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March Films to Watch For
Thursday, March 1, 2012
I have a terrific reason for not getting this post up on time: I forgot. It turns out February is a short month, even in a Leap Year. Who knew, right? And don't say "second graders." Your snark wounds me. Also, I've been working on the next Phantom Creeps post as well as Spectrum reviews and part two of that three-part thing goin' on in my head right now.
All times Eastern. As a reminder, some of these movies may end up being edited, time compressed, in the wrong aspect ratio, or eaten by bears. You know how it is.
SUNDANCE
Turn the River (2007)
March 2, 10:00 PM (also seven more times in March)
Famke Janssen as a woman who needs to earn $50,000 for fake passports to take her son into another country and away from his abusive father. Also with Rip Torn.
The Good Thief (2002)
March 6, 11:00 PM (also twice on the 24th)
Remake of Bob le flambeur starring Nick Nolte. It's either going to be really good or really bad.
Blue Velvet (1986)
March 8, midnight (also March 20)
So fucking suave.
Le Donk and Scor-Zay-Zee (2009)
March 15, 8:45 PM and later at 1:45 AM
Low-budget mockumentary about a guy who considers himself the ultimate roadie.
TCM
Island of Lost Souls (1933)
March 3, 6:00 AM
Delicious pre-code horror with Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau. Also starring Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi, and Leila Hyams.
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
March 3, 2:00 AM (early morning the 3rd)
Documentary about Spinal Tap, the world's loudest rock band. The IMDb used to have this rated as an 8/11.
7:30 AM Laughing Sinners (1931)
8:45 AM Side Show (1931)
10:00 AM Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
11:15 AM The Strange Love Of Molly Louvain (1932)
12:30 PM Girl Missing (1933)
1:45 PM Havana Widows (1933)
3:00 PM The Silk Express (1933)
4:15 PM Big Hearted Herbert (1934)
5:30 PM Harold Teen (1934)
6:45 PM The Merry Wives Of Reno (1934)
Untamed Youth (1957)
March 7, 5:00 AM
Mamie Van Doren and a host of character actors in this lurid B girls-in-jail flick. Featured in season one of MST3K, worth seeing unMSTed.
The Nanny (1965)
March 8, 4:00 AM (early morning the 9th)
Hammer Horror starring Bette Davis as a suspicious nanny to a troubled boy.
The Stunt Man (1980)
March 11, 4:00 AM (early morning the 12th)
Peter O'Toole, Steve Railsback, and Barbara Hershey star in this darkly comic film about a man on the lam who poses as a stuntman for a film. I have missed this twice now, so I'd better get it this time or else.
The Wrong Box (1966)
March 14, 2:30 PM
Hilarious romp set in Victorian England about the final two members of a tauntine -- a group of men who pledged a large sum of money each, to be awarded to the last man standing. Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, my best boyfriend Tony Hancock, my second best boyfriend John Mills, Ralph Richardson, Michael Caine, Nanette Newman, and a host of others star.
March 14, 2:00 AM (early morning the 15th)
This month's What the Shit is This? selection. A tepid, allegedly all-star event about fabulous people staying in a high-class New Orleans hotel. The romance will put you to sleep, the intrigue lacks, and the sets and wardrobe are both so overwrought and middlebrow that you don't even get delicious eye candy out of it. It hilariously tries to make an anti-racism statement that turns unbelievably racist, briefly casting Rod Taylor as the White Knight fighting the evil black menace who falsely entrap white men who aren't really racist, they're just old-fashioned, so leave them alone already. Also, Kevin McCarthy puts in a terrific, ham-filled performance as a possibly closeted tycoon trying to take over the hotel. His character is positively Lynchian, and while I usually don't recommend watching the WtSiT selection, in this case I would make an exception simply to see McCarthy.
Zero Hour! (1957)
March 26, 2:45 PM
Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell and Sterling Hayden in the accidentally campy melodrama about a former Air Force pilot suffering PTSD. Remade (not just spoofed, completely remade, at least in my opinion) as Airplane! (1980)
Thanks to Kingo Gondo for reminding me that British New Wave films are on TCM all month. The March 26 lineup looks terrific:
8:00 PM Kes (1970)
10:00 PM Darling (1965)
12:15 AM The Pumpkin Eater (1964)
2:30 AM The Knack...And How To Get It (1965)
4:00 AM Petulia (1968)
And if anyone has any other movies on any channel they would like to mention, feel free to leave a comment!
