March 14, 2025

TCM schedule Saturday March 15 - Swing Time, The 39 Steps, A Raisin in the Sun, Gun Crazy, The Magnificent Seven

The Day At a Glance

TCM SPOTLIGHT: MOVIE MIX-UPS
- FROM BAD TO WORSE
Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Conversation, The (1974)
Blood Simple (1984)
39 Steps, The (1935)
Gay Falcon, The (1942)
Saturday, March 15
- TCM DAYTIME
WEEKEND FEATURES
Angel Baby (1961)
MGM Cartoons: The Little Goldfish (1939)
Can You Imagine? (1936) (short)
Color Scales (1932) (short)
Loose in London (1953)
Galloping Ghost Ch. 6: The Torn $500 Bill (1931) (TCM Premiere)
Popeye: Hello How Am I (1939)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
College Hounds (1930) (short)
Swing Time (1936) (Musical Matinee)
Raisin in the Sun, A (1961)
Once a Thief (1965)
Badlands (1973)
- TCM PRIMETIME
HARRY BELAFONTE
World, the Flesh and the Devil, The (1959)
Bright Road (1953)
- NOIR ALLEY
Gun Crazy (1950)
- TCM LATE NIGHT: YUL BRYNNER
Magnificent Seven, The (1960)
Catlow (1971)

Full schedule

11:30 PM The Conversation (1974)
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on might be a target for murder.
Dir: Francis Ford Coppola Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield
Runtime: 113 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC:


1:30 AM Blood Simple (1984)
An owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.
Dir: Joel Coen Cast: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


3:15 AM The 39 Steps (1935)
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed -- with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as "The 39 Steps."
Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Cast: Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:45 AM The Gay Falcon (1942)
A society sleuth tries to break up an insurance scam.
Dir: Irving Reis Cast: George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:00 AM Angel Baby (1961)
Married promoters try to turn a faith healer into a gold mine.
Dir: Paul Wendkos Cast: Salome Jens, George Hamilton, Mercedes McCambridge
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


8:00 AM The Little Goldfish (1939)
A little goldfish, longing for freedom, escapes his fishbowl for an adventurous trip to the sea.
Dir: Rudolf Ising Cast: Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Dunne, Melvin J. Gibby
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Can You Imagine? (1936)
This short film presents various curiosities of people and nature across the United States.
Dir: null Cast: Ray Saunders, Dickie McCollin, William Shelton, Amos Emmanuel Kubick
Runtime: 10 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:20 AM Color Scales (1932)
Various species of tropical fish are shown in this documentary short filmed at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.
Dir: Zion Myers Cast: Pete Smith (narrator)
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:30 AM Loose in London (1953)
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:35 AM The Torn $500 Bill (1931)
Chapter 6 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:05 AM Hello How Am I (1939)
Popeye meets himself walking down the street toward Olive's house, where he has been invited to a hamburger feast. Bewildered and then angry when Olive mistakes the masquerading Popeye for him, Popeye unmasks the fraud and discovers it's Wimpy, whose fondness for hamburgers knows no restraint of ethics or appetite.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, William Henning Cast: Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 AM Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
A schoolteacher matches wits with a police detective when they both try to solve a pretty music teacher's murder.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Bruce Cabot
Runtime: 71 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:30 AM College Hounds (1930)
This Dogville comedy short spoofs American football movies.
Dir: Jules White Cast: Zion Myers, Jules White, Zion Myers
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


12:00 PM Swing Time (1936)
To prove himself worthy of his fiancee, a dancer tries to make it big, only to get involved with his dancing partner.
Dir: George Stevens Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


2:00 PM A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
The Younger family strives to get out of their ghetto neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. When the patriarch of the family passes away and each family member is handed a slice of the insurance payoff, their escape finally seems possible.
Dir: Daniel Petrie Cast: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee
Runtime: 128 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 PM Once a Thief (1965)
A young ex-con trying to go straight gets caught up in another criminal scheme.
Dir: Ralph Nelson Cast: Alain Delon, Ann-Margret, Van Heflin
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


