Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Besieged with production problems, and 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, previously reviewed here, showing on TCM Thursday, August 20 at 10 am PDT.
(From left) Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 14, 2026
Today and this weekend on TCM:
A couple on their way to New York City are about to have a serious reality check in 1970’s “comedy” The Out-of-Towners, previously reviewed here, and happening Friday, August 14th at 5 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, August 10, 2026
Tomorrow 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.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 7, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
1972's The Getaway, is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films; still, as a genre piece, it punches solidly above its pay grade.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Film noir has few representatives as dourly defeatist or as forcefully communicative on the subject of human relations than 1945's Scarlet Street, previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 31, 2026
Today on TCM:
Many film noir aficionados and academics feel that Orson Welles’ 1958 Touch of Evil officially closed out the the category’s classic time period. If so, the creative and flamboyant director certainly did so with a bang! I’ve previously written about this exhilarating film noir with a focus on its various “versions” and how they came to be in Exploring the Artefacts #11: Main Title Inspirations No. 2 Touch of Evil.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Today on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation comes with a caveat: If you haven't as yet seen this film, please do so *before* reading my review. Doctor Zhivago is the latest in a series of Top Ten “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated and will be shown on TCM Wednesday, July 29 at 9:15 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, July 27, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 2nd):
Many viewers may find this slick production a valuable contribution to the Neo-noir category. Unfortunately, I did not: Tequila Sunrise (1988), previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 24, 2026
Today and this weekend 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.