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Love your posts spotlighting some of the good stuff to come! The precode day is on my calendar, and I'm going to do little else that day. I hope you get to see The Stunt Man -- loved that movie. Your remarks about Hotel are hilarious, as funny as that stupid movie. Blue Velvet and Zero Hour -- love 'em. Thanks, Stacia!
I managed to see Turn the River sometime ago (saw it on Sundance's On Demand channel) and enjoyed it. But eight times in March? Did someone take a lot of movies out of their library for the festival this year and just not bring them back?
I just saw The Stunt Man for the first time a few months ago. I absolutely loved that movie.
I adore The Good Thief (though it's Nolte, not Busey) and The Stunt Man. Enjoy!!
Thanks Mike. It would be too boring to explain how I got Nolte and Busey confused in this, but the embarrassing thing is that I KNEW I had the wrong name and forgot to go back and change it. It's been corrected.
No Exit is also on Sundance this month, twice on the 11th and twice again on the 21st. I haven't seen it, but I think I should.
Thanks Becky! I have seen part of The Stunt Man and loved what I saw, and had to pry myself away so I wouldn't get spoiled.
Ivan, Sundance has this annoying habit of showing half their movies once and not again for months, the other half of them shown 8 times a month. I don't know why.
Oh, wow. I have fond memories of staying up until the wee hours of the morning to catch The Stuntman back when it was first on HBO. Back in the dark ages, it sometimes seems. I don't think I've ever seen it in its correct aspect ratio. I should probably rectify that.
The best thing this month is TCM's "British New Wave" line-up on Mondays:
http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/466102|466525/British-New-Wave-Introduction.html?mview=exp
These included several "kitchen sink" classics, as well some others that don't fit that genre (such as Darling). In fact one of the films I recently recommended to you, Kes, gets an 8pm (ET) slot on March 26 (my wife liked it better with the CC on!)
I really hope that Blue Velvet will be widescreen, unlike the full screen version they had on Watch Instantly.
This is a great list, meaning I need to clean out my DVR box quick. A few others I noticed on TCM: Mar. 4 @ 10AM, Dark Victory w/ Bette Davis; Mar. 5 @ 12:15 AM, The Temptress with Garbo; and Mar. 8, Baby Doll, one of my favorite Elia Kazan flicks. Also, I'm intrigued by Untamed Youth w/ Mamie Van Doren @ 6AM on Mar. 7. It only got one star.
Oh crap, guys, I'm going to have to add more to this list. KG, you're absolutely right: I intended to list everything that night but was in a hurry. Same with Untamed Youth that DTV mentioned. It's on an MST3K episode, but is SO worth it to watch unMSTed if you like cheesy 50s teen flicks.
I might have to remind myself to take a second look at The Pumpkin Eater again. I saw it back in the 80s as part of a college film class and while I didn't dislike the movie it came across as a bit cold to me.
Ah, Petulia. Just might be my favorite film of the 1960s.
Alas, no Petulia--and several others are missing, too. But they would have needed two nights a week to get them in (at least). But still it is a good run!
Petulia is listed at March 26 4 AM (early morning the 27th), so hopefully it will be on.
This will be my second attempt at Pumpkin Eater, too. I also thought it was really distant, but I need to try again to see if it was merely the style.
I wonder why they left it off the promo page I linked to before--weird!
Did they sneak in Look Back In Anger somewhere, too?
If someone calls a programming audible at the last minute and Petulia doesn't get shown...then we can all watch it at my house, 'cause I got the DVD. But you have to very careful not to break my Mom's Faberge egg...
Sadly, no Look Back in Anger.
PARTY AT IVAN'S!
You left out the best part of Hotel: Karl Malden as the sneak thief.
Our local ABC ststion ran this picture one weekend in the '70s, when Malden's American Express ads were at their most inescapable.
The sight of Good Old Karl swiping stuff from the suites while the booth announcer was reciting all the catch lines from the AmEx spots - priceless.
... I guess you had to be there ...
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