Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 8, 2025
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Some cinephiles take aim at those films identified as film noir if their stories’ setting occur during an earlier time than the classic period (1940 - 1959) in which they were made. They insist that this alone would disqualify a film from being categorised as such, even though the dark criminal surroundings and emphasis on character motive are present and accounted for. The Tall Target is such an example and for myself, joins other so called “period noirs” that are rightfully embraced in the film noir canon. Viewers should set their sights on Anthony Mann's 1951 effort, a prior recommendation here.
(From left) Adolphe Menjou, Dick Powell
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, August 7, 2025
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In my review of 1942’s Casablanca, I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942), previously reviewed here, where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
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MGM contract player Robert Taylor appeared in a startling number of excellent films. Johnny Eager (1941), a previous recommendation here, is one of them.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Today on TCM:
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected, previously reviewed here, Tuesday, August 5th at 8:30 am PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 1, 2025
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Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962) with Robert Mitchum once again playing southern bred evil incarnate as he did in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now (the “Theatrical Version” reviewed here) has been canonised by its opening alone: perhaps the most hypnotically captivating introduction in the history of cinema.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 18, 2025
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One of Sidney Poitier’s most persuasive film roles occurs in the lesser known but exceptional cold war thriller The Bedford Incident: Hidden Gem #32 and previously recommended here.
