the motion pictures
About the blogger:
Lindsey is a 21-year-old university student. Her unattainable dream is to work for TCM, while living in a 1/2 address, with built-in bookshelves filling the walls and a pug named Francis Albert.
About the blog:
Since 2010, I’ve been keeping track of every single film that I watch, including repeats. On the eve of the third year of this tradition, I decided to go a step further by reviewing every “new to me” film. This blog contains those reviews, plus my film-related ramblings, recommendations and lists. Most of what you’ll see here will be films of the 1930s through early 1960s, but I’ll watch anything once. I also cover classic television, period films and mid-20th century culture in general. Modern, non-period films are covered once a month in mini-review posts.
TMP is updated every single day. Classic film reviews are posted three to six days a week, with the rest of the days filled by lists, tributes and other features. Tuesdays are devoted to the “What to Watch” series, in which I offer up my recommendations for classic films on cable and online. The index page and the Top Film of the Week feature (which can be found on the home page of the site) are updated every Friday.
Feel free to use this page as a place to give me your feedback on the site.
Tell me what you’d like to see more of (or what you hate), suggest a film for review or simply let me know that you love Cary Grant as much as I do. You may also feel free to toss your burning questions at me in the comments section, film-related or not.
Where to find me elsewhere on the internet: Tumblr | Twitter
Email: tmplindsey@gmail.com
The Motion Pictures is a proud member of the following blog associations:
Discussion
17 Responses to “About/Contact”
Leave a Reply
Browse by Post Type
Welcome to Lamb! Lovely site, looks interesting and I’m really trying to get into more classic so I’ll be sure to check back when I have more time to read and comment.
Posted by mettelray | August 31, 2012, 5:38 pmThank you! I post every day, so there are plenty of reviews and features for you to dig through here. :)
Posted by Lindsey | August 31, 2012, 7:52 pmBeautiful site you have here! Keep up the nice work :)
Posted by alleyandthemovies | September 2, 2012, 6:04 pmThanks for following me! could you perhaps e-mail me how you did some of the stuff on your blog, i cant seem to figure it out at all! the recommended reading section on your homepage with small thumbnails and the changing banners! love it all! very well done! :)
Posted by That Dutch Filmlover | November 10, 2012, 2:06 pmThanks, I’m glad you like it! I can’t seem to find your email address, so I’ll just tell you right here:
The changing headers can be made under Dashboard -> Appearance -> Header. Simply upload and crop more than one header photo; it’ll give you the option to either choose one of the images or show a different image on each page. (I think the setting is just called “Random.”)
All of the stuff on the two sidebars comes from widgets, which are also under the Appearance section of the dashboard. My “Recommended Reading” section comes from a widget called “Posts I Like.” It automatically displays posts from any WordPress site that I click “like” on. The larger thumbnails on the home page are from the “Popular posts and pages” widget – another one that does all of the work for you, since the thumbnails show up based on your stats for the day :)
Let me know if you have questions about thing else!
Posted by Lindsey | November 10, 2012, 2:17 pmThanks Lindsey, how very kind of you to share this!
I love your site and Ive improved mine a bit because of your willingness to share..thanks for that!
Ill keep coming back here to see what youve written.
Much love,
Paul
Posted by That Dutch Filmlover | November 13, 2012, 12:46 pmNo problem. Glad I could help! :)
Posted by Lindsey | November 13, 2012, 12:53 pmThis is a really nice looking blog. I like the layout and that you have an index page where one can easily access all of your reviews at a glance. Too many film blogs don’t have this and I find it frustrating. I like the idea of a 21-year-old who likes classic films. Is there a particular reason why you like classic films so much? I would presume other people your age are not into the old movies as much as you are, or am I wrong?
Posted by scopophilia | December 17, 2012, 5:58 pmYou’re correct that I’m a rarity among my age group. I was introduced to the greats (The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, The Sound of Music, etc.) as a kid and loved them. In high school my interest grew because I discovered TCM, and the obsession just took off from there. Glad you like the blog!
Posted by Lindsey | December 18, 2012, 12:39 pmI love Cary Grant as much as you do. In fact, your header is killing me.
Also, as I’ve said in the other comment, tremendous site! I love classic films too, and you have a fantastic layout — very appealing and filled with pictures of actors/films I adore.
Posted by Sofia | February 23, 2013, 9:28 pmSo glad to hear you’re enjoying the site! Thanks for stopping by!
Posted by Lindsey | February 23, 2013, 11:20 pmSo glad I found your site–plan to visit and share classic discussions! Looking forward to it.
Later! :D
Posted by nediunedited | April 22, 2013, 4:17 amLindsey, I love your ‘classics of the corn series’. I’m thinking of doing a William Castle Blogathon, which would be from July 29- Aug 2nd in honor of his release of The Tingler on the 29th of July 1959. It’ll be the 45th anniversary of the film, and I thought it would be great to do a little thingy for the grand showman of schlock. You were one of the first people I thought of who should contribute to the blogathon. Are you interested? I’d love to see you chime in…hope you do. Pick any film or theme you fancy!
Posted by monstergirl | May 18, 2013, 12:43 pmI’d love to participate! I’ve already done a Favorite Things About… post on The Tingler but I have a documentary about Castle on the DVR waiting to be watched, so I’ll give that a look and either cook up a tribute post to him or track down another of his films for review. Thanks for thinking of me!
Posted by Lindsey | May 18, 2013, 2:49 pmThis is great, I’m so glad you’re into it. I’m starting to get the graphics ready for the event. You can write about anything you’re little heart desires. It’ll be fantastic. I’m going to purchase Spine Tingler too. I need to see it, it looks great. I’m going to launch the blogathon on May 31st the anniversary of William Castle’s passing and then the dates I’ve picked July 29-Aug 2. Glad to have you on board!
Posted by monstergirl | May 18, 2013, 5:56 pmAppropriately, July 29 is my birthday, so it will be fun to pay tribute to one of my favorite directors on that day! :)
Posted by Lindsey | May 18, 2013, 7:37 pmGee wiz, my birthday is the 1st of July. I love July people. Well, I’m glad you’ll be celebrating it with one of the great directors of all time…Cool, this is going to be fun
Posted by monstergirl | May 18, 2013, 7:42 pm