TCMFF
TCMFF 2026: Full Schedule and Where You’ll Find Me
Spoiler alert: I’ll be watching the pre-Codes.
All Reviews
Family Movie Night Menus by Leonard and Jessie Maltin Book Review
Apologies up front — this post is possibly a little more unhinged than what you usually get around here. (Unless you’ve been around here long enough, I suppose.) When the call came out for anyone interested in review copies of Read more
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in April 2026
Not a lot of pre-Codes on this month, but TCMFF is coming!
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in March 2026
TCM Programmers: What America needs right now is, like, 50 fucking George Brent movies in a two-week period.
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel, February 2026
It’s a chilly February, but there’s pre-Codes galore to watch! Woo-hoo!
1930
Along Came Youth (1930) Review, with Charles ‘Buddy’ Rogers, Stuart Erwin, and Frances Dee
Charles “Buddy” Rogers and Frances Dee star in Youth Came Along. And it certainly did.
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in January 2026
I have an exciting announcement! In just a few days, it will be January 2026, which means the films of 1930 will be in the public domain in the United States. There are some exceptions (due to the goofy way Read more
All Reviews
Pre-Code Movies on TCM in December 2025
Well, I’m back! Back in my house, at least, in gorgeous, cold Germany. And this year my furnace actually works, which is a splendid change of pace from the prior two years. What does this mean for you? Nothing, except Read more
TCM Schedules
Pre-Code Movies on TCM and Criterion Channel in November 2025
Pre-Code Essentials is available to buy! Also, lots of great pre-Codes to seek out this fall.
Film Festivals and Screenings
The Pre-Code Essentials Book Tour
Kim and I hit the road with film screenings and book signings galore in November!