This week on... TCM (February 20 - 26)

Sunday, February 20, 2011
Blow-Up (1966) 4:15 AM - Michelangelo Antonioni's suspense thriller set in Swinging London. Stars David Hemming as a fashion photographer who may have inadvertently captured a murder on film and Vanessa Redgrave as the potential murderess. With a cool psychedelic soundtrack including The Yardbirds in the party scene. Also features Jane Birkin. This movie was remade several years later as Blow Out with John Travolta. He may or may not have heard a murder. A 2012 remake called Blow-Dry is in preproduction. It stars Mark Wahlberg as a hairstylist who may or may not have smelled a murder.
In Cold Blood (1967) 12:45 PM - Excellent neo-noir based on a true story. I highly recommend the Truman Capote book. You don't get a lot of noirs that take place in rural Kansas, do you?
The Third Man (1949) 3:15 PM - One of Orson Welles' finest works.

Monday, February 21, 2011
The Bad Seed (1956) 3:30 PM
State Fair (1945) 8:00 PM - I saw this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical for the first time this year, and I really enjoyed it.
The Best Years Of Our Lives (1946) 10:00 PM - I'll finally watch this.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Limelight (1952) 8:45 AM - A movie about aging silent film actors.
The Red Balloon (1956) 7:15 PM

Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) 6:45 AM - My favorite Tennessee Williams-based movie. Katharine Hepburn might be at her finest!
You Were Never Lovelier (1942) 12:30 PM - Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth musical.
You Can't Take It With You (1938) 10:00 PM
Amarcord (1973) 3:30 AM - Fellini

Thursday, February 24, 2011
Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963) 6:00 AM - Another Fellini. Marcello!
Doctor Zhivago (1965) 4:30 PM - Okay, I'm not really going to spend my birthday watching a depressing Russian epic.

Friday, February 25, 2011
Bus Stop (1956) 6:00 PM
On The Waterfront (1954) 8:00 PM - This is my birthday present to myself. Marlon Brando.

Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Maltese Falcon (1941) 3:30 PM - Best movie ever made, right? Yup.
It Happened One Night (1934) 8:00 PM
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 10:00 PM
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991) 12:30 AM - Never seen this. Maybe I'll watch it.
Frances (1982) 2:45 AM - Frances Farmer biopic. I read the book. Tragic.