6:15 PM Badlands (1973)
A teenager from a dead-end town decides to join a charming older boy on his shooting spree through Montana's badlands.
Dir: Terrence Malick Cast: Martin Sheen, Sissy Spacek, Warren Oates
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM The World, the Flesh and the Devil (1959)
One woman and two men are the only people left alive after a nuclear disaster.
Dir: Ranald MacDougall Cast: Harry Belafonte, Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer
Runtime: 95 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:15 PM Bright Road (1953)
A school teacher seeks to win the trust and respect of a rebellious young boy.
Dir: Gerald Mayer Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Philip Hepburn, Harry Belafonte
Runtime: 69 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:00 AM Gun Crazy (1950)
Two disturbed young people release their fascination with guns through a crime spree.
Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Cast: Peggy Cummins, John Dall, Berry Kroeger
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


2:00 AM The Magnificent Seven (1960)
A group of seven tough gunslingers are hired by a Mexican village to put a stop to the vicious bandit and his gang who have been pillaging it for years.
Dir: John Sturges Cast: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen
Runtime: 126 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:15 AM Catlow (1971)
An outlaw tries to avoid both his friend, the marshal, and a sadistic bounty hunter in order to hijack a mule train loaded with two million dollars in gold. Based on the novel by Louis L'Armour.
Dir: Sam Wanamaker Cast: Yul Brynner, Richard Crenna, Leonard Nimoy
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Western Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

March 6, 2025

Donald Trump Faces New Impeachment Bid After Speech to Congress (Newsweek)

Democratic Texas Representative Al Green has hit back at Donald Trump after he was kicked out of the president's joint address to Congress on Tuesday, saying that he is "working on" Articles of Impeachment against the president.

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"I'm working on my articles of impeachment," Green said to reporters on Tuesday after he was removed by the House sergeant-at-arms following multiple interruptions of Trump's address. "This president is unfit. He should not hold the office—34 felony convictions, two times impeached," Green added. Green was removed after protesting Trump's remarks over obtaining a mandate in the election, shouting, "He has no mandate" while pointing toward the president and refusing to take his seat.

The president opened his speech by highlighting his electoral victory as Democrats jeered and booed in response. When Green refused to take his seat, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him to be removed as Republican lawmakers taunted him with chants of "Hey, Hey, Hey, Goodbye." The removal of an elected official by the sergeant-at-arms during a joint address or State of the Union is virtually unprecedented in modern congressional history.

Green told reporters that he had interrupted Trump's joint address to protest against a "desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-impeachment-al-green-2039765

March 6, 2025

House censures Democrat Al Green over his outburst at Trump's speech

Source: ABC News/MSN

The House voted on Thursday to censure Democrat Al Green over his outburst at President Donald Trump's speech to Congress on Tuesday night.

The Republican-led effort passed 224-198 with two members voting present, one of them being Green. Ten Democrats voted on the resolution to censure Green.

Green was ejected from the joint session on Tuesday after interrupting the president's speech and refusing to sit down despite warnings from Speaker Mike Johnson.

By Wednesday morning, several members of the GOP conference were circulating different resolutions to censure Green. Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse was the first to formally introduce a resolution on the House floor on Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-censures-democrat-al-green-over-his-outburst-at-trumps-speech/ar-AA1AmBl0

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House resolution of Rep. Al Green (PDF): https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hres189/BILLS-119hres189ih.pdf

Video interview: https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/at-some-point-were-all-going-to-have-to-stand-up-al-green/vi-AA1AklPP?t23&ocidsocialshare

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Ami Bera, CA
Ed Case, HI
Jim Costa, CA
Laura Gillen, NY
Jim Himes, CT
Chrissy Houlahan, PA
Marcy Kaptur, OH
Jared Moskowitz, FL
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, WA
Tom Suozzi, NY
Present
Shomari Figures, AL
Al Green, TX

March 4, 2025

TCM Schedule for Saturday, March 8: Being There, Top Hat, A Hard Day's Night (Yay!), Bullitt, King's Row, Them!

