Director Peter Bogdanovich died back in January, and somewhat surprisingly, TCM didn't get around to doing a tribute to him in February the way they did with Sidney Poitier, who died right around the same time as Bogdanovich. They couldn't do it in March thanks to 31 Days of Oscar, so instead that tribute had to wait until April.
This time around, it's an interesting tribute in that it's being held over two nights rather than just one long programming block like an entire evening in prime time, or an entire morning/afternoon. Those two nights are tonight and tomorrow, and I'm guessing they decided to split it over the two nights to keep TCM Underground overnight tonight and the midnight showing of Noir Alley tomorrow intact.
There are three movies tonight:
Paper Moon, with Ryan O'Neal (again) and Tatum grifting their way through the Depression, at 8:00 PM;
The Last Picture Show, about a dying town in 1950s Texas, at 10:15 PM; and
What's Up, Doc?, in whch O'Neal tells Barbra Streisand that "'love means never having to say you're sorry' is the dumbest thing he's ever heard", at 12:15 AM.
On Saturday, there are two more movies before Noir Alley:
Saint Jack at 8:00 PM is one that's new to me, so I can't say too much about it; and
The documentary The Great Buster: A Celebration concludes things at 10:15 PM Saturday.
I should have a real full-length review on another (non-Bogdanovich film) coming up this afternoon.
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