An Obsessive-Compulsive Guide to the TCM Classic Film Festival

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Last updated 4/22 /14 7 PM (ET). Updated info in italics 

Here’s my favorite thing about the TCM Classic Film Festival, which kicks off on Thursday in Hollywood: there’s no right or wrong way to pick the movies you see. Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce – like Burger King in the ‘70s, the only right way is your way. 

This will be my fifth trip to the classic film conclave, which packs more than 100 screenings and events into 82 (mostly sleepless) hours in Hollywood. I’m just as excited as ever, but this year the typically torturous process of choosing my personal schedule was easier than in the past.

I used to lament the wealth of competing choices, secretly wishing we could go back to Year One in 2010 when the crowds were small and the options were few. Now I understand that the staggering volume of programming…

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