Nov 2, 2019
Hello!
Last night, your humble hosts stopped being smart alecks and started thinking. The result: a projected episode list that extends to May 2020!
We've also made our decisions re: our November and December episodes of Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto.
Tell a cinephilic friend!
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November 8: Hollywood Studios Year-By-Year – RKO, 1930: MIDNIGHT MYSTERY (dir. George B. Seitz) & THE SILVER HORDE (dir. George Archainbaud)
November 15: Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto – Li Yu– inspired by TIFF’s “Seeing the Un-Seen: Re-Encountering Chinese Cinema”
November 22: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones - Part 3: DUEL IN THE SUN (1946; dirs. King Vidor et al) & PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (1948; dir. WILLIAM DIETERLE)
November 29: Hollywood Studios Year-By-Year – Universal, 1930: KING OF JAZZ (dir. John Murray Anderson) & HELL’S HEROES (dir. William Wyler)
December 6: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones - Part 4: WE WERE STRANGERS (1949) & MADAME BOVARY (1949)
December 13: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year - Paramount, 1931: CITY STREETS (dir. Rouben Mamoulian) & AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (dir. Josef von Sternberg)
December 20: Fear & Moviegoing in Toronto - TIFF’s “News From Home: The Films of Chantal Akerman”
December 25: Christmas 2019 Special Subject: FOUR DAUGHTERS (1938; dir. Michael Curtiz) & THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’s CREEK (1944; dir. Preston Sturges)
January 3, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1931: POSSESSED (dir. Clarence Brown) & SUSAN LENOX (HER FALL & RISE) (dir. Robert Z. Leonard)
January 10, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 5: GONE TO EARTH (1950) and CARRIE (1952)
January 17, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1931: THE LAST FLIGHT (dir. William Dieterle) & THE MALTESE FALCON (dir. Roy Del Ruth)
January 24, 2020: Special Subject – Josef von Sternberg – ANATAHAN (1953) & SALVATION HUNTERS (1925)
January 31, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 6: RUBY GENTRY (1952) & STAZIONE TERMINI (1953)
February 7, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1931: BAD GIRL (dir. Frank Borzage) & THE YELLOW TICKET (dir. Raoul Walsh)
February 14, 2020: Valentine’s Day 2020 Special Subject – MOMENT BY MOMENT (1978) & VALLEY GIRL (1983)
February 21, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 7: BEAT THE DEVIL (1953) & LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING (1955)
February 28, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – RKO – 1931: LONELY WIVES (dir. Russell Mack) & KEPT HUSBANDS (dir. Lloyd Bacon)
March 6, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 8: GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE (1955) & THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT (1956)
March 13, 2020: Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – Topic TBA
March 20, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Universal – 1931: WATERLOO BRIDGE (dir. James Whale) & A HOUSE DIVIDED (dir. William Wyler)
March 27, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 9: THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1957) & A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1957)
April 3, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Paramount – 1932: ONE HOUR WITH YOU (dir. Ernst Lubitsch) & LOVE ME TONIGHT (dir. Rouben Mamoulian)
April 10, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view - Jennifer Jones – Part 10: TENDER IS THE NIGHT (1962) & THE IDOL (1966)
April 17, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – MGM – 1932: RED-HEADED WOMAN (dir. Jack Conway) & RED DUST (dir. Victor Fleming)
April 24, 2020: Fear and Moviegoing in Toronto – Topic TBA
May 1, 2020: Acteurist Oeuvre-view – Setsuko Hara – Part 1: ATARASHIKI TSUCHI (1937) & NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH (1946)
May 8, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Warner Brothers – 1932: LIFE BEGINS (dir. James Flood) & I AM A FUGITIVE FROM A CHAIN GANG (dir. Mervyn LeRoy)
May 15, 2020: Special Subject: Melville Français – POLA X (1999) & BEAU TRAVAIL (1999)
May 22, 2020: Acteurist oeuvre-view – Setsuko Hara – Part 2: A BALL AT THE ANJO HOUSE (1947) & THE BLUE MOUNTAINS (1949)
May 29, 2020: Hollywood Studios Year-by-Year – Fox Film Corporation – 1932: ME AND MY GAL (dir. Raoul Walsh) & AFTER TOMORROW (dir. Frank Borzage)