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

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Today on TCM:

Bad Day at Black Rock, reviewed here, is 1955's modern-day take on the American Western.

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

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Today on TCM:

Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968), one of Steve McQueen’s most iconic characterisations.

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

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 16th):

A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.

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

Monday, February 17, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 13th):

One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford.

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

Friday, February 14, 2025

In Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The Vista Theater will present Vertigo (1958, a 70mm print)

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

Thursday, February 13, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM:

Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of 1942’s Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.

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

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 28th):

Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)

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

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Tonight on TCM:


In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,

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

Monday, February 10, 2025

In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Night of the Living Dead (1968, a New 4k Restoration)