Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

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

Friday, November 28, 2025

This weekend on TCM:

Next is the highly engrossing and tension filled film noir The Steel Trap (1952), a CC Hidden Gem (#60) previously reviewed here. The trap will be set Saturday, November 29 at 2:30 pm PST.

Teresa Wright, Joseph Cotten

The next TCM recommendation has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: The Night of the Hunter. This highly expressionistic Grimm-like fable, released in 1955, appears as if conveyed from a child's point of view. The "hunter" will call Saturday, November 29 at 5 pm PST.

Robert Mitchum

Next up is director John Frankenheimer’s subtle but evocative character study The Gypsy Moths released in 1969. I have previously written about some of this film’s exceptional qualities in a recommendation of its soundtrack here. The Gypsy Moths will take to the skies Sunday, November 30 at 2:45 pm PST.

(From left) Gene Hackman, Burt Lancaster, Scott Wilson

TCM's current schedule can be seen by clicking on any of the above images. To confirm the correct Pacific Standard (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Standard (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.

Hope to see you Monday, December 1st.

A.G.