The Cinema Cafe

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

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 26th):

Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933). I have reviewed this motion picture with a focus on its musical score here.

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

Monday, June 22, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

Unlike the previous cinematic representation of infamous outlaws in Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a film I have been fairly critical of.

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

Friday, June 19, 2026

This weekend on TCM:

John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) is a film I have mixed feelings about.

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

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940), previously reviewed here.

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

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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

What exactly is film noir? Many enthusiasts and experts continue to debate the subject, with numerous examples of films that should, and just as many that should not, be included in the category. Some, who most likely feel that noir films rely on a certain look, dismiss any colour film as unworthy of being categorised as such. Others like myself, prone to distinguishing noir by its subject matter, are more inclined to include colour films produced during noir's classic time period that focus on crime and the psychologies of those involved. This brings me to my next TCM selection and a prior Blu-ray recommendation here, 1953's Niagara, one of the strongest arguments for colour noir that exists.

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

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

I’ve written a few words on The Towering Inferno (1974), both the film and its soundtrack here.

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

Monday, June 15, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 18th):

The 2002 futuristic thriller Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg has been reviewed here.

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

Friday, June 12, 2026

This weekend on TCM:

As in Hotel, the previous TCM recommendation this month, Rod Taylor again headlines the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.

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

Thursday, June 11, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

Film noir has few representatives as dourly defeatist or as forcefully communicative on the subject of human relations than 1945's Scarlet Street, previously reviewed here.