GMTV: Catching Up: TCM Sept, Oct, Nov 2009

Here's the last batch of September 2009 TV plus the October and November listings from TCM. The complete schedule can be found at http://www.tcm.com/schedule/. All times are EST.

THURSDAY, 10 SEPT
8:00 PM Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
A young thief faces amazing monsters to return Bagdad's deposed king to the throne.
Cast: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez. Dir: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan. C-106 mins, TV-G, CC


SUNDAY, 13 SEPT
10:00 PM Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The (1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder.
Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS


MONDAY, 14 SEPT
4:00 PM 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
A Chinese showman uses his magical powers to save a Western town from itself. Cast: Tony Randall, Barbara Eden, Arthur O'Connell. Dir: George Pal. C-100 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format [Merlin is on of the seven faces]
5:45 PM Tom Thumb (1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas. Dir: George Pal. C-92 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS


TUESDAY, 15 SEPT
12:35 AM Short Film: World Famous Musical Hits (2000)
A short promotional reel showcasing six MGM musicals: "Three Little Words," "Because You're Mine," "Till The Clouds Roll By," "The Band Wagon," "Words and Music," and "Singing In The Rain." C-9 mins [WORDS AND MUSIC is the story of the collaboration of Richard Rogers and Lorenz Hart]


WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPT
2:30 AM 7th Voyage Of Sinbad, The (1958)
Sinbad hunts for a roc's egg to save his love from an evil sorcerer. Cast: Kerwin
Mathews, Kathryn Grant, Torin Thatcher. Dir: Nathan Juran. C-88 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


WEDNESDAY, 23 SEPT
8:00 PM Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938)
The bandit king of Sherwood Forest leads his Merry Men in a battle against the corrupt Prince John. Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone. Dir: William Keighley, Michael Curtiz. C-102 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
9:47 PM Short Film: Errol Flynn (1962)
BW-4 mins


THURDAY, 24 SEPT
12:15 AM Prince And The Pauper, The (1937)
Rousing adaptation of the Mark Twain tale of a 16th-century prince who trades places
with a lookalike peasant. Cast: Errol Flynn, Claude Rains, Billy and Bobby Mauch. Dir: William Keighley. BW-118 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS


FRIDAY, 25 SEPT
5:04 PM Short Film: Knight Is Young (1938)
June, refusing to leave her apartment for fear of being evicted, notices Hal painting a
billboard outside her window. Hal tries to woo her and soon ends up helping her as they share their love of muisic and dancing Cast: Hal LeRoy, June Allyson BW-20 mins [Medieval content unknown]


SUNDAY, 27 SEPT
12:00 AM Genghis Khan (1965)
The Asian conqueror and his mentor vie for the same woman. Cast: Stephen Boyd,
Omar Sharif, James Mason. Dir: Henry Levin. C-126 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


MONDAY, 28 SEPT
2:00 AM Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
St. Francis of Assisi sends his followers into the world to spread God's word. Cast: Aldo Fabrizi, Pino Locci, Peparuolo. Dir: Roberto Rossellini. BW-87 mins, TV-G




SATURDAY, 3 OCT
10:00 AM Canterbury Tale, A (1944)
Three visitors to a small town try to catch a man who pours glue in women's hair. Cast: Eric Portman, Sheila Sim, Dennis Price. Dir: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. BW-125 mins, TV-G
4:00 PM Sinbad And The Eye Of The Tiger (1977)
When a witch turns a young prince into a baboon, Sinbad fights to save him. Cast:
Patrick Wayne, Taryn Power, Jane Seymour. Dir: Sam Wanamaker. C-113 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


SUNDAY, 4 OCT
4:00 PM Quentin Durward (1955)
A gallant Scots knight falls in love with his uncle's future wife. Cast: Robert Taylor, Kay Kendall, Robert Morley. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-101 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


TUESDAY, 6 OCT
6:15 PM Kismet (1944)
In the classic Arabian Nights tale, the king of the beggars enters high society to help his daughter marry a handsome prince. Cast: Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Edward Arnold. Dir: William Dieterle. C-100 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS


SUNDAY, 11 OCT
9:00 AM Tom Thumb (1958)
A six-inch-tall boy takes on a pair of comical crooks. Cast: Russ Tamblyn, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas. Dir: George Pal. C-92 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format, DVS


THURDAY, 15 OCT
4:00 PM Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
An apprentice witch and three war orphans try to prevent the Nazi invasion of England. Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall. Dir: Robert Stevenson. C-117 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