10:30 PM Lover Come Back (1961)
An ad exec in disguise courts his pretty female competitor.
Dir: Delbert Mann Cast: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:30 AM Being There (1979)
Political pundits mistake an illiterate gardener for a media genius and turn him into a national hero.
Dir: Hal Ashby Cast: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas
Runtime: 130 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:45 AM Purple Noon (1961)
Tom Ripley is an angelic-looking young American whose talents for everything but holding down a job are impressive. When he is recruited by a concerned father to travel first class (all expenses paid) to Paris to bring back an errant son, he accepts. The two young men enjoy the good life in Italy until Tom finds his money ...
Dir: René Clément Cast: Alain Delon, Maurice Ronet, Marie Laforêt
Runtime: 118 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: N


5:00 AM Top Hat (1935)
A woman believes that an enamored dancer is her best friend's husband.
Dir: Mark Sandrich Cast: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


6:45 AM Off the Record (1939)
A lady reporter adopts the young delinquent her crime expose helped send to jail.
Dir: James Flood Cast: Pat O'Brien, Joan Blondell, Bobby Jordan
Runtime: 62 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:00 AM The Peachy Cobbler (1950)
An old sick cobbler gives his last bit of food to some birds. The birds turn out to be elves who return the favor by keeping his business going.
Dir: Tex Avery (fred) Cast: Daws Butler
Runtime: 7 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-G CC: Y


8:10 AM Calling All Kids (1943)
In this short film, a gang of kids salute the armed forces in a stage show.
Dir: Sam Baerwitz Cast: Tommy McFarland, Robert Blake, Billy Laughlin
Runtime: 11 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: N


8:25 AM Believe It or Not #12 (1932)
This short film, part of the "Believe It or Not" series, features such odd sights as a moving house and chickens with tail feathers measuring up to twenty-five feet. Vitaphone Release 1427.
Dir: null Cast: James E. Marvin, Leo Donnelly, Robert L Ripley
Runtime: 8 mins Genre: Documentary Rating: TV-PG CC: N


8:35 AM Clipped Wings (1953)
The Bowery Boys join the air force and almost turn it into a fly-by-night organization.
Dir: Edward Bernds Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey
Runtime: 65 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:40 AM The Man Without a Face (1931)
Chapter 5 of The Galloping Ghost 1931 serial. A gambling ring is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, who try to eliminate him from playing.
Dir: B. Reeves Eason Cast: Harold "Red" Grange, Dorothy Gulliver, Walter Miller
Runtime: 20 mins Genre: Adventure Rating: TV-G CC: Y


10:00 AM Ghosks is the Bunk (1939)
Bluto lures Popeye and Olive to a haunted house. He begins playing a series of comical tricks on them but when they discover he is behind it, they plot their revenge.
Dir: Dave Fleischer, William Henning Cast: Pinto Colvig, Margie Hines, Jack Mercer
Runtime: 6 mins Genre: Animation Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:10 AM Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
A feisty school teacher sets out to solve a murder in an aquarium.
Dir: George Archainbaud Cast: Edna May Oliver, James Gleason, Robert Armstrong
Runtime: 66 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-G CC: Y


11:25 AM The Big Dog House (1930)
In this short from the Dogville series, dogs play out a story of jealousy, murder and justice thwarted.
Dir: Zion Myers Cast: Jules White, Zion Myers, Dr. William Axt
Runtime: 16 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-G CC: Y


12:00 PM A Hard Day's Night (1964)



The original 1964 trailer:

A rock and roll mockumentary that follows "a day in the life" of those four lads from Liverpool who would go on to make music history as the Beatles.
Dir: Richard Lester Cast: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
Runtime: 87 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

Trivia: During the opening sequence of the group running, George stumbles and falls, and Ringo falls over him. This wasn't intended and George ripped the suit he was wearing, but he quickly recovered, laughed, and continued to run. It was decided to retain the shot in the film.

Trivia: John Lennon's written answer to the female reporter asking him if he has any hobbies is the word "tits."

