Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 7, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
Another Hidden Gem (#3), is one of the most harshly realistic and harrowing depictions of war cinema has to offer and occurs in Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent a.k.a. Voskhoz hdeniye (1977) previously recommended here. Its stridency can be felt Saturday, November 8 at 11 pm PST.
Viktoriya Goldentul
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected, previously reviewed here, Sunday, November 9 at 11:15 am PST.
Claude Rains
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated. I would simply ask that they read what I wrote regarding this revered classic before judging me too harshly. There is much to praise about the film contained in my review and the weaknesses I've noticed are, I feel, worthy of consideration. In any event, please indulge in this motion picture's magic and let me know if my observations have merit. The journey begins Sunday, November 9 at 1 pm PST.
In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, reviewed here, remarkably delivering all of the guttural force of its theatrical origin while creating a more intimate, and cinema appropriate, dynamic all its own. Let the “games” begin Sunday, November 9 at 5 pm PST.
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 6, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
The multi-talented Gordon Parks made his directorial debut at age 57 with 1969's The Learning Tree based on his semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Here is another film noir with a central character whose emotions have apparently consumed his common sense and compromised his moral integrity: 1951’s The Prowler, previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, October 24, 2025
Sunday on TCM…
“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
Next up is The Fury (1978), a film for which I have a few not so kind words to bestow, as well as some positive thoughts to share regarding its score, in a soundtrack recommendation previously written here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, October 17, 2025
Sunday on TCM…
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess—previously reviewed here—which features a fervent, introspective performance from Montgomery Clift.