THUSDAY, 22 OCT
12:15 PM Ivanhoe (1952)
Sir Walter Scott's classic tale of the noble knight torn between his fair lady and a
beautiful Jew. Cast: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine. Dir: Richard Thorpe. C-107 mins, TV-G, CC


FRIDAY, 23 OCT
10:00 PM Dragonwyck (1946)
A farm girl signs on as governess in a gloomy mansion. Cast: Gene Tierney, Walter
Huston, Vincent Price. Dir: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. BW-103 mins, TV-14, CC [Medieval content, if any, unknown]


MONDAY, 26 OCT
12:30 AM Nosferatu (1922)
In this silent film, a beautiful woman risks her life to end a vampire's plague of death and pestilence. Cast: Max Schreck, Gustav von Wangenheim, Greta Schroder. Dir: F.W. Murnau. BW-89 mins, TV-PG [Unauthorized adaptation of DRACULA]


THURSDAY, 29 OCT
6:00 PM Sinbad The Sailor (1947)
The Arabian Nights hero sets off to find the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. Cast:
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak. Dir: Richard Wallace. C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS




THURSDAY, 5 NOV
6:00 AM Fire Over England (1936)
A British spy infiltrates the Spanish court to thwart their planned invasion of England. Cast: Laurence Olivier, Flora Robson, Vivien Leigh. Dir: William F. Howard. BW-89 mins, TV-G

FRIDAY, 6 NOV
10:00 AM Sinbad The Sailor (1947)
The Arabian Nights hero sets off to find the lost treasure of Alexander the Great. Cast: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Maureen O'Hara, Walter Slezak. Dir: Richard Wallace. C-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS
12:00 PM Son Of Sinbad (1955)
The legendary pirate's son fights an evil caliph over a magical secret. Cast: Dale
Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest. Dir: Ted Tetzlaff. C-93 mins, TV-PG, CC



SATURDAY, 7 NOV
6:00 PM Golden Voyage Of Sinbad, The (1973)
Sinbad battles a fiendish magician and his many monsters. Cast: John Phillip Law,
Caroline Munro, Tom Baker. Dir: Gordon Hessler. C-105 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV
12:30 AM Becket (1964)
England's King Henry II appoints his best friend Archbishop of Canterbury then turns on him. Cast: Richard Burton, Peter O'Toole, John Gielgud. Dir: Peter Glenville. C-148 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format


THURSDAY, 19 NOV
7:30 AM Jack And The Beanstalk (1952)
A baby-sitter dreams himself and his best friend into the famous fairy tale. Cast: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Buddy Baer. Dir: Jean Yarbrough. C-78 mins, TV-G, CC


SATURDAY, 21 NOV
2:00 AM Robot vs. the Aztec Mummy, The (1965)
A mad scientist creates a murderous robot to steal an ancient Aztec treasure. Cast:
Ramon Gay, Rosa Arenas, Crox Alvarado. Dir: Rafael Portillo. BW-65 mins,


SUNDAY, 22 NOV
12:15 AM Man for All Seasons, A (1966)
A devout scholar gets caught in the middle of Henry VIII's plans to break with the Catholic Church. Cast: Paul Scofield, Robert Shaw, Wendy Hiller. Dir: Fred Zinnemann.. C-120 mins, TV-PG, CC, Letterbox Format
10:00 PM Vikings, The (1958)
Viking half-brothers fight over a throne and a beautiful captive. Cast: Kirk Douglas, Tony Curtis, Janet Leigh. Dir: Richard Fleischer. C-116 mins, TV-PG, Letterbox Format


FRIDAY, 27 NOV
8:00 PM Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)
An apprentice witch and three war orphans try to prevent the Nazi invasion of England. Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall. Dir: Robert Stevenson. C-117 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


SATURDAY, 28 NOV
6:00 AM Singin' In The Rain (1952)
A silent-screen swashbuckler finds love while trying to adjust to the coming of sound. Cast: Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor. Dir: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen. C-103 mins, TV-G, CC, DVS
8:00 AM That's Entertainment! (1974)
An all-star cast, including Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra, introduces clips from MGM's greatest musicals. Cast: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor. Dir: Jack Haley, Jr. C-135 mins, TV-G, CC, Letterbox Format


SUNDAY, 29 NOV
4:00 AM Doctor Faustus (1967)
A scholar sells his soul to the devil for knowledge. Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Andreas Teuber. Dir: Richard Burton, Nevill Coghill. C-92 mins, TV-14, Letterbox Format
8:30 AM Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The (1939)
A deformed bell ringer rescues a gypsy girl falsely accused of witchcraft and murder. Cast: Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke. Dir: William Dieterle. BW-117 mins, TV-PG, CC, DVS

Kalamazoo Update: Why Arthur? Round Table Details

Here are the details for our single session for next May's International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University. We will also offer a joint business meeting/reception with the Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain.

