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Just showing appreciation for the late, great Shelley Winters (Aug. 18, 1920 - Jan. 14, 2006) who is currently featured in 17 films on the platform. She played literally everything from dowdy spinsters to serial killers and was always fun to watch in nearly every role. He Ran All The Way, Lolita and Night of the Hunter are Bonafide classics. Bloody Mama and Tentacles are kooky personal favorites.

Happy Birthday, Shelley!

CC’s library of AK films is a big reason why I maintain a subscription to the service. I do occasionally wander to other platforms (which is why I choose the monthly option) but returning is always sweet with a Kurosawa gem to watch. Throne of Blood, AK’s samurai take on Shakespeare’s Macbeth, gets more plays than any other title in my streaming world but there are three or four others which I love revisiting as well. Red Beard is one. Watching Seven Samurai is an annual event which I’m glad to see on multiple platforms now. Not a big fan of the popular, High and Low, but am very fond of The Lower Depths, a Maxim Gorky film translation that seldom gets mentioned in movie circles.

So which Kurosawa film, among the many on the channel, do you find yourself rewatching? Any unpopular titles that you’d recommend (I still haven’t watched them all)? Thanks in advance!

This film is a nice Tubi find and first time watch for me. Purists seem to like it though casual viewers, probably looking for another Amadeus, seem put off by the German soundtrack and flashback narrative approach. A bit perplexed about the Louis, initially. I discovered that it was how the composer was addressed in his youth. Enjoying it now.

This was just added today. It’s a classic story of the undoing of an influential but corrupt cop, played by Orson Welles, who tries to frame a younger, by-the-book Mexican lawyer, played by Charleston Heston. As with Citizen Kane, the way Welles directed the film has always been half its attraction.

The opening 3 minute and 20 seconds uncut crane-to-dolly shot still looks impressive. But the film is full of dazzling technical feats - and looks good in its 720p res.

The plot is one of the seediest from the classic Hollywood era. Though mangled as it famously was (according to Welles) by studio execs I would not want to see an even more edited treatment by YouTube. So Im glad to see it here. It’s got a great supporting cast including Janet Leigh (Psycho) as Heston’s sassy, victimized blonde wife, Akim Tamiroff as a blustering, buffoonish boss of a Mexican crime family, Dennis Weaver as a kooky Motel manager and Marlene Dietrich with one of her best cameo appearances as a nightclub owner. The end also has one of the most famous payoffs movie history. Check it out if you haven’t!

Good behind-the-scenes clip on the movie.

No edited segments of comedians, writers, scientists, astronauts, actors, black people, white people, Native American people, politicians, pediatricians, pimps, hoes, ordinary Joes... just 12 seasons of Dick Cavett shows as they aired in their entirety.

Thank You, Tubi. 😁👍🏼

I’ve always believed that Shakespeare films, like the texts, should be freely available to all. Unfortunately, the medium of film is not as old as the printed word and good films remain fairly expensive enterprises so we must contend with rights and fees. For English speakers living in The States Britbox was a great source for watching all of the late 70s/early 80s BBC run of Shakespeare films at our convenience. But their rights to the series elapsed last year. Though I personally own a DVD set of the series, access to a streaming edition was one of my online joys.

Now Kanopy has the entire series streaming free (depending on your institution affiliation) though in a noticeably inferior resolution to the former Britbox editions. But it’s certainly better than the potluck state of availability on the Internet archive, Prime Video and the like.

The production values of the series is not particularly high but most are, nonetheless, imaginative, full of spirited performances and, in most cases, include full text editions. In short, they’re great reference films. Glad to see it available again.

Well, you got it. Right now, 35 of the famous director's films are streaming free on Tubi, the most from any one director that I've ever seen on the platform.

What are some of your favorites? Got any you hate? How about a good one that isn't in this month's Tubi lineup? He'll be 91 this November and it's probably about time we start giving him flowers despite whatever we may think about his personal/private life. He's made a lot of people laugh through the years. Kudos to the kid from the Bronx!

Wouldn't it be cool if the channel streamed say, five or six titles from the upcoming box set, before the fall release? Has anyone here heard of a possible promo? I can't remember the last Stanley Kubrick film that actually streamed on the channel.

At any rate, I've never been as excited about buying a box set of films as this upcoming release. Prime Video currently has a 7 Kubrick film bundle that you can buy (supposedly in high def) for around $40, which isn't a bad deal considering that the titles offered aren't the ones you usually see on the free streaming platforms.

Well, one can hope CC will decide to devote a month or so to streaming Kubrick sometime before the end of the year. The extras would be welcome, too!

