Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 6, 2026
Tonight on TCM:
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? remarkably delivering all of the guttural force of its theatrical origin while creating a more intimate, and cinema appropriate, dynamic all its own. It has been reviewed here. Let the “games” begin (updated) Friday November 6 at 12 am PST.
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 4, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).
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:
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until October 15th):
Alfred Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain (1966) may not enjoy quite the drawing power as many of his other films, however, fans should still find enough engaging elements to stay entertained.
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.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 7, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Stanley Kubrick took the entire film community, along with noir fans, by (a perfect) storm with his innovative 1956 take on the caper genre, The Killing previously recommended here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 7, 2024
Currently available at Watch TCM (until November 14th):
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