1:45 PM Kings Row (1942)
Small town scandals inspire an idealistic young man to take up psychiatry.
Dir: Sam Wood Cast: Ann Sheridan, Robert Cummings, Ronald Reagan
Runtime: 127 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 PM Them! (1954)
Federal agents fight to destroy a colony of mutated giant ants.
Dir: Gordon Douglas Cast: James Whitmore, Edmund Gwenn, Joan Weldon, James Arness
Runtime: 94 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:45 PM Bullitt (1968)
A detective is sent by a politician to catch a big-time gangster so he can procure him before a Senate crime committee for selfish gain. When the gangster is killed before this can happen, the detective and the politico clash with each other.
Dir: Peter Yates Cast: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Runtime: 114 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


8:00 PM Craig's Wife (1936)
A domineering woman marries a wealthy man for his money, and then uses her position to further her own ambitions for money and power.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Rosalind Russell, John Boles, Billie Burke
Runtime: 73 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-G CC: Y


9:30 PM Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
A drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he has a relapse.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne Allen
Runtime: 83 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


11:00 PM Christopher Strong (1933)
An aviatrix's affair with a married man could cost her her career.
Dir: Dorothy Arzner Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Colin Clive, Billie Burke
Runtime: 77 mins Genre: Romance Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:30 AM The Velvet Touch (1948)
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.
Dir: John Gage Cast: Rosalind Russell, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor
Runtime: 97 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


4:00 AM The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1950)
A collection of MGM previews with an introduction by Lionel Barrymore.
Dir: Herman Hoffman Cast: Lionel Barrymore, Dore Schary, Ira Heymann
Runtime: 57 mins Genre: Short Rating: TV-G CC: Y


5:00 AM Main Street After Dark (1944)
A police clean-up campaign could put a family of pickpockets out of work.
Dir: Edward Cahn Cast: Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout
Runtime: 56 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-PG CC: Y

February 24, 2025

TCM Schedule Sat. March 1: Five-Star Final, Dr. Zhivago, Fiddler On the Roof

(OT: I'm sorry to announce that I have to discontinue doing the extensive posts I've done in the past because of personal commitments - I'm doing a music podcast - and those detailed posts, as much as I loved doing them, took almost two hours a week. Thanks for your understanding and apologies to you all.)

THE DAY AT A GLANCE

- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 28
- FATHERS
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
On Golden Pond (1981)
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Great Santini, The (1979)
Life with Father (1947)
- TCM DAYTIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29
- BEST PICTURE
Five Star Final (1931) (7:30 am ET)
Crossfire (1947)
Music Man, The (1962)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Last Emperor, The (1987)
- TCM PRIMETIME
31 DAYS OF OSCAR - DAY 29
- ALCOHOLICS
Lost Weekend, The (1945)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Key Largo (1948)
Johnny Eager (1942)

FULL DAY'S SCHEDULE

10:30 PM Wild Strawberries (1957)
On his way to an awards ceremony, a distinguished professor is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make peace with the inevitability of his approaching death
Dir: Ingmar Bergman Cast: Victor Seastrom, Ingrid Thulin, Bibi Andersson
Runtime: 91 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: N


12:15 AM The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)
A surreal, virtually plotless series of dreams centered around six middle-class people and their consistently interrupted attempts to have a meal together.
Dir: Luis Buñuel Cast: Fernando Rey, Paul Frankeur, Delphine Seyrig
Runtime: 102 mins Genre: Comedy Rating: TV-PG CC: N


2:15 AM The Last Wave (1977)
An examination of the relationship between white and Aboriginal Australia through the trial of five Aborigines accused of killing another. Corporate tax lawyer David Burton accepts the case just as torrential rains blanket even the most arid regions of the nation, and is instantly beset with prophetic dreams and apocalyptic ...
Dir: Peter Weir Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil
Runtime: 106 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


4:15 AM Eraserhead (1977)
A printer named Henry Spencer is on vacation when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, Mary X, has given birth to a terribly deformed baby. Henry marries Mary and the two try living together, but it does not work out. So Mary leaves and Henry begins to care for the baby. After this, several bizarre events take place. There ...
Dir: David Lynch Cast: Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Judith Anna Roberts
Runtime: 100 mins Genre: Horror/Science-Fiction Rating: TV-MA CC: Y

7:30 AM Five Star Final (1931)
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H. B. Warner
Runtime: 89 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


