Those scholarly folks at TCM have done it again.
The network has unveiled its latest franchise, “Films on Film,” which will feature a documentary followed by a selection of movies that gives viewers an opportunity to delve deeper into and further appreciate the subject. (Check out the promo here.)
Hosted by Ben Mankiewicz and running on Fridays starting at 5 p.m. PT, “Films on Film” kicks off with the broadcast premiere of Charles Grodin: Rebel With a Cause (2025), a portrait of the deliciously droll actor.
That will be followed by screenings of four of his movies: Martin Brest’s Midnight Run (1988), Aram Avakian’s 11 Harrowhouse (1974) — from a screenplay written by the actor — Jay Sandrich’s Seems Like Old Times (1980) and Gene Wilder’s The Woman in Red (1984).
On Sept. 11, TCM presents Ennio (2021), a doc celebrating Oscar-winning Italian composer Ennio Morricone from Cinema Paradiso director and countryman Giuseppe Tornatore. That sets up Sergio Leone’s A Fistful of Dollars (1964), Sergio Corbucci’s The Great Silence (1968), Roland Joffé’s The Mission (1986) and Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers (1966).
