The weekly roundup of reviews, interviews, and other citations of (often, though not always) underappreciated examples of the dramatic and related arts; for the first time, not one but two citations of an auction, as well (and two defenses of Hallmark Channel programming; I don't disagree).
http://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2016/06/tuesdays-overlooked-av-films-television_28.html
Anne Billson: Godzilla (1998 film); Movietalk: "Blockbusters"
Anonymous: Carnal Knowledge; In a World...; 4 films that all happen in a single location each (two Hitchcocks, neither Rope); Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd)
Benjamin Poole: Daemos Rising
Bhob Stewart: "The Monkey Business Illusion"; "Beat Memories: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg"; The Firesign Theater and I Think We're All Bozos on this Bus; Stan Freberg on The Dick Cavett Show; Six Feet Under finale; Moebius painting
The Big Broadcast, 26 June 2016:
7 p.m. Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar
“The Callicles Matter” Parts 3 and 4 (CBS, Original airdates May 2 and May 3, 1956)
7:30 p.m. Burns And Allen
“George Wants To Kick Meredith Willson Out” (NBC, Original airdate January 24, 1946)
8 p.m. Gun smoke
“Bull” (CBS, Original airdate November 3, 1957)
8:30 p.m. The Stan Freberg Show
“The Musical Sheep” (CBS, Original airdate July 14, 1957)
9 p.m. The Adventures of Philip Marlowe
“The Red Wind” (NBC, Original airdate June 17, 1947)
9:30 p.m. Suspense
"A Friend To Alexander" (CBS, Original airdate June 15, 1944)
10 p.m. Lux Radio Theater
“Captain Blood” (CBS, Original airdate February 22, 1937)
Bill Crider: Casino Royale (2006 film) [trailer]
Brian Arnold: Wham-O ads
B. V. Lawson: Media Murder
Chuck Esola: The Eyes of Annie Jones
Colin McGulgan: Murder by Decree
Comedy Film Nerds: Wayne Federman
Cult TV: Doctor Who: "The War Machines"
Cynthia Fuchs: Tickled; Zero Days
David Cramner: The Americano; Hombre
David Vineyard: Appointment with Danger
Elgin Bleecker: In the Heat of the Night (1967 film)
Elizabeth Foxwell: Illegal
Eric Hillis: Ivan's Children
Gary Deane: Fugitive Lady (aka La strada buie)
George Kelley: Mystery Woman
"Gilligan Newton-John": Escape from Galaxy 3; Princess Warrior; Wonder Woman: "The Deadly Toys"
Iba Dawson: 100 must-see films
Ivan G. Shreve, Jr.: Let Freedom Ring; Merry Wives of Reno; Rogue's Gallery (1945 radio)
Jack Seabrook: Alfred Hitchcock Presents: "Mrs. Herman and Mrs. Fenimore"
Jackie Kashian: Ivan Van Norman and Andy Ashcraft on zombies in popular culture, Role-Playing Games (RPGs) and otherwise; The Band Wagon
Jackie Kashian and Laurie Kilmartin: The Jackie and Laurie Show
Jacqueline T. Lynch: Dive Bomber
James Reasoner: In the Heart of the Sea
Janet Varney: Connie Chung
J.D. Lafrance: The Parallax View
Jerry House: Phantom Ship aka The Mystery of the Marie Celeste; TED Talks: "Talking to Strangers"
John Grant: A Taste of Evil
Jonathan Lewis: Vera Cruz; Ski Troop Patrol
K. A. Laity: "The Lost Library of John Dee"
Karen Hannsberry: TCM Film Festival: Los tallos amargos; Shanghai Express; The Conversation; some of Karen's least-favored actors
Ken Levine: "comedy in theory"; The Late Show exploitation
Kliph Nesteroff: Orson Bean
Kristina Dijan: Late Spring; Early Summer; Tokyo Story
Laura G.: Marine Raiders; Crack-Up; Dinky; The Affairs of Susan; TCM September; Murder, She Baked: A Chocolate Chip Cookie Mystery
Lesley Gaspar: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931 film)
Lindsey: The Bachelor (1999 film)
Lucy Brown: Curtain Call
Marty McKee: Three the Hard Way
Mathew Paust: The Moth: "The Apron Strings of Savannah"
Mildred Perkins: Plants vs. Zombies
Mitchell Hadley: TV Guide, 29 June 1968; Of Black America: "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed"; Minneapolis/St. Paul tv, 2 July 1968
Noel Vera: Anomalisa
Patricia Abbott: Sisters (1990 NBC-TV series)
Patricia Nolan-Hall: The Bishop Misbehaves
Paul Brazill: If...
Randy Johnson: Mystery Street
Raquel Stecher: Profiles in History Auction
Rick: The War of the Worlds (1953 film); why aren't US film buffs more interested in foreign film?
Rod Lott: The Nightmare (2015 documentary); Five Golden Dragons; The Gorilla Gang; Chosen Survivors
Ron Scheer: Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser
"Rupert Pupkin": Underrated films of 1976
Ruth Kerr: It's a Great Feeling
"Sarah Jane": Underrated films of 1986
"Salome Wilde": High Anxiety; Richard Widmark; Border Incident; Strange Illusion; The Scarf; Night World; Not as a Stranger; Black Friday
Scott A. Cupp: American Pop
Sergio Angelini: Not a Well Woman; Philip Marlowe (BBC Radio 4)
Stacia Jones: Profiles in History Auction
Stacie Ponder: Alucarda; Nude for Satan (some NSFW imagery, arguably in both)
Stephen Bowie: Mannix
Steve Lewis: Stop Me Before I Kill!
Television Obscurities: US Fall TV schedule, 2000
Theresa Brown: Devil's Doorway
Victoria Loomes: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Vienna: Sudden Fear; the ruby slippers of The Wizard of Oz (1939)
--Todd Mason
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