“Why Arthur? Reflections on the International Appeal of the Matter of Britain in the Post-Medieval World” (Round Table)

Co-Sponsored by the Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages and the Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain

Organized by Michael A. Torregrossa, Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages/Alliance for the Promotion of Research on the Villains of the Matter of Britain

Presider: Mikee Delony (Abilene Christian University)

PAPER 1: Joshua Fullman (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)
“Glorious Gods: The Eschatology of Camelot”

PAPER 2: Matthew T. Hanson (Cornell University)
“Arthur’s Popularity: Legacy, Hybridity, and Salvation”

PAPER 3: Heidi Breuer (California State University, San Marcos)
“Crafting the Witch: The Transformation of Morgan le Fay”

PAPER 4: Kara Larson Maloney (SUNY Binghamton)
“Perception and Joy: Political Commentary in Dryden’s King Arthur and Milton’s Paradise Lost”

PAPER 5: Anne Berthelot (University of Connecticut)
“Arthur and Merlin go to France: Arthurian Fantasy in French”

GMTV: Catching Up: Syfy September and October 2009

Still catching up. Here's the listings from Syfy for September and October 2009. The complete schedule can be accessed at http://www.syfy.com/schedule/. All times are EST.


SATURDAY, 5 SEPT
04:30 PM MOVIE MARATHON: KING ARTHUR (2004 FF) [DVD
09:00 PM MOVIE MARATHON: MERLIN AND THE WAR OF THE DRAGONS (2008 OV) [DVD
11:00 PM MOVIE MARATHON: DRAGONQUEST (2009 OV) [DVD


SUNDAY, 6 SEPT
01:00 AM MOVIE MARATHON: MERLIN'S APPRENTICE - PART ONE (2006 TV) [DVD
03:00 AM MOVIE MARATHON: MERLIN'S APPRENTICE - PART TWO


WEDNESDAY, 9 SEPT
08:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA: THE BAD GUY
09:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA: REQUIEM FOR A THIRD GRADE ASHTRAY
10:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA: DO THE MATH
11:00 AM JOAN OF ARCADIA: ANONYMOUS
12:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA: VANITY, THY NAME IS HUMAN
01:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA: THE GIFT
02:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA: SILENCE
03:00 PM JOAN OF ARCADIA: ONLY CONNECT
Episodes 17-23 of Season 1 and Episode 1 of Season 2.


SATURDAY, 12 SEPT
07:00 PM SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: THOR: HAMMER OF THE GODS (2009 TV)


MONDAY, 21 SEPT
02:00 AM OUTER LIMITS, THE: THE TIPPING POINT


TUESDAY, 22 SEPT
09:00 AM WAREHOUSE 13: PILOT
03:00 PM WAREHOUSE 13: BURNOUT


MONDAY, 28 SEPT
04:00 PM GHOST HUNTERS INTERNATIONAL - SEASON 2: WITCHES CASTLE
(Content unkown)


TUESDAY, 29 SEPT
07:00 PM WAREHOUSE 13: BURNOUT



SATURDAY, 3 OCT
01:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 (SEASON 10): THE QUEST - PT 1
02:00 AM STARGATE SG-1 (SEASON 10): THE QUEST - PT 2
The quest for the Grail. With Merlin.


FRIDAY, 9 OCT
08:00 AM SANCTUARY: FATA MORGANA
The Sanctuary team encounters King Arthur's secret weapon at Camlan.


MONDAY, 12 OCT
10:00 AM SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH: A NIGHT IN DRACULA'S CASTLE: TRANSYLVANIA- PART ONE
11:00 AM SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH: A NIGHT IN DRACULA'S CASTLE:
TRANSYLVANIA - PART TWO


TUESDAY, 20 OCT
03:00 AM SCARIEST PLACES ON EARTH: RETURN TO ROMANIA
(Content unknown)


THURSDAY, 29 OCT
03:00 PM 31 DAYS OF HALLOWEEN: SYFY ORIGINAL MOVIE: REIGN OF THE GARGOYLES



In addition, both JEREMIAH and INVASION, rerun these two months on Syfy, also include evocations of the medieval.

