In 1994, CNN’s Ted Turner launched a 24/7 haven for great cinema on network television and called it Turner Classic Movies. It soon became known as the premiere institution for preserving films as cultural artifacts, winning a Peabody Award in 2008. Last year, the network and the 92nd Street Y partnered on the TCM Classic Film Festival—“a big-screen love letter to New York City, its filmmakers, and the movies that helped make it immortal.” The festival is back by popular demand, on January 31, and it showcases a lineup of talks with Bradley Cooper, Michael Douglas, and Rosie Perez, who will each discuss a classic New York film: respectively, New York Stories (1989), Wall Street (1987), and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). Grab your popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the show. —Maggie Turner
Arts Intel Report
TCM Classic Film Festival
Michael Douglas in Wall Street, 1987.
When
January 31, 2026
Where
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