Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, September 5, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
… is David Lean’s magnificent 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia which will appear Saturday, September 6 at 10:30 am PDT. I wrote a brief review here in response to some members of our chat room (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) who also shared their thoughts on this important film.
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Hope to see you Monday, September 8th.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until September 10th):
TCM is bringing back Bringing Up Baby (1938) previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until September 4th):
One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford. Crawford’s thorough commitment is bolstered by the actress, along with the film’s director Curtis Bernhardt, having visited several psychiatric hospitals observing patients and interviewing doctors regarding the script’s authenticity.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Today on TCM:
Howard Hawks’ lightening fast comedy/romance His Girl Friday (1940), reviewed here, is blasting off Tuesday, September 2 at 5 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, September 1, 2025
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:
Friday, August 29, 2025
This weekend on TCM are two films starring Kirk Douglas:
After directing the stylish and innovative 1956 heist film The Killing, Stanley Kubrick, with the assistance of Producer James B. Harris, turned his extraordinary talents to more relevant material with 1957’s Paths of Glory, previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, August 28, 2023
Tomorrow on TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder, as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945), we have the makings of an exceptional film noir.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 27, 2023
Tomorrow on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983. Its abundant creativity, innovation and driving energy place this film at the top of all cinematic musicals ever produced.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until September 19th):
One of the CC’s Hidden Gems (# 76 to be precise) and briefly reviewed here, is this little pre-code crime / romance drama with James Cagney and Joan Blondell entitled He Was Her Man, from 1934.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, August 25, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965) well worth seeing.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 22, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
A top of the line screwball comedy released the same year as Sullivan’s Travels and, even more remarkably, from the same writer (co-writer here along with Monckton Hoffe) / director is The Lady Eve (1941) reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, August 21, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Then there is the wonderful Guys and Dolls (1955), a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
In Vancouver, British Columbia, The Cinematheque is presenting Double Indemnity (1944, as part of their FILM NOIR 2025 series) on Wednesday, August 20th at 8:40 pm.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 22nd):
Unlike the hardened criminals Sterling Hayden portrays in both The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Killing (1956), 1953’s Crime Wave has Hayden playing hardened cop Detective Lt. Sims. Previously reviewed here, this is one wave you’ll be glad you caught.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 15, 2025
Today on TCM are 3 films featuring actress Janet Leigh:
Anthony Mann’s laser-like focus on his characters’ deep-rooted psychological clashes of will makes this film noir western exhilarating, tension-filled and one of extreme efficiency and excellence. 1953’s The Naked Spur, previously reviewed here, will be shown on Friday, August 15 at 1 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, August 14, 2025
Today on TCM:
Immediately following The Asphalt Jungle is Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing, a former Blu-ray recommendation here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Hayden does not portray the criminal mastermind (that honour goes to actor Sam Jaffe) in this first TCM recommendation: The Asphalt Jungle, previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
1983’s Academy Award winner for Best Motion Picture went to Terms of Endearment, reviewed briefly here, and showing on TCM Wednesday, August 13 at 5 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, August 11, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 16th):
James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint star in the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.
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