GMTV: Playing Catch-up: BBC's Robin Hood

BBC America recently began airing episodes from season 3 of the BBC's Robin Hood. The details on the episodes airing from today through early October are as follows. The complete schedule is available at http://www.bbcamerica.com/tvschedule.jsp.

Season Three opens as Robin and the band deal with Marian's death last season. Brother Tuck helps the them all to move on and joins up.

Episodes from season 1 (also on DVD and iTunes) air in October.


Sunday, September 27, 2009
12:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Lost in Translation (TV-PG)
The Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin of stealing from the Church. Tuck attempts to clear Robin's name. Season 3 Ep. 3

2:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 2 Cause and Effect (TV-PG)
The Sheriff sells the local village men to Irish warriors. Kate, a village girl, tries to rescue her brother, but with Robin captured, himself, her heroics have devastating consequences. Season 3 Ep. 2

3:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Lost in Translation (TV-PG)
The Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin of stealing from the Church. Tuck attempts to clear Robin's name. Season 3 Ep. 3


Saturday, October 3, 2009
8:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Lost in Translation
The Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin of stealing from the Church. Tuck attempts to clear Robin's name. Season 3 Ep. 3

9:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father (TV-PG)
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4

11:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Lost in Translation
The Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin of stealing from the Church. Tuck attempts to clear Robin's name. Season 3 Ep. 3


Sunday, October 4, 2009
12:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father (TV-PG)
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4

2:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Lost in Translation
The Sheriff forces the Abbot to accuse Robin of stealing from the Church. Tuck attempts to clear Robin's name. Season 3 Ep. 3

3:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father (TV-PG)
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4



Tuesday, October 6, 2009
11:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 1 Will You Tolerate This? (TV-PG)
Robin of Locksley heads home from the Crusades to find his people starving and brutalized under the tyrannical rule of the new Sheriff. He quickly discovers that the only way to reason with this Sheriff is with bow and arrow. Season 1 Ep. 1

12:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 2 Sheriff Got Your Tongue? (TV-PG)
The humiliated Sheriff storms into Locksley village, threatening dreadful revenge until Robin Hood surrenders. Robin has no choice but to give himself up. But, with the forest outlaws on his side, all is not lost. Season 1 Ep. 2

1:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 3 Who Shot the Sheriff? (TV-PG)
Robin Hood gets the blame when a mysterious sniper murders innocent people in Nottingham. Desperate to stop the killings, Robin must form an unholy alliance with the Sheriff of Nottingham. But the Sheriff has his own agenda. Season 1 Ep. 3

2:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 5 The Arrow and the Optic (TV-PG)
The Nottingham Fair arrives, bringing with it the lure of the silver arrow competition. But Robin must resist temptation at least until he has dealt with something more pressing: the Sheriff’s move to buy Saracen slave labor for his lethal mine. Season 1 Ep. 5

3:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 6 The Taxman Cometh (TV-PG)
Robin and his gang are not fooled when they come across Flaxton, a farmer, and his son on their way to Nottingham. To their delight, they discover Flaxton is really a tax inspector, whose job it is to count the mountain of tax silver. Season 1 Ep. 6

4:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 7 The Brothers A Dale (TV-PG)
A family reunion between Allan and his long-lost brother, Tom, turns sour when Tom and his crooked friends tag along with the gang. Tom proves to be trouble, first trying to rob Marian’s house, and eventually getting caught by the Sheriff. Season 1 Ep. 7



Saturday, October 10, 2009
8:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4

9:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence (TV-PG)
Gisborne is determined to catch Hood and by his side are Prince John's Elite Guards and a mysterious weapon. As the gang run for their lives, Little John is separated and ends up in a Gladiator circus. Season 3 Ep. 5

11:00 PM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4



Sunday, October 11, 2009
12:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence (TV-PG)
Gisborne is determined to catch Hood and by his side are Prince John's Elite Guards and a mysterious weapon. As the gang run for their lives, Little John is separated and ends up in a Gladiator circus. Season 3 Ep. 5

2:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 4 The Sins of the Father
Ruthless Rufus is intent on revenge and kidnaps Allan and Kate. Robin retaliates by snatching his son and racing to find Rufus's hiding place. Season 3 Ep. 4

3:00 AM Robin Hood - Ep 5 Let the Games Commence (TV-PG)
Gisborne is determined to catch Hood and by his side are Prince John's Elite Guards and a mysterious weapon. As the gang run for their lives, Little John is separated and ends up in a Gladiator circus. Season 3 Ep. 5

GMTV: Playing catch-up: Chiller TV Listings Sept.-Oct. 2009

Complete schedule at http://www.chillertv.com/app/Schedule/. All times EST.


