Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 25, 2023
Currently available on Watch TCM (until December 17th):
The next 3 recommendations are all films noir, each packing a solid punch.
The first is a highly distinctive crime film, overflowing with noir goodness, 1949’s Too Late for Tears. This film utilises a famous city landmark, namely Los Angeles’ Echo Park lake which was also featured in the Neo-noir Chinatown. Too Late for Tears was previously reviewed here. It's never too late to indulge in actress Lizabeth Scott's classic femme fatale portrayal.
Another film noir bonafide classic is 1952’s The Narrow Margin. This little firecracker is also a previous TCM recommendation here.
The last in our little trio of film noirs also provides a most satisfying sensation: Tension (1949), a prior TCM recommendation here.
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter
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This weekend 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 1944’s Double Indemnity as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity. Thoughts of adultery, greed and murder will manifest themselves Saturday, November 25 at 3 pm PST.
For anyone remotely interested in movies who was conscious in 1973, it would have been impossible to be unaware of the sensation caused by The Exorcist upon its initial release. People lined up for hours. Some of those seeing the film for the first time fainted, became ill and had to leave the theatre early. This landmark horror film that took the cinematic universe by storm, was reviewed as part of our “Dish of the Day” series here and will arrive on TCM Sunday, November 26 at 7 pm PST.
Max von Sydow
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Hope to see you Monday, November 27th.
A.G.