Tagged: film

Where to See Nitrate Film Screenings: Rare Movie Cinemas Worth Traveling For

When Oscar-winning director Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer, Inception) introduced a 2019 nitrate screening of Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca at Hollywood's Egyptian Theatre, Nolan told the…

Martha's Vineyard 'Jaws' Tour: Hunt Down Filming Locations with This Driving Route

June 7, 2024 For a “summer town” that needs “summer dollars,” as the mayor of fictional Amity, USA, puts it in Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, it may seem counterintuitive to forever yoke…

Warner Bros. Hollywood Debuts Historical TCM Classic Films Studio Tour

One of the frustrations of paying a pilgrimage to Hollywood's movie studio tours is the creeping dominance of corporate marketing in the retelling of American cultural history. As…

This Classic Disney World Attraction Is Now Open for Just 135 Minutes a Day

You probably assume the attractions at Disney parks are always available to visit whenever the parks are open.That is not always the case. Some rides run on a schedule that's…

James Bond Locations: Iconic Places Where 007 Movies Were Filmed

James Bond has probably flown to more places than any other U.K. icon, with the possible exception of British Airways.  From the fictional spy's first onscreen appearance in 1962's Dr.…

Academy Museum in Los Angeles: What's at the Oscar Museum and How to Visit It

Last update: March 10, 2023To most people, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is known, if it's known at all, as the stuffy group behind the Oscars. Within Hollywood's…

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo, the World's Biggest Harry Potter Exhibit, Just Opened—Explore Inside

On June 16, 2023, the world’s largest indoor Harry Potter attraction, the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Tokyo, opened in the city’s Nerima ward. Just like at the original London…

"Czar of Noir" Eddie Muller's Surprising Thoughts on the World's Best Place for Film Noir

Eddie Muller began his Noir City film festivals in 2003 to shine a light on the dimming legacy of film noir. He wound up catapulting the movies he loves from their marginal fan niche…

Aboard the TCM Classic Cruise, the Most Fun I've Had at Sea in Years

It was evident that this cruise wouldn’t be like any other when someone’s phone rang in the middle of the pre-departure lifeboat drill—and it was Elton John calling on FaceTime. “He…

TCM's Alicia Malone on Great Movies that Used Their Locations Brilliantly

Turner Classic Movies host Alicia Malone is a student of the world, and her main method of study is film. "I've always watched films to travel," Malone says. "And being from…

NYC Rom-Com Tour Visits Filming Locations of Classic Manhattan Love Stories

New York City is unquestionably one of filmdom's great rom-com capitals. Think of all those cinematic strolls through Central Park, rendezvous at the top of the Empire State Building,…

Film Great Federico Fellini Gets His Own Museum in Italy

The hometown of acclaimed Italian film director Federico Fellini has opened a lavish new museum dedicated to the auteur responsible for making La Dolce Vita (1960), 8 1/2 (1963), and…

Filmmaker Wes Anderson Designed a Real Train Car You Can Ride In

Film director Wes Anderson (pictured above) has redesigned a real-life, luxury train carriage and, honestly, what took him so long?  It's an environment—small, self-contained, elegant,…

“Silence of the Lambs” House Now Rentable for Skin-Crawling Overnight Stays

Fictional serial killer Buffalo Bill is famously a pretty terrible host in The Silence of the Lambs. Nevertheless, the three-story, four-bedroom southwestern Pennsylvania home that…

WATCH: Kazakhstan Makes Nice—Very Nice!—with Borat By Taking His Catchphrase

The premise of the newly released Borat sequel, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, is that Sacha Baron Cohen's titular character, a clueless Kazakh journalist, must deliver an animal or,…

Take a Cinematic Driving Tour Through the Hometown of the “Halloween” Creator

We'll say this for Michael Myers, the embodiment of pure evil in the Halloween movies: At least he wears a mask when he's within 6 feet of people. His bare-faced victims, on the other…

Accidentally Wes Anderson: A Worldwide Hunt for the Director's Just-So Aesthetic

You could never characterize the painstakingly arch visual style of film director Wes Anderson as art imitating life. It’s more like art redecorating life.  Nevertheless, there are…

Say Aargh! Japanese Zipline to Send Tourists Into Godzilla’s Mouth

A soon-to-open tourist attraction in Japan will feed Godzilla a steady diet of humans.  At the new Godzilla Museum on Awaji Island southwest of Osaka, a zipline will stretch into the…

Blaming the Pandemic This Time, L.A.'s Oscars Museum Delays Yet Again

Like some troubled Hollywood epic, the overbudget, much-delayed Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles has had its opening date pushed back again.  Originally slated to begin…

Some of Our Favorite Travel Movies—and How to Watch Them at Home

Film can transport viewers to other places with an immediacy no other art form can match. That’s why, when you’re stuck at home, movies with actual sights and sounds from actual…

The World's First Drone Film Festival is Actually a Travel Film Festival

Everyone talks about drones—those small unmanned flying robot cameras—as if they're predominately a technology story. But when you look at the sort of footage that comes out of them,…

Travel Troubleshooter: What Should I Do About This $50 Hotel Phone Bill?

Tyson Howard has to pay a $50 phone bill at his hotel. But wait -- aren't long-distance calls "free"? Well, kinda.Q: I stayed at the Wingate by Wyndham Charlotte Airport, and on the…

Oops! I Didn't Mean to Buy Insurance

When Gary Kawesch books airline tickets through Orbitz, he finds a $24 charge for travel insurance that he never bought. Or thought he never bought. Can he get a refund, or is he…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Married Name, A Singular Headache

Shaun Francis' daughter has the wrong name on her airline ticket. It's her married name, and her passport still has her maiden name. The airline is happy to fix the ticket -- for a…

Mad at the Airlines? 4 Ways to Get Even

Are you ready for the airline passenger uprising of 2008? Get ready. It's coming. You can hear it in conversations with other travelers: the whispers of imminent action. You can…