Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, September 11, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
One of the Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures is The Battle of Algiers a.k.a. La battaglia di Algeri (1966). The intensity of resolve and emotional dedication is so resolute on both sides of the conflict portrayed, it'll take a miracle for the invested viewer to fully recover after witnessing this stunning cinematic spectacle. The battle will commence Saturday, September 12 at (early morning) 2:15 am PDT.
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this film's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Saturday, September 12 at 10:45 am PDT.
(From left) Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Louis Jean Heydt
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy. This life or death struggle will commence in Eddie Muller’s Noir Alley Saturday, September 12 at 9 pm PDT and again on Sunday, September 13 at 7 am PDT.
Ralph Meeker, Barbara Stanwyck
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, September 14th.
A.G.