In honor of his Centennial TCM has been airing the films of the director Nicholas Ray every Tuesday. This Tuesday TCM will be airing one of my personal favorite Ray films Bigger than Life at 8:00 PM EST. This also happens to be the premiere of the film on the channel. I first became aware of...

I had the television turned onto TCM (not a rare occurrence) and a commercial for the upcoming Essentials film came on: The Bicycle Thieves. Actually I believe this is a repeat of an earlier Essential from this year but I missed that showing so I figure why not write about this brilliant film...

A note from Kittenbiscuits: Kimalysong is a contributor here at Sittin on a Backyard Fence. She will mainly write about foreign and silent films and upcoming screenings on TCM that she feels are essential for classic film fans to watch. This is her first of hopefully many entries here. There...