Classic Couple

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 […]

Based on the TCM Underground series that ran on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), TCM Underground – 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema is a movie lover’s guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, odd, shocking, and truly weird cult films. Authors Millie de Chirico and Quatoyiah Murry, both […]

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 […]

Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022 Turner Classic Movies (TCM) celebrates films chosen to be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to film heritage in the United States. Dr. Carla Hayden of The Library of Congress joins TCM host, film historian and Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Director and President […]

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 […]

Our club got together for a film discussion followed by the viewing of the Big Screen Classics – Poltergeist.