Darrell Clem

If you're a Montgomery Clift fan and have never seen LONELYHEARTS (1958), set your DVR on TCM for 4:15am Tuesday. Not one of his most celebrated films, but I absolutely love his role as a tortured newspaper advice columnist who gets embroiled in readers' lives. #FilmSky #MovieSky #drama

First watch: THE TALK OF THE TOWN (1942) George Stevens' direction keeps this well-scripted drama/comedy moving at a brisk pace, with Cary Grant's character falsely accused of setting fire to a factory and, in doing so, killing the foreman. Grant, as Leopold.. #FilmSky #MovieSky #comedy #drama

.. Dilg, escapes custody and hides out in a cottage rented out by a schoolteacher (Jean Arthur) to a law professor (Ronald Colman) who's up for a Supreme Court seat. Dilg poses as a gardener, and the two men engage in lively discussions about law and justice. The film is a good blend of comedy ...

Rewatch: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968) Spoilers: This film’s ending is still shocking and troubling, no matter how many times I see it. A black man is the lone survivor of a horrific night of attack zombies only to be shot dead by a white posse. #FilmSky #MovieSky #horror

The film followed the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. (same year) and Malcolm X (1965) and came during a time of civil unrest. As a horror film, its low-budget black-and-white filming made the zombie assault even scarier against a group of people trapped in a rural farmhouse.

First watch: MALCOLM X (1992) It's clear from the opening credits this will be an incendiary, profound film: An American flag gradually burns into the image of a big "X" and footage of Rodney King's beating by L.A. police is shown. Spike Lee takes viewers on... #FilmSky #MovieSky

.. racial-separatist stance. Spike Lee's sprawling epic shows chilling scenes of the KKK burning Malcolm's childhood house and his father being subsequently killed. It charts his rise to national prominence and, ultimately, his assassination by political opponents. Spike Lee made a film with ...

First watch: MALCOLM X (1992) It's clear from the opening credits this will be an incendiary, profound film: An American flag gradually burns into the image of a big "X" and footage of Rodney King's beating by L.A. police is shown. Spike Lee takes viewers on... #FilmSky #MovieSky

When you’re at a dive bar in Detroit and this track comes on their playlist. Yes! #ThursdayVibes #NowPlaying #MusicSky #BestSongHeardToday It's Obvious - Au Pairs youtu.be/c4u6UymEju0?si… via @YouTube

First watch: MRS. PARKINGTON (1944) Greer Garson stars as the aging family matriarch in this rags-to-riches soaper, told in flashbacks, that explores heir-apparent greed, family scandal, marital dysfunction (and resilience) and revenge capitalism. Garson is fine, but ... #FilmSky #MovieSky #drama

... Walter Pidgeon was rather wooden and, I thought, unlikeable as her predictable savior in time of crisis. Agnes Moorehead, as a French aristocrat and Pidgeon's former love interest, shines in her supporting role and, like Greer, received an Oscar nomination. I think the passing of time has ...

First watch: ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) What a wild ride, so riveting start to finish that I place it among director Billy Wilder's top-tier films. Kirk Douglas, as Chuck Tatum, is in top form as a cynical, disgraced newspaper reporter trying to revive his career ... #FilmSky #MovieSky #suspense

...is brought to the scene to capitalize on the trapped man's ordeal, made more tragic by an uncaring wife he loves, but who couldn't care less if he lives or dies. It does seem unlikely that Tatum could manage to become the star reporter while convincing locals to help...

First watch: ACE IN THE HOLE (1951) What a wild ride, so riveting start to finish that I place it among director Billy Wilder's top-tier films. Kirk Douglas, as Chuck Tatum, is in top form as a cynical, disgraced newspaper reporter trying to revive his career ... #FilmSky #MovieSky #suspense

First watch: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) Sergio Leone's landmark spaghetti #western is a magnificent film, but I have to admit that I didn't love it as much as Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO (1961), which it paralleled so closely it spawned a lawsuit. Nor did I love it as much as ... #FilmSky #MovieSky

... score by Ennio Morricone. Eastwood, the steely-eyed, fast-drawing gunslinger 'Man With No Name', rarely shows compassion after he rides into town and plays two feuding smuggler families against each other for financial gain. FISTFUL's occasional dark humor is well-played, as when Eastwood ...

First watch: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1964) Sergio Leone's landmark spaghetti #western is a magnificent film, but I have to admit that I didn't love it as much as Akira Kurosawa's YOJIMBO (1961), which it paralleled so closely it spawned a lawsuit. Nor did I love it as much as ... #FilmSky #MovieSky

Back from a five-day whirlwind trip for a high-school reunion and to visit family. Unforgettable great time but it's good to get back home.

Stopped by Moonbow Tipple Coffee & Sweets during a visit to my childhood hometown of Harlan, KY, and I don’t know when I last saw so many books in one place that isn’t a library or bookstore. Also, great coffee, fancy drinks and sweet treats. #HarlanKY #Appalachia