DAVID BIANCULLI

Founder / Editor

ERIC GOULD

Associate Editor

LINDA DONOVAN

Assistant Editor

Contributors

ALEX STRACHAN

MIKE HUGHES

KIM AKASS

MONIQUE NAZARETH

ROGER CATLIN

GARY EDGERTON

TOM BRINKMOELLER

GERALD JORDAN

NOEL HOLSTON

 
 
2020
Aug
1
 
 
On this day in 1981 — at 12:01 a.m. ET — MTV made its debut, with a space-themed montage and the words "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll."...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
1
 
 
So it’s August now. Another month of pandemic-imposed confinement. Sigh. Silver linings are hard to come by, but here’s one bright coat on our cumulative coronavirus cumulus: Starting today, and for the entirety of August, TCM presents its annual “Summer Under the Stars” celebration, filling each day with the work of one specific actor or actress. This year’s festival begins with Barbra Stanwyck, and watching several of her movies in a row is a great way to witness,
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
1
 
 
Neil Simon’s brilliantly funny play The Odd Couple opened on Broadway in 1965, starring Walter Matthau as slovenly sportswriter Oscar Madison and Art Carney as his fussy temporary roommate, Felix Ungar. It was a smash hit that ran for two years – and after it closed, in 1968, Matthau reprised his stage role in a movie version, opposite Jack Lemmon as Felix. Both versions were comedy brilliance, so there was little chance to hope, when ABC mounted a sitcom adaptation for tel
 
 
 
  
 
 
2020
Aug
1
 
 
Lots of kids, and a few adults, get by with a little help from their imaginary friends. But in this wild movie based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens, little Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), a German boy who’s a member in training for the Hitler Youth – and his imaginary friend is Adolf Hitler himself. This crazy, bold, yet audaciously entertaining satire was adapted for the screen by What We Do in the Shadows writer Taika Waititi, who also directs. And, t