Rob Nixon
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TCM Spotlight: Swashbucklers (opens the original)
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They’re dashing, heroic, chivalrous, master swordsmen and rescuers of damsels in distress, rushing headlong into daring, romantic adventures with great flair, bravado and acrobatic skill. For the month of September, they’ll be swashing buckles (or is it buckling swashes?) all over TCM in this spotlight on an action-adventure subgenre that began as popular European literature and became a mainstay of film entertainment for decades. Technically, swashbucklers (as both the films and their protagoni
TCM Spotlight: American Independents (opens the original)
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This article was originally written for the TCM Spotlight programming in the TCM Now Playing newsletter in July 2026. This year, the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding. Because movies have been part of American life for more than half that time, it’s natural that any look back at our history should include the films that have both shaped and reflected our culture. Much of that output has come from the Hollywood studios, of course, but filmmakers working outside th
Marlon Brando (opens the original)
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Although he made only a handful of truly great films and his time as a major box-office attraction was relatively short, Marlon Brando is probably the most influential actor of American cinema and one of the greatest cultural icons of the 20th century. Beyond simply turning in some outstanding performances (as well as some memorably awful ones), Brando changed the way we thought about acting and about movie stardom. Before James Dean, before the rock stars and "bad boys" of the 1960s, Brando def
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