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The TCM Classic Film Festival runs this year from May 6th through the 9th.\u00a0 It is totally virtual and this year TCM is teaming with HBO Max to…<\/p>\n
\n…feature more than 100 films, brand new conversations with over 30 special guests, rarely seen gems from the TCM archives and special presentations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Here are the films\/events that I look forward to…<\/p>\n
May 6th<\/strong>
\n11:15pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 Mean Streets (1973) <\/strong><\/em>– A young hood in New York\u2019s Little Italy contends with saving the neck of his hotheaded best friend from the local loan shark and struggles with the religious guilt prompted by his lifestyle.<\/p>\nMay 7th<\/strong>
\n1:30am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 Dr. X (1932)<\/strong><\/em> – TCM premiere of recently restored version. The new two-color Technicolor master was restored by UCLA Film and Television Archive and The Film Foundation in association with Warner Bros. Entertainment.<\/p>\n8:00pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 Plan 9 From Outer Space <\/strong><\/em>Table Read (2020)<\/strong> – Television premiere. SF Sketchfest Presents a table read of Ed Wood\u2019s Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959), adapted by comedian Dana Gould and featuring Maria Bamford, Bobcat Goldthwait, Oscar Nu\u00f1ez, Laraine Newman, Bob Odenkirk, David Koechner, Janet Varney, Jonah Ray, Paul F. Tompkins, Gary Anthony Williams, Baron Vaughn, Deborah Baker Jr. and Kat Aagesen.\u00a0 (Followed by the original Plan 9 From Outer Space (1959)<\/em><\/strong> film at 9:30pm.)<\/p>\n
May 8th
\n<\/strong>3:15am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 let me come in (2021)<\/em><\/strong> – World broadcast premiere presentation of Bill Morrison\u2019s experimental short featuring decayed film reels from the lost, German silent film Pawns of Passion (1928). Co-presented by The Los Angeles Opera with composer David Lang and soprano Angel Blue, and in partnership with the Library of Congress Audio Visual Conservation Center.<\/p>\n4:00am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 Underworld U.S.A. (1961)<\/strong><\/em> – A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.<\/p>\n
6:00am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 TEX AVERY: THE KING OF CARTOONS (1988)<\/strong><\/em> – Documentary about the life and career of animator and director Frederick Bean \u201cTex\u201d Avery.<\/p>\n
7:00am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 TEX AVERY AT MGM (1943-1955)<\/strong> – Compilation of cartoons directed by Tex Avery during his years at MGM. Featured cartoons: Red Hot Riding Hood<\/em> (1943), Bad Luck Blackie<\/em> (1949), Deputy Droopy<\/em> (1955), Screwball Squirrel<\/em>\u00a0(1944), King-Size Canary<\/em> (1947), T.V. of Tomorrow<\/em> (1953) and Symphony in Slang<\/em> (1955).<\/p>\n
8:00am\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 I LOVE TROUBLE (1947)<\/strong><\/em> – TCM premiere. A private detective is hired by a politician to check on his wife\u2019s background.<\/p>\n
8:00pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 THEY WON\u2019T BELIEVE ME (1947)<\/strong><\/em> – World premiere of a recent 4K restoration from the nitrate film. This restoration returns the film to its original 95 minutes thanks to the return of 15 minutes of original footage cut by RKO at the film\u2019s reissue in the 1950s. A philandering playboy with a wealthy wife and two girlfriends ends up on trial for murder when two of the ladies turn up dead, and he\u2019s the most likely suspect.<\/p>\n
10:00pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1972)<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0–\u00a0 The story of jazz singer Billie Holiday: from her early life of poverty and abuse, through her successful career and eventual downfall from heroin addiction.
\n*** Presented in partnership with the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, featuring conversation with Jacqueline Stewart, TCM Host and Academy Museum Chief Artistic and Programming Officer<\/p>\nMay 9th
\n<\/strong>8:00pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 SO THIS IS PARIS (1926)<\/strong><\/em> – World premiere restoration featuring a new score by composer Ben Model. A married doctor falls for a dancer while his wife develops an attraction to the dancer\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n9:30pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)<\/strong><\/em> –\u00a0 Paula is a divorced mother and ex-Broadway dancer, who learns that her lover has left her only when aspiring actor Elliot arrives to sublet the apartment in the middle of the night. Their uneasy truce blossoms into love.
\n*** NEW! Conversation with Richard Dreyfuss<\/p>\n11:45pm\u00a0 TCM\u00a0 FAME (1980)<\/em><\/strong> –\u00a0 Five outstandingly gifted students at New York\u2019s High School of Performing Arts are followed as they prepare for careers in show business. A budding singer, two actors, a dancer and a musician polish their crafts as they struggle to excel academically in the demanding school.
\n*** NEW! Conversation with Debbie Allen<\/p>\n2:15am\u00a0 TCM – BREATHLESS (1960)<\/em><\/strong> – A petty criminal, wanted for the murder of a police officer, returns to Paris where he meets an American girl who hawks newspapers. They become lovers, but eventually the police pressure her into betraying him and revealing his whereabouts.<\/p>\n
HBO Max created a TCM hub where “starting at 8pm ET on Thursday, May 6 Festival programming will be presented in specially-crafted themes for you to explore featuring exclusive new interviews with actors and filmmakers, special presentations by notable film experts, rarely seen archival content and a wide selection of beloved classic movies curated by the experts at TCM.”<\/p>\n
Click here<\/a> to view the full TCM schedule and here to view the HBO Max offerings<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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