Anyone here check this out yet? It’s on HBO and Hulu (and some illegit platforms) now. My favorite parts are the discussions about the actual music of Earth, Wind & Fire, particularly the funk influences. Didn’t realize, for instance, how much George Clinton and PFunk inspired Maurice White and his band to step up the funk after they got upstaged. Some good stories in this one. See it when you can!

Using this month's CC promo of wedding films as a starting point I thought it might be fun to explore some of the best wedding films ever made - or at least great films where weddings are either a catalyst or important to the overall story. There are some popular ones I've never seen like 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Mama Mia, My Best Friend's Wedding; classics where weddings start a longer odyssey like The Deer Hunter, The Godfather and/or Steel Magnolias, and a few CC titles where the entire film is devoted to the singular event, like Monsoon Wedding.

Do you believe wedding films are a legit genre or do most really fall under a broader category like comedy or drama? What are some of your favorites? As always, thanks in advance! 😎

Name two films currently on the channel that you think would make a great double feature. I was hoping the programmers would reboot this promo. But there are enough of avid CC watchers here that would make a great new suggestions thread.

I just rewatched John Ford’s 1935 screwball comedy, The Whole Town’s Talking with Edward G. Robinson as a timid clerk whose doppelgänger or lookalike is a mob boss in town to settle a score. Was never really a Ford fan but this one’s become a channel favorite. I’ve never watched Umetsegu Inoue’s samurai classic, The Third Shadow Warrior, about a peasant who is recruited to “serve as a lookalike decoy for a merciless warlord”, but I thought it would make a fun compliment to the Ford film. Looking forward to it.

What two classics currently streaming in the massive library would you pair for a weekend viewing? The more unusual the better! And thanks in advance. 🙂

Can anyone suggest a (U.S.) Memorial Day classic to watch on the channel? I’ve only found two that I think are appropriate for honoring the fallen soldiers of previous U.S. armed conflicts; George Steven’s’ D Day To Berlin and Barbara Sonneborn’s Regret To Inform. It isn’t a particularly pleasant topic but it’s a way to acknowledge the memorial through a medium that we love.

If you know any additional titles currently on the channel please post them! Thanks in advance.

One of Bach’s most beautiful cantatas (imo, of course) is Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis (I had much grief), BWV 21, composed in Weimar, possibly in 1713. Bach catalogued the work as e per ogni tempo (and for all times), indicating that due to its general theme, the cantata is suited for any occasion. Performed by Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble -

https://youtu.be/TcGbq\_XBir4?si=bnm\_Wvp\_i4UJfnNq

I just noticed that there are about 25 films featuring the late, great, grumpy comedian and dramatic actor on Tubi right now; including undoubted classics where he's the lead (The Taking of Pelham 123, The Fortune Cookie and Hopscotch), a couple of good ones where he tags along (California Suite, A Face In The Crowd), a good bio (Walter Matthau, Diamond in the Rough) and several that I haven't seen where he eithers stars or makes a fun cameo appearance.

Of course, some of my favorites aren't here (Bad News Bears, The Odd Couple (both on Hoopla), Charlie Varrick) but there are enough to do tribute to a type of character actor whose dead-pan comic approach dominated each role he was in. Don't really see that type of actor (or those kinds of scripts) any more. But his movies are fun to revisit every now and then. Cheers to Walter! 🍻😎

Trying to veer from the promo titles and take advantage of the vast CC streaming library. And I know people have watched films that they rarely get a chance to share. So, tell us!

Which two films that share a common subject, actor, director or whatever tickles your fancy do you think would make a great double bill this weekend?

I know those of us who live in The States are just pulling out of winter, but I can watch skiing movies any time (bummed that Downhill Racer isn’t on the channel), so I’m taking a chance on White Rock and Wolf's Hole. Haven't seen either. But James Coburn’s narration and a (reportedly) awesome soundtrack is the draw for the first movie, and "a subversive take on teen-horror" is the intrigue for the second film.

What two deep dives would you put together for a weekend watch? Really love to hear some good ones (especially ones you've seen). And, as always, thanks in advance! 😊

For years mine has been PP Pasolini’s Mamma Roma, but I can’t come up with many more on CC that are currently streaming. Know a few good ones or have a favorite Mama themed film? I still haven’t seen Naruse’s Mother but there must be others. Please, suggest a fave! Thanks in advance.

And Happy Mother’s Day to EVERY mom! ☺️

Tell us! Just lost my TCM connection and wanted a few recommendations for old black and white Hollywood classics currently streaming on the channel. I love the free selections on Tubi, Pluto and even YouTube, but they’re either riddled with ads or a crap shoot with regard to streaming resolutions.

CC still has the old Classic Hollywood promo titles in play, but many more have been added (like ‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ in the thumbnail) since then. Seen a good one lately? Might make a Letterboxd playlist for easy future reference. Thanks, in advance! ✌🏼