The
Celluloid Club started about seven years ago as an email group of
Ed's friends. Four times a month, he'd send out what evolved into our TCM TiVo Alerts, the website's most popular feature. The
list, as it still does today, gave a rundown of what films were on TCM with letter grades and
summaries.
David offered his opinions and saw numerous films recommended by Ed and some that he was told to avoid. While David watched movies since childhood, his passion for cinema was greatly increased by Ed's lists. For a while, David was watching 40 movies a month. The email exchanges between the two – and others, including Steve – turned into lively discussions.
David offered his opinions and saw numerous films recommended by Ed and some that he was told to avoid. While David watched movies since childhood, his passion for cinema was greatly increased by Ed's lists. For a while, David was watching 40 movies a month. The email exchanges between the two – and others, including Steve – turned into lively discussions.
Steve
would send his weekly Dinner and a Movie reviews to the group, which
also generated plenty of interest. For those of us who weren't
regular moviegoers, the information about the latest releases were a
way for us to decide what we'd see and what strange foods Steve ate that week.
After
exchanging emails about cinema for about two years, the three of us
thought rather than share our passion for film with a small
group of people, we would share it with the world. And that is how
The Celluloid Club website came to be. During these five years, our
readership has grown beyond our wildest imaginations.
On
May 5, 2012, we published our first article: one of our TCM TiVo
Alerts, which included Ed and David disagreeing about Bringing
Up Baby (neither has changed their mind four years later).
We've done about 250 of them during these past four years. Equally
impressive is during that time, Steve has written more than 250
Dinner and a Movie reviews.
As we approach our 1,000th article, we
want to thank our readers, particularly the longtime followers who
found us at the beginning and have stayed with us ever since. These
five years have been an adventure and a lot of fun. Below are links
to some of our favorites from the past 12 months. Once you're on our
website, feel free to look around.
Ed, David and Steve
Ed, David and Steve
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