Movie News - TCMGet the most up-to-date movie news from TCM Copyright: Copyright 2005 Turner Classic Movies It is the assertion of Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger, authors of Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and the Marriage of the Century, that "Dickenliz" were the first celebrity couple long before Brangelina or Katie and Tom were making the scene. GET THE DETAILS. Kim Novak Stars in the 1957 Biopic Jeanne Eagels This is George Sidney's underrated film biography of the famed stage and silent star who battled drug addiction to build a career and find love. Jeff Chandler and Agnes Moorehead co-star. Fantomas: The Complete Saga on DVD This five-disc collection features all five 1913-14 silent serials--"Fantomas" (1913), "Juve Contre Fantomas" (1913), "Le Mort Qui Tue" (1913), "Fantomas Contre Fantomas" (1914), and "Le Faux Magistrat" (1914) - helmed by renowned director Louis Feuillade. Alexander Kluge's Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave on DVD Three decades before Mike Leigh tackled the subject in Vera Drake, director Alexander Kluge cast his own sister in the role of a housewife and mother who also provides abortion services for women in need in this controversial 1973 German film. Terry Zwigoff's Louie Bluie on DVD More than simply a documentary, director Terry Zwigoff's (Ghost World) first movie offers a unique, eccentric, and affectionate look at the life of Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong--musician, artist, and leader of the last black string band in America. The First Films of Akira Kurosawa on DVD A four-movie set from Eclipse that showcases the internationally acclaimed Japanese director's earliest work; Among the titles are Sanshiro Sugata (1943) and The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945). |