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

Monday, March 30, 2026

One of my “Top Ten Guilty Treasures” is showing on TCM today:

John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye is a film I have mixed feelings about. The rather strange inhabitants of these southern Gothically-tinged surroundings may remain underdeveloped but the performances from its superbly chosen cast compensate by genuinely conveying their characters' frustrations and desires making this an engrossing film-watching experience. It is a previous TCM recommendation here, and is worth eyeing Monday, March 30 at 3 pm PST.

(From left) Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.

Dish of the Day


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

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Today on TCM:

Later on Thursday is Alfred Hitchcock’s most profound cinematic storytelling 1958’s Vertigo with all three of his often employed, previously mentioned collaborators working at the peak of their considerable powers.

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Dish of the Day

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

Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Tomorrow 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.

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Dish of the Day

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

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 25th):

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now (the “Theatrical Version” reviewed here) has been canonised by its opening alone: perhaps the most hypnotically captivating introduction in the history of cinema.

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

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

Friday, March 6, 2026

This weekend on TCM:


Besieged with production problems, the film sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm PST.

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Dish of the Day

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

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

This next must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).

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