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...grit of Warners, the swank of RKO. And the movies usually look great. This is a living archive; it keeps restoring classic films so they look as pristine as when they premiered. That's thanks in large part to George Feltenstein, whose title is senior vice president of theatrical catalog marketing at Warner Home Video, but who is really the boss of all things old and beautiful in the Turner trove...
...pickups. Two years ago TCM got access to old films in the Columbia Pictures catalog. This led to star-of-the-month tributes to Rita Hayworth and Jack Lemmon, to screenings of rare early Frank Capra dramas, and to a fresh batch of underseen 1930s-40s B movies for viewers to discover and analyze. Lately, the network has been showing British films of the same period. Along with stars like Leslie Howard and Robert Donat, shining on their home turf, we've seen important oddities like the 1939 The Frozen Limits, featuring the Crazy Gang, the comedy sextet that...
...Original productions. TCM sponsors documentaries on some of the top stars in its catalog (Brando, Joan Crawford, John Garfield) and probing issues of bygone days (political messages in '50s genre films). These give context to the programming and serve as valuable extras on TCM DVDs. The policy also means that my long-TIME colleague, Richard Schickel - who's done exemplary studies of Scorsese, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard for TCM - doesn't have to go on food stamps. The channel runs some Schickel doc nearly every month. Tune in for a fun film education. (See Richard Corliss...
...Spirit on the Water,” punctuated by more vaguely derivative, but equally middling material.So “Together Through Life” is a regression, a forgetful footnote to the decade of Dylan’s critical resurgence. Even in this decade, Dylan’s catalog is so strong that its legacy can suffer one featherweight album, but what’s so frustrating about “Together Through Life” is that it simply didn’t need to be recorded. It’s a troublesome sign of what...
...goods at steep new prices, at least a few labels have started focusing on quality control. "In this day and age and economy, we have to make something remarkable, or we're not going to be able to compete," says Adam Block, general manager of Legacy Recordings, Sony's catalog and archive arm. "We have to start with a great record and then figure out how to make the experience even greater." (See the top 10 comeback albums...