9:00 AM Crossfire (1947)
A crusading district attorney investigates the murder of a Jewish man.
Dir: Edward Dmytryk Cast: Robert Young, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan
Runtime: 85 mins Genre: Suspense/Mystery Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:45 AM The Music Man (1962)
A con man, masquerading as a music professor, convinces a small town to form a brass band as a way for him to pocket some money.
Dir: Morton Dacosta Cast: Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett
Runtime: 151 mins Genre: Musical Rating: TV-G CC: Y


1:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Sweeping epic about a Russian doctor pursuing the woman he loves during Russia's turbulent political changes of World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism's rise to power.
Dir: David Lean Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Julie Christie, Tom Courtenay
Runtime: 197 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The Japanese Army forces World War II POWs to build a strategic bridge in Burma.
Dir: David Lean Cast: William Holden, Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins
Runtime: 161 mins Genre: Epic Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


5:00 PM The Last Emperor (1987)
The story of the last imperial ruler of China.
Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci Cast: John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole
Runtime: 163 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-MA CC: Y


8:00 PM The Lost Weekend (1945)
A writer fights to overcome his addiction to liquor.
Dir: Billy Wilder Cast: Ray Milland, Jane Wyman, Phillip Terry
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


10:00 PM I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
True story of singer Lillian Roth's battle against alcoholism.
Dir: Daniel Mann Cast: Susan Hayward, Richard Conte, Eddie Albert
Runtime: 117 mins Genre: Drama Rating: TV-PG CC: Y


12:15 AM Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
An avowed alcoholic, Ben drank away his family, friends and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas to end it all in one final binge. On the strip, Ben picks up a street-smart hooker named Sera in what might have been another excess in his self-destructive jag. ...
Dir: Mike Figgis Cast: Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands
Runtime: 112 mins Genre: Adaptation Rating: TV-14 CC: Y


2:15 AM Key Largo (1948)
A returning veteran tangles with a ruthless gangster during a hurricane.
Dir: John Huston Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, Lauren Bacall
Runtime: 101 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y


4:15 AM Johnny Eager (1942)
A handsome racketeer seduces the DA's daughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Dir: Mervyn Leroy Cast: Robert Taylor, Lana Turner, Edward Arnold
Runtime: 107 mins Genre: Crime Rating: TV-G CC: Y

February 24, 2025

TCM March 2025 At a Glance: Star of the Month; Edward Everett Horton, Ron Howard, Shelley Winters, Yul Brynner tributes

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TCM Spotlight - Movie Mix-Ups (Fridays)
Special Theme - Women Filmmakers (6, 13)

SELECTED DAILY SHOWCASES
1-3 31 Days of Oscar (conclusion)
4-Birthday: John Garfield
5-1930 Horror/Suspense
6-Shelley Winters
11-Buster Keaton
12-Alfred Hitchcock
17- St. Patrick's Day
18-Birthday: Edward Everett Horton; Guest Programmer (TBA)
20-Yul Brynner
21-Movie Mix-Ups
24-Fading Careers
25-Costume Design By Edith Head
30-Jurors
31-Ron Howard

WEEKLY SHOWCASES
MUSICAL MATINEE Sat. Noon (ET)
1 - (31 Days of Oscar)
8 - A Hard Day's Night (1964)
15 - Swing Time (1936)
22 - Brigadoon (1954)
29 - The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

NOIR ALLEY Sat. Midnight, Sun. 10 am (ET)
1, 2 - (31 Days of Oscar)
8, 9 - The Velvet Touch (1948)
15, 16 - Gun Crazy (1950)
22, 23 - Clash by Night (1952)
29, 30 - Count the Hours! (1953)

SILENT SUNDAY NIGHTS Sun. Midnight (ET)
2 - (31 Days of Oscar)
9 - The Dumb Girl of Portici (1916)
16 - Among Those Present (1921)
Now or Never (1921)
I Do (1921)
23 - Behind the Door (1919)
30 - It (1927)

