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USA TODAY Rita Moreno delivered a legendary performance as Anita in the 1961 film "West Side Story," earning the Oscar for best supporting actress. But the actress, now 89, had the opportunity to be part of "West Side Story" history years before the classic film came to be. In a virtual reunion with former co-stars George Chakiris and Russ Tamblyn, shared on HBO Max Thursday, Moreno revealed she was invited to audition for Maria in the original Broadway production, but turned it down due t...

Orson Welles‘ lost director’s cut of The Magnificent Ambersons since he was in college in the 1990s, but now he has Turner Classic Movies and a team of passionate producers to help him find what they call “the holy grail of cinema.” In 2022, you will get to see their cinematic expedition to Brazil’s film archives as depicted in Best known for his directorial debut, Citizen Kane, Welles signed on to direct his follow-up to that masterpiece with the promise from RKO studios that he...

As West Side Story celebrates its 60th anniversary at the virtual TCM Classic Film Festival, Oscar winner George Chakiris reflects on his television career. Libby Slate The TCM annual Classic Film Festival, held virtually this year on the TCM network and HBO Max, launched May 6 with a 60th anniversary screening of West Side Story, the landmark 1961 Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim musical which set a "Romeo and Juliet" love story against the backdrop of rivalry between two New York City gan...

Associated Press 19 Scott R. Fisher poses in the press room with the award for best visual effects for "Tenet" at the Oscars on April 25 at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool) Here’s a roundup of what’s arriving on TV and streaming services this week: Eight months after first debuting in theaters, Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” is finally streaming. Whereas many other releases during the pandemic have quickly detoured to streaming services, “Tenet” stuck to ...

G. Allen Johnson May 4, 2021Updated: May 6, 2021, 11:34 am Jacqueline Bisset and Steve McQueen drive through the streets of San Francisco during the filming of “Bullitt.” The 1968 film will be a part of the TCM Classic Film Festival. Photo: Courtesy TCM Classic Film Festival “Bullitt” is one of the most intense detective movies ever made, anchored by one of cinema’s greatest car chases. But when she was making it, Jacqueline Bisset felt far from the action. As Steve McQue...

— Eight months after first debuting in theatres, Christopher Nolan’s "Tenet" is finally streaming. Whereas many other releases during the pandemic have quickly detoured to streaming services, "Tenet" stuck to the traditional route. The film, the first big studio movie released in theatres during the pandemic, last August attempted to lead a return to moviegoing. For Nolan, a champion of the big screen, it was a defining moment. But the film’s release struggled with many theatres still clo...

30 April 2021 Ezra Menas, Ben Cook, Sean Harrison Jones, Mike Faist, Patrick Higgins, Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, David Alvarez, Julius Anthony Rubio, Ricardo Zayas, Josh Andrés Rivera, Sebastian Serra, and Carlos Sánchez Falú star in Steven Spielbergs West Side Story film adaptation © Amblin Its still due to be released at the end of this year (so thats something to look forward to!) so we thought wed spill as many beans as possible about the upcoming new film version of West Side Story...

While Netflix's Mank, a black-and-white drama about the man who wrote Citizen Kane, Herman J. Mankiewicz, was up for 10 Oscars last weekend, a fan noticed a change in Citizen Kane's reviews.

While Netflixs Mank, a black-and-white drama about the man who wrote Citizen Kane, Herman J. Mankiewicz, was up for 10 Oscars last weekend, a fan noticed a surprising change in Citizen Kanes glowing reviews. Citizen Kane was one of just a handful of films to achieve a perfect 100% score on movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, along with other classics such as 12 Angry Men, Battleship Potempkin and more recent hits like The Terminator, Toy Story, Toy Story 3 and Paddington 2. Rotten Tomatoes...