Saturday, August 29, 2020

Turner Classic Movies Sept. 2020

 Sept. 1 has several Hitchcocks to start off the month; my favorite of the group is The Lady Vanishes (1938), with its impressive combination of suspense and humor.

Sept. 1 also has Chantal Akerman's Je Tu Il Elle, 1995, the first of many films this month directed by women.

Sept. 4 has Billy Wilder's The Apartment, 1960, with its dark comedy.

Sept. 5 has John Ford's Stagecoach, 1939, his first sound Western.

Sept. 6 has Howard Hawks's To Have and Have Not, 1944, the first of the three versions of Hemingway's story.

Sept. 8 has John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle, 1950, a terrific film noir, and Barbara Loden's Wanda, 1970.

Sept. 9 has Frank Strayer's Blondie Goes to College, 1942, part of an excellent B series.

Sept. 10 has three of Val Lewton's films, including Robert Wise's The Body Snatcher, 1945

Sept. 14 has Alfred E. Green's pre-code Union Station, 1932

Sept. 16 is Edgar Selwyn's fantasy Turn Back the Clock, 1933

Sept. 17 has a number of Otto Preminger's films, my favorite being Bunny Lake is Missing, 1965, in beautiful widescreen black-and-white.

Sept. 19 is Delmer Daves's exemplary Western 3:10 to Yuma, 1957

Sept. 20 is Leo McCarey's Going My Way, 1944

Sept. 21 is Roberto Rossellini's Stromboli, 1950.

Sept. 24 has two of Douglas Sirk's best films: All That Heaven Allows, 1955, and Written on the Wind, 1957.

Sept. 28 has a number of King Vidor films, my favorite is Street Scene, 1931, a pre-code film with Syliva Sidney.

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