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. The hour to watch will take place Saturday, June 13 at 1:15 pm PDT.
(From left) Rod Taylor, James Garner, Eva Marie Saint
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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.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Today on TCM:
This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here, and will be shown Tuesday, June 9 at 5 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
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:
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater is presenting The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, a 35mm print) on Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 pm.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 25th):
Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 25, 2026
Today on TCM:
Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here and appearing on TCM’s radar Monday, May 25th at 12:15 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 22, 2026
Sunday on TCM:
TCM will show The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home, after World War II.
