Marie Antoinette (1938) is now on DVD. Norma Shearer plays Marie, and Tyrone Power plays her lover Axel Von Ferson. Robert Morley plays her husband King Louis the XVI. The movie is based on the heavily researched book on the Queen of France written by Stefan Zweig. As you watch the movie you can appreciate how the Queen led her life. She comes across as a woman that is juvenile, out of touch with the real world, whose life interest...

This is news to me…. a 1981 remake of “Double Indemnity.” Read how the 1981 “Body Heat,” with William Hurt and Kathleen Turner used shadows, lighting , femme fatal, schnook and all to give the full film noir effect. Supposedly the “best film noir ever.” Read it here

“Tattooed rock musicians, exploitation flicks, ’90s animation – what’s next, commercials? You’ll have to forgive Turner Classic Movies junkies who fear for their beloved haven of uncut, uninterrupted, vintage Hollywood treasures. They saw what happened to AMC, cable’s original home of classic movies. That onetime studio-era archive started getting hip, airing newer titles and finally adding commercials,...

ATLANTA, October 18: Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has acquired the rights to six films from the 1930s, produced by the classic film studio RKO, that were previously considered lost. This selection of rare motion pictures includes works directed by William Wellman, John Cromwell and Garson Kanin, and starring William Powell, Ginger Rogers, Irene Dunne, Lionel Barrymore and Joel McCrea, as well as an early screenplay by blacklisted writer...

Humphrey Bogart New Signature Collection is out and is loaded with the best of Bogart. The DVD series includes: “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) and two other versions of the same story, “Falcon,” (1931) with Ricardo Cortez & Bebe Daniels, and the 1936 version with Bette Davis as the femme fatal in “Satan Met A Lady.” It also includes these masterpieces: “Across the Pacific” (1942), “All Through the...

GQ Magazine believes that film has had more influence on fashion than the catwalk has. They have listed 25 films that have had the most influence on male fashion. First on the list is North by Northwest (1959). Remember how debonair Cary Grant looked when he was chased by a crop dusting plane in the cornfield? That look is still copied today by modern stars like Tom Cruise in Collateral (I think Tom looked his best in this movie) and Ben...