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"Now Listen to Me... "

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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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, July 4, 2025

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.

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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, June 27, 2025


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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.

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Dish of the Day


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

Monday, June 23, 2025


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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), previously recommended here and set to explode Tuesday, June 24th at 2:30 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, June 20, 2025


This weekend on TCM:

In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank, a Neo-noir masterpiece fortified with style and driven by purpose.

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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

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

Friday, June 13, 2025

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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. This touching coming of age story was previously lauded, along with its creator Parks, in an article entitled: Exploring the Artefacts #5: The Alchemist.

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"Now Listen to Me..."


Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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