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My DVR is 50% full because of all the movies I record off the best channel on TV. In October, their star of the month was Christopher Lee, they aired virtually every classic Frankenstein movie, and also did a spotlight on women filmmakers/actors. November had Natalie Wood as the star of the month and the spotlight was on documentaries. This month, it's holiday movies and star of the month is Myrna Loy. They also have specialty blocks. TCM Underground is a block of exploitation, blaxploitation, and cult movies like Dolemite, Blacula, The World's Greatest Sinner, and Portrait of Jason. They even show old educational films. Last night they aired a Sid Davis one on gangs. Silent Sunday Nights is a weekly block at midnight. They aired the super-rare A Page of Madness last month. Sometimes they do a bunch of Chaplin or Keaton shorts instead. TCM Imports is basically a few hours of The Criterion Collection taking over the airwaves. They aired Lady Snowblood last month. Also get some good guest hosts. Alec Baldwin introduced all the documentaries last month, which included Roger & Me and Primary. They also had a month of American International films with Roger Corman guest hosting. The best reason for TCM is that they don't edit anything for content, show everything in the original aspect ratio when possible, and no loving commercials. They've shown movies like Deliverance, Woodstock, and The Last Detail totally uncut.
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TCM is the one thing I miss about cable. Their app that lets you watch a ton of movies for free as long as you were subscribed to the channel was nice to have too.
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El Rey shows a ton of good stuff too you snooty nerd. Every Thursday is a kung fu marathon! They showed like 4 Trancers movies in a row! Both Pumpkinheads!
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Dec 4, 2016 18:10
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FishBulb posted:El Rey shows a ton of good stuff too you snooty nerd. Every Thursday is a kung fu marathon! They showed like 4 Trancers movies in a row! Both Pumpkinheads! I've never heard of El Rey, but I legit switched cable providers once so I could get TCM.
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i just got started my FilmStruck free trial it has lots of TCM movies as well as the Criterion collection
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thathonkey posted:i just got started my FilmStruck free trial it has lots of TCM movies as well as the Criterion collection It's v. choice but I hope they expand their streaming support soon.
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Speleothing posted:I've never heard of El Rey, but I legit switched cable providers once so I could get TCM. El Rey is literally The Robert Rodriguez Channel.
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Dec 5, 2016 23:56
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Claytor posted:El Rey is literally The Robert Rodriguez Channel. They show Kung fu movies and Suspiria!
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Dec 6, 2016 04:20
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god bless TCM, it's the only cable channel that's stayed true to what it was originally established as
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Dec 6, 2016 06:44
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get that OUT of my face posted:god bless TCM, it's the only cable channel that's stayed true to what it was originally established as I remember when AMC was what TCM is now. They actually showed silent films at one time.
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Dec 7, 2016 02:08
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get that OUT of my face posted:god bless TCM, it's the only cable channel that's stayed true to what it was originally established as what were they thinking putting mad men on comedy central
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Chwoka posted:what were they thinking putting mad men on comedy central Somebody should actually make this a reality.
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Dec 9, 2016 14:10
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Does Robert Osborne still introduce every movie?
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Hector Beerlioz posted:Does Robert Osborne still introduce every movie? I think only for special event stuff. The last few times he looked like he was kind of getting up there in years. Then again, he was the sole host for about 15 years. It's mostly Ben Mankiewicz now, but they seem to bring on guest hosts for their spotlight and star-of-the-month stuff too. Alec Baldwin hosted for documentaries last month. Earlier this year, they had a nun introduce films condemned by the Catholic Legion of Decency, which was really cool.
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