Yipee – summer is in full swing! July has a lot on offer, including:
On TCM, this month there are a couple of cool things happening:
Spike Lee is a Guest Programmer for the evening of Thursday July 5th. His film selections include:
- Ace in the Hole
- A Face in the Crowd
- Night of the Hunter
- On the Waterfront
Tuesdays in July, TCM is featuring 23 films from British actor Leslie Howard (Ashley of Gone With the Wind fame). I really liked him as an actor; so sad to see that his life and career were cut short, albeit in a good cause. Here are few films I recommend you take a look at:
- STAND-IN
- THE PETRIFIED FOREST
- OF HUMAN BONDAGE (1934)
- ROMEO AND JULIET (1936)
- A FREE SOUL
- PYGMALION
- THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1935) *** A favorite novel and film of mine.
Over in Brooklyn, NY BAMcinématek is having an 8 film retrospect on one of the great beauties of the silver screen, Grace Kelly in a series of films called Grace Kelly: The Cool Blonde. My tickets are already purchased for To Catch a Thief and Rear Window.
Oh yeah and there is the matter of this little Christopher Nolan film coming out:
And lastly, on what would have been my dad’s 67th birthday, I plan on doing a special post about one of his favorite films.
What are you most looking forward to this month?
le0pard13 says
July 3, 2012 at 12:48 pmThat’s a cool blonde double-feature, alright. I’d catch that one, too (if I were back there ;-)). Yeah, Nolan’s film is the big event for this month, and I already have my IMAX fix for the 20th. Thanks, Iba.
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Film Flare says
July 3, 2012 at 1:47 pmOh I wish I lived somewhere where there were screenings of classic films! I can’t imagine what I’d do if I got my hands on a hitchcock-grant film on the big screen, you’re lucky!
Dark Knight Rises is going to be so epic. But it will only premiere on August 2 around here, damn.
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iluvcinema says
July 3, 2012 at 2:05 pmI am a very happy girl indeed 😀
Pete says
July 3, 2012 at 4:58 pmWhat’s this about a new Nolan film? Never heard of it…
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ruth says
July 4, 2012 at 11:59 amYeah me neither 😉
I didn’t know Leslie Howard played Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET (1936), I really can’t imagine that! I mean he’s so lackluster as Ashley in GWTW.
Well I think you know which movie I’m looking forward to, Iba.
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Jack Deth says
July 3, 2012 at 6:12 pmHi, iluv and company;
Not a huge fan of Spike Lee. A sometimes better than decent director. Who made his mark very early on with ‘Joe’s Bed~Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads’, ‘Do The Right Thing’ and ‘Malcolm X’, but I cannot fault his taste in films.
Four out of four favorites of mine!
Christopher Nolan?…. Wasn’t he in ‘Bataan’?
iluvcinema says
July 4, 2012 at 1:10 amThat is the thing really … I am quite pleasantly surprised by Spike’s film selection. A Face in the Crowd is very apt given the tragic news of Andy Griffith’s passing.
sati says
July 3, 2012 at 7:26 pmReally looking forward to seeing The Dark Knight Rises. I hope it will be consistantly good, unlike The Dark Knight where the 3rd act really felll apart.
Ja says
July 4, 2012 at 10:31 pmLooking forward to some small film by an unknown director named Christopher Nolan. 😉
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Paula says
July 5, 2012 at 2:39 pmLooking forward to ACE IN THE HOLE, can’t believe that’s tonight already 🙂 I love Stand-In! i DVRed this time, way better than YouTube. A little jealous of the Grace Kelly double feature 😉 and of course Dark Knight Rises
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