TCM Fest: Celebrating Global Talent in Cinema

It's April 25th.

This is California News today, AI-powered stories from your city.

The 17th annual TCM Classic Film Festival hits Hollywood from April 30th through May

3rd, spotlighting the theme.

The world comes to Hollywood.

This celebrates immigrants who built the movie industry, from early moguls to iconic stars

and creators from everywhere.

Big names like Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Paul Thomas Anderson back TCM, helping

it survive recent budget cuts at Warner Brothers Discovery.

Charles DeBesh, TCM's senior VP of programming and a UC San Diego grad, says the theme highlights

how global talent-shaped cinema we love today.

TCM operates like a nonprofit in a corporate world, focusing on mission over pure profit,

which lets them revive rare films for big screens.

Fans rave about the festival's vibe, sharing screenings with fellow movie buffs and discovering

hidden gems.

It's tough choosing between packed schedules across multiple venues, but that buzz keeps

everyone lining up early.

This year brings back the 1932, Joan Crawford, pre-code flick, Letty Linton.

Unseen since 1936, due to rights nags, now, fully restored.

Highlights include Oscar winners breaking down effects in The Towering Inferno, Edgar

Wright, on vanishing point, at Midnight, and live music for.

Some classics like Lady Windermere's Fan.

These events remind us why TCM endures, blending history, restoration, and community into

pure cinematic joy that sparks new obsessions.