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

Thursday, June 25, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

Many experts have claimed that this next TCM recommendation is the first identifiable film noir made in the U.S. and released during the category's classic time period (1940 - 1959): Boris Ingster's 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor. Viewers can glean just how many of noir's stylish traits are inherent in this film by reading my brief review here. If you're a noir fan and have never seen this little RKO gem, be a stranger no more Friday, June 26th at 8:30 am PDT.

Noir photographic artistry care of Nicholas Musuraca

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.