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All Aboard for Movie Magic!
TCM presents the Classic Film Cruise
October 26-31 2024

STATEROOMS ON SALE NOW
Staterooms are now available for this one-of-a-kind classic movie experience at sea. Turner Classic Movies presents the ultimate cinematic getaway, a five-night voyage overflowing with great movies, friends and memories to last a lifetime. Along the way we’ll discover favorite films, enjoy screenings under the stars, listen to captivating conversations with special guests, learn from unique presentations by film experts, and so much more. 

EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC OF DISNEY
As a Disney Cruise Line guest, you will also experience the magic of Disney, from outstanding dining to spacious staterooms, state-of-the-art design, and luxurious amenities. Endless ways to unwind, escape, and recharge await aboard the Disney Magic, from an array of delicious eateries to unique and fun activities, rejuvenating spa treatments, and incredible musical performances. With dozens of screenings and TCM-themed events every day, you’ll find numerous ways to enjoy this unforgettable movie vacation at sea.

SPECIAL GUESTS
Along with classic movies on the big screen, the TCM Classic Cruise welcomes a star-studded lineup of special guests, starting with TCM’s own Ben Mankiewicz, Eddie Muller, Alicia Malone, Dave Karger, and Jacqueline Stewart. They will serve as hosts for engaging interviews with special talent still to be announced, hour-long conversations, and film introductions throughout the voyage.

BEAUTIFUL PORTS OF CALL
Adventure awaits in beautiful Cozumel, Mexico. Located 12 miles east of the Yucatán Peninsula, Cozumel's coral reefs make it an underwater sanctuary for hundreds of exotic fish species, while the lush inland vegetation makes it a haven for a range of tropical bird species.
    We will then set sail to Disney Castaway Cay, Disney’s own private island escape. Reserved exclusively for guests on Disney Cruise Line Bahamian and Caribbean cruise vacations, Castaway Cay is Disney's private port-of-call paradise. On this island, enjoy tropical leisure activities such as snorkeling, boating, swimming and sunbathing.
     These scenic destinations offer something for everyone, from relaxing shores and dramatic coastlines to celebrated shops and restaurants. Disney Cruise Line offers a variety of exciting Port Adventures from snorkeling and scuba diving to beach and boating adventures, culinary experiences, and tours through the city and Mayan Ruins. Learn more about these offerings here.
     For more details and to purchase cruise tickets, click here https://www.tcmcruise.com .

Scene from 1952 Argentina film noir, No abras nuncaesa puerta
(Never Open That Door). It is the latest Film Noir Foundation restoration.

NOIR CITY Celebrates 21st Year

    Presented by the Film Noir Foundation, the NOIR CITY 21 film festival chose the theme "Darkness Has No Borders" and went on to screen foreign language noir films paired with noir movies made in the United States and the United Kingdom, The 10-day festival ran from January 19–28 at Oakland's Grand Lake Theatre near San Francsco, CA.
    NOIR CITY president Eddie Muller, familiar to a national audience as the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies (TCM), credits preservation efforts by film archives worldwide, and the advent of digital distribution, as the reason "we're now able to recognize the global scope of film noir." At this year's NOIR CITY, he noted, audiences will experience familiar noir tales … but half will be from Argentina, Egypt, France, South Korea, Italy, Mexico, and Japan presented alongside English-language offerings. "Some are cultural one-offs," he explains, "like the 1958 Egyptian offering Cairo Station (shown with the 1950 Paramount thriller Union Station), while others are examples of noir from countries with a dark wellspring of films still waiting to be discovered." The 24-film program of thematically linked double bills includes heists, prison breaks, missing persons, cultural alienation, love triangles, and lots of plain old-fashioned murder.
    This year's NOIR CITY program is tailored to satisfy folks who love noir that's full of the colorful vernacular slang so essential to American and British noir—as well as adventurous viewers intrigued by a familiar story–a crime committed for passion or profit—playing out in cultures with different values, mores, and styles.”
    Kicking off the collection of rarities is the FNF's most recent restoration — 1952's Argentine film Never Open That Door (No abras nunca esa puerta) — based on two short stories by American master of suspense fiction, Cornell Woolrich. The picture was preserved by the Film Noir Foundation in 2013 and has now been completely restored by the FNF through UCLA Film & Television Archive, thanks in part to a grant from the Golden Globe Foundation (formerly HFPA). Fernando Martín Peña, Argentina's pre-eminent cinephile, was on hand to introduce the film with Eddie Muller.
    Included on the 2024 schedule are English-language rarities such as Black Tuesday (1954), Plunder Road (1957), Across the Bridge (1957), and Strongroom (1962). Little-seen international titles include The Human Beast (France, 1938), Aimless Bullet (South Korea, 1960), Bitter Rice (Italy, 1949), Four Against the World (Mexico, 1950), Zero Focus (Japan, 1961), and Smog (1962), a forgotten surrealist masterpiece by Italian director Franco Rossi freshly restored by UCLA Film & Television Archive. 

Upcoming 2024 NOIR CITY Dates


NOIR CITY: Portland: Jul 19-21
Hollywood Theatre, Portland, OR

NOIR CITY: Chicago: Sep 6-12
Music Box Theatre, Chicago, IL

NOIR CITY: Detroit: Sep 20-22
Redford Theatre, Detroit, MI

NOIR CITY: D.C.: Oct 11-24
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

NOIR CITY Philadelphia: Nov, 15-17
The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville, PA

    For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.noircity.com .

Nicole Kidman Receives
American Film Institute
Life Achievement Award

    The American Film Institute (AFI)l presented the Life Achievement Award to Nicole Kidman at a Gala Tribute at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 27, 2024. This award is the highest honor for a career in film. She is the first Australian actor to receive this honor. The presentation will also be shown on the TCM network on June 27.
    Both a powerhouse performer, spellbinding movie star and accomplished producer, Kidman has captured the imaginations of audiences around the world throughout her prolific career, delivering complex and versatile performances onscreen.
    Kidman began her acting career in Australia with the 1983 films Bush Christmas and BMX Bandits. Her breakthrough came in 1989 with the thriller film Dead Calm. In 1990, she achieved international success with the action film Days of Thunder. She received greater recognition with lead roles in Far and Away (1992), Batman Forever (1995), To Die For (1995) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). For her portrayal of writer Virginia Woolf in the drama The Hours (2002), Kidman won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her roles in the musical Moulin Rouge! (2001) and the dramas Rabbit Hole (2010), Lion (2016) and Being the Ricardos (2021).

Permanent Festival of Restored Films To Be Held in Venice

   From February 14 through May 17, 2024, on a weekly basis, the Cinema Rossini movie theatre in Venice, Italy will host the fifth edition of the film series Permanent Festival of Restored Films.The event is organized by La Biennale di Venezia, which is responsible for the International Venice Film Festival each year.
    The program will present ten film classics recently restored by the major film libraries around the world, in the original language version with subtitles in Italian. Each film will be introduced by an expert and followed by a question-and-answer session with the audience. Earlier editions of the Permanent Festival of Restored Films were screened in conjunction with the annual Venice International Film Festival.
    Three restored classics from the USA being screened are:

          Rio Bravo (1959 western), Director Howard Hawks
          Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson and Angie Dickinson

          Badlands (1973 neo-noir), Director Terrence Malick
          Cast: Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek

Blow Out (1981 neo-noir), Director Brian De Palma
          Cast: John Travolta and Nancy Allen

 

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