TCM IMPORTS Sun. Late 2 am (ET)
2 - (31 Days of Oscar)
9 - (P) El verdugo (1963)
The Wheelchair (1960)
16 - An Angel at My Table (1990)
23 - Closely Watched Trains (1967)
Capricious Summer (1968)
30 - Lady Snowblood (1973)
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

MARCH PREMIERES - FEATURE FILMS
Mar 6 - Naked Acts (1996)
Mar 6 - A Dream Is What You Wake Up From (1978)
Mar 9 - El verdugo (1963)
Mar 31 - The Spikes Gang (1974)
- SHORTS
The Galloping Ghost 1931 Serial:
Mar 8 - Ch. 5: The Man Without a Face (1931)
Mar 15 - Ch. 6: The Torn $500 Bill (1931)
Mar 22 - Ch. 7: When the Lights Went Out (1931)
Mar 29 - Ch. 8: The Third Degree (1931

February 24, 2025

Jen Psaki Moves to Primetime Weekdays in MSNBC Overhaul (Variety)

By Brian Steinberg

Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday.

The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC under new leader Rebecca Kutler, who has wasted little time in tearing up the network’s schedule as it faces seismic pressures. MSNBC is grappling not only with the new Trump administration, to which many of its progressive anchors and analysts are directly opposed, but it also faces a big change in its business operations once it is, along with a group of other cable networks, spun off from Comcast in a transaction slated to be completed later this year.

While Rachel Maddow is anchoring 9 p.m. five days a week during the early part of the Trump administration, she will return to hosting only Mondays soon. At that time, Psaki’s show will roll out Tuesday through Friday. Her program, “Inside with Jen Psaki,” has become MSNBC’s most-watched on the weekends and has expanded audiences at 8 p.m. on Mondays. “Since joining MSNBC, Psaki has become a crucial and trusted voice for the network,” Kutler said in a memo on Monday.

“As I shared with many of you a few weeks ago, my goal is to build on the successes that have distinguished MSNBC from its peers,” Kutler said. “We now have one of the most engaged audiences in all of television and are seeing rapid growth across digital, audio, and more. In the years ahead, we must continue to show up for our audiences in this critical moment while simultaneously best positioning ourselves for the future.”

Read more: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jen-psaki-msnbc-primetime-weekdays-overhaul-1236319016/#recipient_hashed=343cd82b65085ef1666aa5d5e417dc33ae72e7edfab338feb9bf59e12dc0fa95&recipient_salt=35d10431c80f1d5601e6507a49aa52751280eac4349ec99063d09bab33090930&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=589322_02-24-2025&utm_term=3570063


Photo courtesy MSNBC.

February 24, 2025

Jen Psaki Moves to Primetime Weekdays in MSNBC Overhaul

Source: Variety.com

By Brian Steinberg

Jen Psaki, the former Biden White House press secretary who has become a favorite at MSNBC since joining in 2023, will get even more screen time in front of viewers in April when she takes over the network’s 9 p.m. slot between Tuesday and Friday.

The move is the latest to be unveiled from MSNBC under new leader Rebecca Kutler, who has wasted little time in tearing up the network’s schedule as it faces seismic pressures. MSNBC is grappling not only with the new Trump administration, to which many of its progressive anchors and analysts are directly opposed, but it also faces a big change in its business operations once it is, along with a group of other cable networks, spun off from Comcast in a transaction slated to be completed later this year.

While Rachel Maddow is anchoring 9 p.m. five days a week during the early part of the Trump administration, she will return to hosting only Mondays soon. At that time, Psaki’s show will roll out Tuesday through Friday. Her program, “Inside with Jen Psaki,” has become MSNBC’s most-watched on the weekends and has expanded audiences at 8 p.m. on Mondays. “Since joining MSNBC, Psaki has become a crucial and trusted voice for the network,” Kutler said in a memo on Monday.

“As I shared with many of you a few weeks ago, my goal is to build on the successes that have distinguished MSNBC from its peers,” Kutler said. “We now have one of the most engaged audiences in all of television and are seeing rapid growth across digital, audio, and more. In the years ahead, we must continue to show up for our audiences in this critical moment while simultaneously best positioning ourselves for the future.”

