Posted by Larry Gleeson
The 2025 TCM Classic Film Festival will open in Hollywood, California, from April 24–27. The festival’s theme is:
GRAND ILLUSIONS: FANTASTIC WORLDS ON FILM
The festival will include films such as:
GEORGE STEVENS: A FILMMAKER’S JOURNEY (1984)
George Stevens, Jr., produced and narrates this look at his father’s life and work. It includes interviews with Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Hermes Pan, Frank Capra, John Huston, Alan J. Pakula and Fred Astaire, and features previously unreleased footage of Stevens’ cinematic efforts during World War II; found only after his death, this footage is the only full-color film ever shot during the war. Stevens will be bestowed with this year’s Robert J. Osborne Award, given annually at the TCM Classic Film Festival honoring those who preserve classic film. The award is named after Robert Osborne, a longtime host of Turner Classic Movies.
Car Wash (1976)
A groundbreaking comedy directed by 2025 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL HONOREE, Michael Schultz, that follows a day in the lives of a group of employees at a Los Angeles car wash played by a “who’s who” cast of notable entertainers including Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Franklyn Ajaye, and The Pointer Sisters.
Beau Geste (1926)
A silent adventure drama starring Ronald Colman as a man who joins the French Foreign Legion . World premiere restoration presented with live accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Ben-Hur (1959)
An epic starring Charlton Heston as a Jewish prince, Judah Ben-Hur, who is betrayed and enslaved by a Roman friend. World premiere restoration.
The Big Combo (1955)
A film noir starring Cornel Wilde as a police detective determined to take down a crime boss. World premiere 4K Ignite Films restoration created by the UCLA Film and Television Archives with funding from the Film Foundation.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction epic about humanity’s evolution and the mysteries of space and time.
Larry Gleeson, left, with Hollywood starlet, Angie Dickinson. (Photo credit: HollywoodGlee)
