Classic Couple

For the fourth installment in our 2023 Classic Couple Movie Challenge, we offer our take on To Have and Have Not (1944). HERS Sexy. That’s what To Have and Have Not is. Sexy. This is the movie where 44-year-old Humphrey Bogart and 19-year-old Lauren Bacall fell in love. And it’s all there on screen. Bacall is beguiling, […]

For the third installment in our 2023 Classic Couple Movie Challenge, we offer our take on The Awful Truth (1937). HERS Cary Grant has been in my top five list of actors for many years. I remain steadfast in my appreciation for his acting and my enjoyment of his films. My Cary Grant is the best romantic comedy […]

Our Triangle Classic Movie Club got together on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at the Regal Crossroads Movie Theater for the Fathom Big Screen Classics 70th Anniversary screening of Roman Holiday (1953). Afterwards, several club members got together at Panera Bread to discuss the film and enjoyed a game of classic movie trivia about Leading Ladies […]

For the second installment in our 2023 Classic Couple Movie Challenge, we offer our take on The Lady Eve (1941). HERS Over the last eight years or so, I have become a Barbara Stanwyck fan, a real Barbara Stanwyck fan as she now ranks in my top five actresses of all time. I enjoy all of her […]

For the first installment in our 2023 Classic Couple Movie Challenge, we offer our take on An American in Paris (1951). HERS An American in Paris is a movie musical I enjoy for the performances, not for the acting. The film serves as a vehicle to showcase the artistry of its stellar cast. Concert pianist […]

52 classic movies in 52 weeks? Count us in! In 2023 we’re diving into a list of classic movies curated by none other than the great American director, writer, actor, producer, critic, and film historian Peter Bogdanovich. In his 1999 book Peter Bogdanovich’s Movie of the Week: 52 Classic Films for One Full Year, he […]

Our TCM Club had a holiday get-together, hosted by club member Jane and husband Jim. Great food, competitive Christmas movie trivia and a movie-themed gift exchange combined to make a memorable time for a terrific group of friends and film fans. What a wonderful way to kick off the holiday season. It’s true – it’s […]

Our Triangle Classic Movie Club got together for a film discussion and a game of classic movie trivia. Beforehand, several club members attended the TCM Big Screen Classics 60th anniversary screening of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Before there was Citizen Kane (1941) there was Voodoo Macbeth, the theater production that brought Orson Welles into the spotlight. Performed in Harlem at the Lafayette Theater as part of the Negro Theatre Unit in New York, Voodoo Macbeth gave Welles the opportunity to direct Shakespeare’s Macbeth with an all-Black cast. Reimagined in a Haitian setting, Voodoo Macbeth […]

Our Triangle Classic Movie Club got together for a film discussion and a game of classic movie This or That. Afterward, several club members headed to a viewing of the TCM Big Screen Classics 55th anniversary screening of In the Heat of the Night. Classic Movie This or That Game Instructions for how to to […]