MONDAY, 7 SEPT
6:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DARK KNIGHT
7:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DARK KNIGHT: THE SECOND CHAPTER
8:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: FOR I HAVE SINNED
9:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: LAST ACT
10:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
11:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DYING TO KNOW YOU
12:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: FALSE WITNESS
1:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: CHERRY BLOSSOMS
2:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: I WILL REPAY
3:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DEAD AIR
4:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: HUNTERS
5:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DEAD ISSUE
6:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: FATHER FIGURE
7:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: SPIN DOCTOR
8:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DYING FOR FAME
Episodes 1-15 of the syndicated vampires series featuring a vampire, who was made into the undead during the Middle Ages. Frequent flashbacks over the course of 3 seasons (all on DVD) reveal his past.


WEDNESDAY, 16 SEPT
10:00 AM MONSTERS: THE VAMPIRE HUNTER
2:00 PM MONSTERS: SLEEPING DRAGON
CONTENT UNKNOWN


MONDAY, 21 SEPT
11:00 PM MOVIE: GRENDEL
Sci-Fi Channel's re-imagining of BEOWULF.


SUNDAY, 4 OCT
3:00 PM TWILIGHT ZONE, THE: THE LAST DEFENDER OF CAMELOT [DVD


SATURDAY, 10 OCT
9:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DARK KNIGHT
10:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DARK KNIGHT: THE SECOND CHAPTER
11:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: FOR I HAVE SINNED
12:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: LAST ACT
1:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DANCE BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON
2:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DYING TO KNOW YOU
3:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: FALSE WITNESS
4:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: CHERRY BLOSSOMS
See above 9/7/09.


THURSDAY, 15 OCT
9:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: I WILL REPAY
10:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: DEAD AIR
11:00 AM FOREVER KNIGHT: HUNTERS
12:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DEAD ISSUE
1:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: FATHER FIGURE
2:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: SPIN DOCTOR
3:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: DYING FOR FAME
4:00 PM FOREVER KNIGHT: ONLY THE LONELY
See above 9/7/09; "Only the Lonely" is episode 16.


SATURDAY, 17 OCT
8:00 PM DOCUMENTARY: CRACKING THE DA VINCI CODE
10:00 PM DOCUMENTARY: ILLUMINATING ANGELS AND DEMONS


SUNDAY, 18 OCT
12:00 AM DOCUMENTARY: CRACKING THE DA VINCI CODE
2:00 AM DOCUMENTARY: ILLUMINATING ANGELS AND DEMONS


TUESDAY, 20 OCT
10:00 PM MOVIE: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) [DVD
Retelling of the novel with a prologue set in the Middle Ages.


WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT
2:00 AM MOVIE: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) [DVD
Retelling of the novel with a prologue set in the Middle Ages.


SATURDAY, 31 OCT
2:00 PM MOVIE: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) [DVD
6:00 PM MOVIE: BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA (1992) [DVD
Retelling of the novel with a prologue set in the Middle Ages.


Both September and October also include airings of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY, and TWIN PEAKS, which have all had episodes with medieval content.

MMSM: Conference Sessions of Interest: Mid Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association (11/5-7/09)

The 2009 MAPACA Conference
Hilton Boston Logan Airport in Boston, MA
Thursday, November 5 - Saturday, November 7, 2009.

Complete program available at http://www.mapaca.net/confer/conferHome.html

Medieval- and Early Modern-Themed Sessions/Papers are as follows:


Thurs3.8 Room 208 Thursday, Nov. 5 5:30-6:45
J.R.R. Tolkien & C.S. Lewis 1
Panel Chair:

Re-forging the Ring: Peter Jackson's Interpretation of Tolkien and the Problem of Evil
Katherine Wolfe, Catholic University of America

New and Familiar worlds: C.S. Lewis as Scholar
Jeffrey Gutierrez, Boston College

Terrorism and the Popularity of 'The Ring' and 'Narnia' Films
Jomar Daniel Isip, Independent Scholar



Fri9.8 Room 208 Friday, Nov. 6 4:00-5:15
Film Studies 5: Gandhi, Cervantes and Beckett
Panel Chair: Monica O'Brien, Chester College of New England

