading 4. Tolerance 5. Writing Five Places to Visit Before Shuffling Off this Mortal Coil 1. The Lincoln Memorial 2. The Golden Gate Bridge 3. Grand Canyon 4. Hoover Dam 5. Radio City Music Hall Five Essential Tools...

Ben,

I think that John Waters would be an inspired host for TCM Underground and I agree with you that it should branch out to include more cult films and documentaries.

edited by me because Ben is a real person and deserves to be addressed as such and not as an ambiguous pronoun.

Sorry Ben.

Anne,

I mistyped, Zombie is doing a remake of Carpenter's Halloween.

Sorry for the confusion.

Arkadin, I agree that Sam could be bloody and violent when the script called for it but he also did "Ride the High Country" and "The Ballad of Cable Hogue" two very unPeckinpah like films but two films that highlight the western code that Sam believed in. David Wheddle's bio of S...

Most leading men of today ( Mr Eastwood excluded ), to me, just don't seem to belong in Western Films, not that there are many being made today. I am crazy or am I just overlooking someone ?>> Ken, You should watch all three seasons of Deadwood . Everybody in that series has well lived in faces and ...

Filmlover, After having sat through "Trial" , I've no doubt that "BJ/Washington" is horrible. As long as they had a shoe string budget they made better films. Once they got a more bucks, the talent they had for plugging into pop culture blew away. I am fascinated by the all the s...

Suppose there was a college where the instructors were some of our favorite thespians from the studio era? Who would your faculty members be? What classes would they teach? Please share your favorite choices for "professors" here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Cla...

PK, Don't worry, you aren't the only one that has been flummoxed by the CCC. Moira created the Classic Cinema College last summer over at TCM City. It's a mythical college, kind of like Brigadoon, that specializes in a star studded faculty and staff. I don't know that anything actuall gets taught th...

It wasn't easy but Silver Screen Oasis gets my vote.

From: Classic Cinema College President Lewis Stone To: All Faculty, Staff and Students CC: Dean M. Finnie, Prof. Lzcutter, Prof. Klondike and Hollywood Kyle, publicist. As the collegiate year is winding down for our little bastion of knowledge, I wanted to assure everyone that we will be open during...

I couldn't add this one to my signature line because it would have been too long but I did want to share it with everyone:

"Film is history. With every foot of film lost, we lose a link to our culture, to the world around us, to each other and to ourselves." Marty Scorsese

Rob Zombie went away to create one of the coming attractions in Grindhouse and to direct the remake of The Fog.

I'm hoping he'll return to TCM Underground when The Fog is released.

Larry,

Welcome to our camp! I am very glad that you found your way here and look forward to seeing more posts from you!