Turner Classic Movies Festival heads to TCM and HBO Max
NEW YORK » Don’t worry about making the trip to Hollywood for the Turner Classic Movies Festival this year — it’s coming straight to your living room.
TCM said that its 12th installment will run on both its cable channel and the HBO Max streaming service.
The festival begins May 6 with a 60th anniversary screening of “West Side Story” with new interviews from stars Rita Moreno, George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn.
Over the course of the four days, there will be tributes to people like Danny Glover and Ali MacGraw, new introductions to films from directors like Rob Reiner and Mira Nair, and spotlights on films that have been forgotten or overlooked, like Denzel Washington’s “Antwone Fisher” and “They Won’t Believe Me” from 1947.
More than 80 films, programs and events will be shown throughout the festival.
“We’re thrilled to expand this year’s virtual festival across two platforms – linear and streaming,” said Pola Changnon, head of TCM, in a statement. “Our approach gives fans even more movies, stars and unique presentations to choose from.
“The breadth of this festival will offer interest for every kind of classic movie fan — whether they’re new to this world or card-carrying cinephiles!”
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. » Spacewalking astronauts had to take extra safety precautions Saturday after possibly getting toxic ammonia on their suits from the International Space Station’s external cooling system.
Victor Glover and Mike Hopkins had no trouble removing and venting a couple of old jumper cables to remove any ammonia still lingering in the lines. But so much ammonia spewed out of the first hose that Mission Control worried some of the frozen white flakes might have gotten on their suits. Hopkins was surprised at the amount of ammonia unleashed into the vacuum of space. “Oh, yeah; look at that go. Did you see that?” he asked flight controllers. “There’s more than I thought.”
Even though the stream of ammonia was directed away from the astronauts and the space station, Hopkins said some icy crystals may have contacted his helmet. As a result, Mission Control said it was going to “be conservative” and require inspections.