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Dish of the Day

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

Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 2nd):

Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.

Next up is Richard Fleischer’s little powder keg of a film noir Armored Car Robbery (1950), which was previously recommended here.

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Dish of the Day

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

Monday, June 1, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.

Previously reviewed hereThe Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:15 pm PDT.

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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, May 29, 2026

Tonight and this weekend on TCM:

If you haven’t already seen the hyperbolic The Boys from Brazil (1978), previously reviewed here, be prepared for one wild and wacky premise.

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Dish of the Day


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

Wednesday, May 27, 2026

In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus Theater is presenting The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, a 35mm print) on Thursday, May 28 at 7:30 pm.

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Dish of the Day

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

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

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

Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.

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Dish of the Day

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

Monday, May 11, 2026

Tomorrow 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.

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