Not as expansive as usual (and thus less maddening to those attending a live festival where it's impossible to see everything being offered), the TCM festival plays May 6-9 as a special feature of its cable programming. It's eclectic, and has some very good stuff--and it also doubles down on some of the prevailing myths of cinephilia/cinema history.

Since the TMC web folk follow the approach of Internet manipulators and refuse to provide a single page with the schedule (thus forcing you to click through several times to see it all), we give you a chance to see it all here in one post and avoid that BS.

THURSDAY, MAY 6 (all times EDT)
8:00pm WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
11:15pm MEAN STREETS (1977)
1:30am DOCTOR X (1932)
3:00am OCEAN'S 11 (1960)
5:45am MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)

FRIDAY, MAY 7
7:30am THE FORTUNE COOKIE (1966)
10:00am THE WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS (1951) Flicker Alley restoration, Siodmak's last notable film in USA
11:45am ANNIE GET YOUR GUN (1950)
2:00pm WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
4:00pm SOPHIA LOREN (taped from 2015 live festival)
5:15pm THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975, USA-UK) John Huston "sleeper" with Connery & Caine
8:00pm SKETCHFEST TABLE READING OF "Plan 9 From Outer Space"
9:30pm PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959)
11:00pm GREASE 2 (1982)
1:15am THE PRODUCERS (1968)
3:15am let me come in (2021) experimental short using decaying silent reels
4:00am UNDERWORLD USA (1961)

SATURDAY, MAY 8
6:00am TEX AVERY KING OF CARTOONS (1988) documentary
7:00am TEX AVERY AT MGM (1943-1955) cartoon compilation
8:00am I LOVE TROUBLE (1948)
10:00am RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1963)
11:45am NICHOLS AND MAY: TAKE TWO (1996) documentary
1:00pm WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1966)
3:30pm ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
5:45pm BULLITT (1968)
8:00pm THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME (1947) 95-minute version
10:00pm LADY SINGS THE BLUES (1972)
12:45am DINER (1982)
3:00am FROM BROADWAY TO HOLLYWOOD (2021) Richard Glazier explores differences in film/theatre music
4:15am I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING (1944, UK) first totally non-US film in lineup

SUNDAY, MAY 9
6:15am STRANGERS ON A TRAIN (1951)
8:45am HER MAN (1930) restored version of "Frankie & Johnny" adaptation with Helen Twelvetrees & Ricardo Cortez
10:15am THE CHINA SYNDROME (1979)
12:45pm PRINCESS TAM TAM (1935) Josephine Baker
2:15pm PLACES IN THE HEART (1982)
4:30pm I REMEMBER MAMA (1948)
7:00pm HOLLYWOOD HOME MOVIES: 2021 EDITION
8:00pm SO THIS IS PARIS (1926) restored silent
9:30pm THE GOODBYE GIRL (1977)
11:45pm FAME (1980)
2:15am BREATHLESS (1960, France)
4:15am NEWS FROM HOME (1977) Chantal Akerman's experimental documentary
6:15am LA CHAMBRE (1972, France) Chantal Akerman's first film

Noir shown in bold type. (We'll let you decide about MEAN STREETS and BREATHLESS as regards noir.)

I think folks will be surprised to discover how inessential the excised 15 minutes of THEY WON'T BELIEVE ME turn out to be. As for the other noir, they've put it at times where I'm not staying up/getting up to see them.

This really is the TCM American festival. While there are a few interesting rediscoveries/restorations here, it seems as though the rest of the world is just not on their radar. Some of this may be informed by the fact that the festival is on TV, but still: the late night/early morning slots could easily accommodate films from around the world.