After two years of being a virtual event, the TCM Classic Film Festival returns to Hollywood from April 21 to April 24. The theme for this year is fittingly "All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen."
Several individuals will be honoured this year at the festival. The 2022 Robert Osborne Award goes to film critic and film historian Leonard Maltin, known affectionately to many classic film buffs as "Uncle Leonard." Leonard Maltin is known for being the resident film critic on Entertainment Tonight for thirty years, as well as for his book Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide. He is also the author of several other books, including the history of theatrical animation, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. Legendary actress, comedian, and writer Lily Tomlin will be honoured with a hand and footprint ceremony outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The festival will also pay tribute to actor Bruce Dern, actress Piper Laurie, and animator Floyd Norman.
There will also be several special guests at the 13th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival. Pam Grier will be on hand for the screening of her movie Coffy (1973). Lori Petty, Anne Ramsay, Ann Cusack, Megan Cavanagh, and Jon Lovitz will be at the festival to celebrate the 30th anniversary of A League of Their Own (1992). Margaret O'Brien will be present for the screening of the 1949 version of Little Women. Other guests include Jane Seymour for Somewhere in Time (1980), Warren Beatty for Heaven Can Wait (1978), Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas for the festival's opening movie, E.T. (1982), Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Steven Williams for Cooley High (1975), Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Steve Guttenberg and Tim Daly for Diner (1982), and others.
There are several "can't miss" movies showing at this year's festival, and I am sure festival attendees will have some hard choices to make as far as what to watch. On Thursday alone there is Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Topkapi (1964), and Lover Come Back (1961). Friday there are screenings of Maise Gets Her Man (1942), The Jungle Book (1967), Lilies of the Field (1963), The Pajama Game (1957), It's Always Fair Weather (1955), Giant (1956), Soylent Green (1973), and Cooley High. On Saturday there are screenings of Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Third Man (1949), To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Baby Face (1933), Somewhere in Time, The Wizard of Oz (1939), The Hustler (1961), Invaders form Mars (1953), Diner, Singin' in the Rain (1952), Drunken Master (1992), and Force of Evil (1948). On Sunday there are showings of After the Thin Man (1936), Paper Moon (1943), Spartacus (1960), Waterloo Bridge (1940), High Noon (1952), A League of Their Own (1992), and Coffy. You can see the whole schedule here.
This year's TCM Classic Film Festival looks to be a good one and, as usual, I really wish I could go. I do hope those who are going this year will have a good time and won't have too much trouble deciding which movies to watch!
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