Paper 3 of 3:
Wrestling Miguel deCervantes: (Golden-)Aged Superheroes in The Wrestler and Don Quijote
Michael W. Joy, Northern Michigan University


Fri9.10 Room 210 Friday, Nov. 6 4:00-5:15
Beowulf to Shakespeare 1: All Hail the Queen: Representations of Elizabeth I
Panel Chair: Michael Torregrossa, Independent Scholar

Putting the "I" in Elizabeth: Identification in Young Adult Historical Fiction for Girls
Rhea Emory-Morris, UNC Chapel Hill

Fiction, History, Art, and Literature in A. S. Byatt's Portrayal of Elizabeth I
Monica Santini, Universita degli studi de Padova

'And besides the Wench is Dead': Tudor-era Murder Mysteries
Annalisa Castaldo, Widener University


Fri10.10 Room 210 Friday, Nov. 6 5:30-6:45
Beowulf to Shakespeare 2: Teaching Renaissance
Panel Chair: Diana Vecchio, Widener University

Situating the Readers and Reading the Situation: Interpretive Limits in Reading Shakespearean Adaptations
J. Michael Richardson, Lakehead University
Kim Fedderson, Lakehead University

Shakespeare Pedagogy
Avi Mendelson, Brandeis University



Sat10.5 Middlebury Saturday, Nov. 7 8:30-9:45
Beowulf to Shakespeare 3: Shakespeare in Popular Media
Panel Chair: Rhea Emory-Morris, UNC Chapel Hill

Taste, Class, and Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet's Critique of High Culture
Zak Bronson, Brock University

Dynamics of Gender and Sexuality in Three Shakespearean Teen Comedies
Gozde Kilic, Independent Scholar

Shakespeare Meets Rock'n Roll in Korea: A Musical Twist on Hamlet
Kang Kim, Honam University


Sat11.5 Middlebury Saturday, Nov. 7 10:00-11:15
Beowulf to Shakespeare 4: Return from Avalon: Arthurian Representations in Popular Culture
Panel Chair: Mary Behrman, Morehouse College

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man in King Arthur's Court: A Way into the Corpus of Arthurian-Themed Comics
Michael A. Torregrossa, The Society for the Study of Popular Culture and the Middle Ages

The Sword-Wielding Guinevere: Is this the Meaning of Women-Empowering?
MaryLynn Saul, Worcester State College

Escape from Enchantment: Reflections of Merlin in the 21st Century
Diana M. Vecchio, Widener University


Sat15.8 Room 208 Saturday, Nov. 7 2:30-3:45
Beowulf to Shakespeare 5: Medieval Texts
Panel Chair: Diana Vecchio, Widener University

Teaching Medieval Literature: Continuity or Difference?
Amanda Leff, Wellesley College

'If it be your will:' Sadomasochism in Chaucer's The Clerk's Tale
Michelle Danner, Widener University

Winnowing the Wheat from the Chaff: Discerning the Medieval in Helgeland's A Knight's Tale
Mary Behrman, Morehouse College


Sat16.8 Room 208 Saturday, Nov. 7 4:00-5:15
Beowulf to Shakespeare 6: Descent in Darkness: Darker Elements of Medieval and Renaissance Popular Culture
Panel Chair: Diana Vecchio, Widener University

'I'm an Agent of Chaos': An Examination of Heath Ledger's Joker's Relation to the Medieval Vice Figure in Christopher Nolan's Film The Dark Knight
Mark Kaethler, Independent Scholar

Beowulf: The Monsters and the Movies
Ann Martinez, University of Kansas

Something Wicked this Way Comes: Wells and Macbeth
Virginia Wells, Florida Atlantic University

GMTV: The Holy Grail in America

It's been a chaotic month and a half, and I will be slowly catching the blog up to date this week and next.

Tonight (9/20) on The History Channel at 8 PM EST:

Holy Grail in America:

In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uproots a large stone covered with mysterious runes. Now known as the Kensington Rune Stone, it details a journey of land acquisition and murder--in the year 1362. Thought by some to be a hoax, new evidence suggests it could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure...The Holy Grail. See how symbols on the Rune Stone match Templar ruins all over Europe. History tells us the Templar were massacred on Friday the 13th, but that a Templar fleet allegedly containing treasure was last seen off Scotland in the late 1300s. Stones with similar markings as the Rune stone have been found on islands across the Atlantic Ocean, as well as in Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Is it possible the Templar were leaving clues to an incredible journey to the New World?