Dish of the Day

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

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column containing another 16 recommended movies to watch on TCM (bringing the total to 32), a Happy Birthday shout-out to James Earl Jones (who turns 93 today), along with this month’s Soundtrack (1992’s Basic Instinct) and Blu-ray (1962’s Cape Fear) recommendations.

Today on TCM:

David Lean’s magnificent 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia will be presented on Wednesday, January 17 at 5 pm PST. I wrote a brief review here in response to some members of our chat room (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) who also shared their thoughts on this important film.

Peter O'Toole

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 Wednesday, January 17 at 9 pm PST.

Cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond

"Loneliness has followed me my whole life. Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape."

These words come from the deteriorating and increasingly pressurised mind of a New York City insomniac in Martin Scorsese’s intoxicating Taxi Driver released in 1976. TCM will present this landmark film, previously reviewed as a Blu-ray recommendation here, Wednesday, January 17 at 11:30 pm PST.

Robert De Niro

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.