Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next is Strange Cargo which I previously listed as one of my TOP TEN Guilty Treasures. "Strange" is the word for this uneasy but fascinating blend of religious parable, hardened convicts, a test of survival and wisecracking romance. Strange Cargo will dock at TCM Thursday, July 17 at 11 am PDT.
(From left) Clark Gable, Joan Crawford, Peter Lorre
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 11, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
After her breakthrough role in Joseph von Sternberg's The Blue Angel made in Germany, Marlene Dietrich made six more films with the autocratic director in the U.S. The Scarlet Empress (1934), previously reviewed here, is arguably the duo’s most accomplished.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, July 7, 2025
Today on TCM:
My next recommendation is Howard Hawks’ lightening fast comedy/romance His Girl Friday (1940), reviewed here and blasting off Monday, July 7th at 3 pm PDT.
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.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 27, 2025
Today 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:
Monday, June 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
“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.
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.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 13, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
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.
