This story first appeared in the March 27 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
TCM Classic Film Festival Various venues in Hollywood (Info: filmfestival.tcm.com)
The latest edition of the four-day fest (March 26 to 29) features programs organized around specific themes and subjects ("Herstory," for example), as well as an impressive array of restorations and special presentations (from Imitation of Life to Chimes at Midnight to Marriage Italian Style). What truly distinguishes the event, however, is the access it offers to multiple rare titles in the space of a few days; this year's gems include Joseph Losey's Boom!, Anthony Mann's Reign of Terror and Bob Fosse's Lenny, starring Dustin Hoffman as comedian Lenny Bruce.
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