Read more: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jen-psaki-msnbc-primetime-weekdays-overhaul-1236319016/#recipient_hashed=343cd82b65085ef1666aa5d5e417dc33ae72e7edfab338feb9bf59e12dc0fa95&recipient_salt=35d10431c80f1d5601e6507a49aa52751280eac4349ec99063d09bab33090930&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exacttarget&utm_campaign=newsalert&utm_content=589322_02-24-2025&utm_term=3570063

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I think Jen's show has been an incredibly strong addition to MSNBC's lineup since she came aboard. Be interesting to see what they do next.

February 23, 2025

Joy Reid's MSNBC Show Canceled in Major Shake-Up

Source: New York Times

By Benjamin Mullin
Feb. 23, 2025
Updated 6:09 a.m. ET

Joy Reid’s evening news show on MSNBC is being canceled, part of a far-reaching programming overhaul orchestrated by Rebecca Kutler, the network’s new president, two people familiar with the changes said.

The final episode of Ms. Reid’s 7 p.m. show, “The ReidOut,” is planned for sometime this week, according to the people, who were not authorized to speak publicly. The show, which features in-depth interviews with politicians and other newsmakers, has been a fixture of MSNBC’s lineup for the past five years.

MSNBC is planning to replace Ms. Reid’s program with a show led by a trio of anchors: Symone Sanders Townsend, a political commentator and former Democratic strategist; Michael Steele, a former chairman of the Republican National Committee; and Alicia Menendez, the TV journalist, the people said. They currently co-host “The Weekend,” which airs Saturday and Sunday mornings.

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The programming shake-up is the first major change made by Ms. Kutler, who was appointed president this month. Ms. Kutler has been drawing up a new programming lineup to jump-start the network’s ratings, which have outperformed rival CNN but lagged behind the longtime ratings leader, Fox News.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/business/msnbc-joy-reid.html

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Joy Reid in New Orleans in November. Credit...Peter G. Forest/Sipa USA, via Associated Press

February 22, 2025

MSNBC's New Chief Plots First Moves, Poised to Expand Screen Time for Jen Psaki, 'Weekend' Trio (Variety)

By Brian Steinberg

MSNBC‘s new chief isn’t wasting any time in figuring out where she wants to take the progressive-leaning network as it prepares to be spun off from NBCUniversal and its corporate parent, Comcast.

Rebecca Kutler, who was named president of MSNBC earlier in February, is considering expanding the on-screen presence of Jen Psaki, who currently anchors hours on Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings, as well as the trio of personalities who lead “The Weekend,” the roundtable show that airs Saturday and Sunday mornings and is led by Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

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The changes, none of which have not been formally announced, show Kutler moving quickly to steer MSNBC in a tricky moment. With Comcast splitting off the bulk of its cable assets into a separate, publicly-traded company, MSNBC is likely to have to navigate a future cut off from the newsgathering resources of NBC News. At present, a group of traditional news anchors, including Katy Tur and Chris Jansing, fill MSNBC’s weekday hours, offering reporting and journalism that isn’t as dipped in blue as the outlet’s primetime opinion programs. Veteran Andrea Mitchell recently signed off from the noon hour she anchored for decades, and an official replacement has not been unveiled.

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Both Psaki and “The Weekend” are close to Kutler’s heart. She developed both the trio and “Inside With Jen Psaki.” “The Weekend” has enjoyed a spike in viewership in its time slot since it launched in January of 2024. Executives at MSNBC have clearly been taken with Psaki, a former Biden White House press secretary, since she launched a Sunday hour in March of 2003.

Read more: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/msnbc-expansion-jen-psaki-weekend-symone-sanders-rebecca-kutler-1236316128/

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Comment: Like Jen Psaki, not so much "The Weekend." But we'll see where that goes. And the writer's "dipped in blue" comment shows a real lack of knowledge of what mainstream news programming, which MSNBC has always tried to do, should be. MSNBC (or CNN, for that matter) has never been Free Speech TV, which can be described correctly as "dipped in blue." Both channels have tried to keep news as the key to their programming, with opinion taking a back end. Which is the way it should be.