Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity. Thoughts of adultery, greed and murder will manifest themselves on TCM Friday, June 5th at 7 pm PDT.
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All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you tomorrow.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 3, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 10th):
Just letting viewers know that TCM is showing Around the World in 80 Days (1956), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 2nd):
“Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.”
Next up is Richard Fleischer’s little powder keg of a film noir Armored Car Robbery (1950), which was previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 1, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:15 pm PDT.
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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.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962) with Robert Mitchum once again playing southern bred evil incarnate as he did in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 27, 2026
In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater is presenting The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, a 35mm print) on Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 pm.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 25th):
Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 25, 2026
Today on TCM:
Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here and appearing on TCM’s radar Monday, May 25th at 12:15 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 22, 2026
Sunday on TCM:
TCM will show The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home, after World War II.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 21, 2026
In Sydney, Australia The Ritz Theatre will present Blue Velvet (1986, a 35mm print) on Friday, May 22nd at 8 pm.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), reviewed here, Thursday, May 21st at 1:45 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 23rd):
1958’s The Big Country is a film I have scribed a few words on, plus a few more regarding its soundtrack, here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 18, 2026
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Eraserhead (1977) on Tuesday, May 19th at 12:15 pm.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 15, 2026
Today on TCM:
1945’s Spellbound directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is another film whereby I’ve previously promoted its soundtrack and have added a few words regarding the film itself here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck, reviewed here, and making her spirited appearance on Friday, May 15 at 3:30 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Today on TCM:
A Top Ten Western is Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Ride the High Country (1962), coming in at number 4 on the list here and will ride into TCM territory Wednesday, May 13 at 1:30 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Today on TCM:
"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past, is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 11, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
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.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 8, 2026
Sunday on TCM:
Next up is Satyajit Ray’s 1955 masterpiece Pather Panchali, his first in the “Apu” trilogy, previously reviewed here.
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