Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

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

Friday, May 29, 2026

Tonight and this weekend on TCM:

If you haven’t already seen the hyperbolic The Boys from Brazil (1978), previously reviewed here, be prepared for one wild and wacky premise. Still, the production design, a few supporting performances, and music team up to make this an enjoyable, albeit camp, watch as long as viewers don’t take the happenings too seriously. The Boys… arrive Friday, May 29 at 7 pm PDT.

Gregory Peck

Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim. A young woman (portrayed as a fetching innocent by Kim Hunter) goes searching for her missing sister (enigmatically played by Jean Brooks) in New York City's Greenwich Village and stumbles upon a satanic cult of devil worshipers, putting both of their lives at risk. Mark Robson, who directed a number of these Val Lewton produced gems, is himself at the peak of his considerable creative powers. This devilishly striking combination of horror and film noir was a previous TCM recommendation here and will occur Sunday, May 31 at 10:30 am PDT.

Jean Brooks

My last TCM film to see this month is Mike Hodges’ 1971 Neo-noir triumph Get Carter which is reviewed as a Blu-ray recommendation here. Viewers can get Carter Sunday, May 31 at 3 pm PDT.

Michael Caine

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

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Hope to see you Monday, April 1st.

A.G.