At the Movies
Benny & Joon/The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom/Map of the Human Heart/Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography
TV Flash files “Benny & Joon/The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom/Map of the Human Heart/Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography” as hour 307 of 616 in the TV Flash guide — At the Movies (1982–1990) on Syndication, season 7, episode 32, aired 1993-04-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S07E32: listed hour 307 of 616 in the At the Movies guide, hour 31 of 47 in season 7. It aired 1993-04-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “This Boy's Life/The Sandlot/Indecent Proposal/Bodies, Rest & Motion/The Abyss” (S07E31). Next is “The Dark Half/Who's the Man?/Indian Summer/Boling Point/Wide Sargasso Sea” (S07E33). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Benny & Joon/The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom/Map of the Human Heart/Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography sit in the At the Movies guide?
S07E32 is listed hour 307 of 616 — hour 31 of 47 in season 7, season 7 episode 32.
When did At the Movies S07E32 air?
Benny & Joon/The Positively True Adventures of the Alledged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom/Map of the Human Heart/Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography aired 1993-04-17 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this the same as Sneak Previews?
Related Chicago-critics lineage; this syndicated 1982–1990 run (under various official titles) is the thumbs-as-shorthand era people mean by At the Movies. Balcony, barbs, mass criticism.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Two thumbs up: Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert turn newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Syndication made serious criticism mass. The argument as format: two Chicago men teaching America it was allowed to have taste, and to disagree on camera.
The balcony is the silhouette. Syndicated 1982–1990 under various official titles: Chicago critics debate new releases with clips, barbs, and binary thumb verdicts — two thumbs up, newspaper rivals as appointment film talk. At the Movies is Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert as celebrity critics: balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. The thumbs system became cultural shorthand. Serious criticism made mass. The argument as format. *Balcony as civic furniture, a thumb as the accessory…
Filed against
- Gene Siskel as Host/critic
Gene Siskel turned newspaper rivalry into appointment film talk on At the Movies — balcony seats, clipped verdicts, and fights that were half the entertainment. Two thumbs as a national grammar. TV Flash files him as 1980s syndication…
- Roger Ebert as Host/critic
Roger Ebert turned At the Movies into appointment film talk with Gene Siskel — two thumbs up, balcony seats, clipped verdicts, fights that were half the entertainment. Newspaper rivalry as syndication. TV Flash files him as 1980s…
Also in season 7
- S07E01 Sneakers/Where the Day Takes You/Husbands and Wives/Wind/Swoon
- S07E02 School Ties/South Central/Sarafina!/Singles/Blade Runner
- S07E03 The Last of the Mohicans/Innocent Blood/Mr. Saturday Night/Glengarry Glen Ross/Laws of Gravity
- S07E04 Hero/The Mighty Ducks/Mr. Baseball/Of Mice and Men/An American in Paris
- S07E06 The Public Eye/Candyman/Under Siege/A River Runs Through It/Night and the City
- S07E07 Pure Country/Frozen Assets/Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time/Consenting Adults/Reservoir Dogs