TCM Fest and a Year of Virtual Film Festivals
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It was only about 10 days into the global lockdown last year when Turner Classic Movies made the fateful decision to cease its annual in-person film festival in Hollywood. They were the first major festival to do make that call. To their credit, they made it quickly and decisively. It took some conventions way too long to make the smart, admittedly disappointing decision. Now, 13 months after the initial TCM Classic Film Festival Home Edition, the second such fest has concluded. It took everything great about the in-person fest and did their damnedest to replicate it at home. They couldn’t have done better. And still…
TCM Classic Film Festival Unveils 2021 Lineup
April 15, 2021
Classic movie lovers, rejoice! Going virtual once again this year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place from May 6 to 9 and will be extended to HBO Max’s platform as well. The lineup has now been unveiled and there’s no shortage of both canonical classics and gems worth discovering.
Along with much-adored classics from
Breathless to
North by Northwest to
Mean Streets, the lineup also features a Nichols and May documentary, a pair of Chantal Akerman films, Anthony Mann’s
T-Men, Frank Borzage’s
Underworld U.S.A., Powell & Pressburger’s
Director: Frank Borzage
Writer: Claudine West (screen play), Hans Rameau (screen play), George Froeschel (screen play), Phyllis Bottome (based on the book by)
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan
Storyline: Interesting to note that the film was made in 1940, 1 year before America s entry into the European war against Hitler. The movie depicts Germany in 1933. In 1938 the night of broken glass took place. Interesting to note the attitudes portrayed in the film, definitely anti-Nazi.
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EPIPHANY means manifestation. We use the word for an inspiration or greater understanding of something. Certainly, the Epiphany helps us to understand Jesus Christ and his mission. It is the feast when we think of the Wise Men from the east who brought gifts to the baby Jesus. Gold represents his kingship, frankincense represents our worship and myrrh represents his death. It is appropriate at the beginning of a New Year, after such a terrible 2020, that we bring our gifts to Jesus to help make 2021 a better year than 2020. King George VI, in his New Year message on December 19, 1939, when Great Britain was at war with Germany, quoted from a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins. This was when uncertainty reigned in the hearts and minds of the citizens of Great Britain.
A Tribute to Those We Lost in 2020
January 1, 2021 by:
As 2020 comes to a close, we here at JoBlo.com would like to take a moment to honour some of the people who sadly passed away this year. Our deepest respect goes out to everyone in the industry we have lost, and our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of those who died in 2020. These talented individuals will always be remembered for their impact on the world of film and television.
In Memory Of.
Buck Henry
Buck Henry passed away on January 8th at the age of 89 due to a heart attack. After serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, Henry joined The Premise, an improv comedy group that performed in the West Village in Manhattan. From there, Henry went on to write for Steve Allen and Garry Moore, and he was even the face of an elaborate hoax created by comedian Alan Abel that spanned close to three years. Henry made many public appearances as G. Clifford Prout, the president of the Society for Indecency