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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 3rd):

Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940), has been previously reviewed here.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 30th):

Next up is the remarkably understated, albeit compelling, racial drama Intruder in the Dust released in 1949.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, March 30, 2026

One of my “Top Ten Guilty Treasures” is showing on TCM today:

John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye is a film I have mixed feelings about.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, March 27, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).


Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Today on TCM:

Later on Thursday is Alfred Hitchcock’s most profound cinematic storytelling 1958’s Vertigo with all three of his often employed, previously mentioned collaborators working at the peak of their considerable powers.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present The Ascent aka Voskhozhdenie (1977) Wednesday, March 25th at 6:15 pm.

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, March 23, 2026

In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Apocalypse Now [The Final Cut] (1979, a 4K presentation) Monday, March 23rd at 8:05 pm.