Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Anthony Mann’s low-budget, up close and personal foray into the war genre is an artistic triumph of the highest order: 1957’s Men in War, previously reviewed here. One can "see action" Saturday, May 24th at 5 pm PDT.
(From left) Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Today on TCM:
Like the previous selection, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is an extremely popular film I have been fairly critical of. 1969’s western, previously reviewed here, is showing Tuesday, May 20 at 5 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 16, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
Don't miss Nicholas Ray's character study In a Lonely Place (1950) with Humphrey Bogart perfectly cast as Dixon Steele whose unpredictable explosions of anger make him a prime suspect for the killing of a young ingénue.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
From the same director who brought us Citizen Kane comes another kind of cinematic hero (of sorts). Michael O'Hara, like the deeply flawed Kane, is flawlessly played by his creator Orson Welles. Unlike Citizen Kane however, this film fell under its producer Harry Cohn's butchery with considerable footage lost and destroyed forever. Nevertheless, what survives is vastly entertaining and not to be missed. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) was also previously recommended here and will reappear on TCM Thursday, May 15 at 3:30 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 12, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 17th):
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Today on TCM:
Just missing out on my list of Top Ten Westerns (in favour of another Bud Boetticher directed/Burt Kennedy scripted film The Tall T) was Ride Lonesome (1959), a highly distinctive and concise story told with a strong sense of purpose and sophistication.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 27th):
TCM is presenting an unequivocal masterpiece and one of Cinema's greatest artistic achievements: Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis) (1945).
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 5, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 10th):
In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when viewing the chilling Village of the Damned (1960), previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess previously reviewed here, featuring a fervent, introspective performance from Montgomery Clift.
