Ace title designer Saul Bass (and ace designer of all sorts of other things) directed only one feature, Phase IV (1974). Notoriously hard to see, it was tracked down by the TCM Classic Film Festival in a rare, original release print, scratched and kind of pink, but a real oddball treasure. Star Michael Murphy was […]
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TCM Classic Film Festival: A Trip To The Moon and Other Trips Through Time, Space, and Color
As Serge Bromberg pointed out, he is engaged not only in the business of restoring films, but also of restoring audiences. The catalogue of his Lobster Films is superb, constantly swelling with newly restored titles, and Bromberg shares them with zeal. He was an entertaining host throughout the TCM Classic Film Festival weekend. The […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: Clara Bow In ‘Call Her Savage’ (1932)
One of my favorite screenings at last year’s TCM Classic Film Festival was Clara Bow in Hoop-La (1933), restored by MOMA at the urging of Bow biographer David Stenn. Stenn was on hand again this year to present Bow in Call Her Savage (1932), and to explain a bit about its background. The irrepressible Bow […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: La Retour De Flamme – 3D Rarities
Head honcho of Lobster Films, Serge Bromberg is an avid collector and preserver of film, and happily for the rest of us, he is also an enthusiastic exhibitor. He came to the TCM Classic Film Festival this year with a fascinating program of short experiments and showcases for various stereoscopic filming techniques, dating all the […]
TCM Classic Film Festival: ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ (1968)
Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby is a loved horror movie, but is it really that great? Perhaps not.