Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Today on TCM:
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends. This cinematic treasure was previously opened here and will unveil its visual and aural riches Thursday, July 2 at 6:45 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 29, 2026
Today on TCM:
One of the first films to deal with homosexuality in a mature and sophisticated manner was the 1961 British suspense film Victim, reviewed here and showing on TCM Monday, June 29 at 12:30 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Many experts have claimed that this next TCM recommendation is the first identifiable film noir made in the U.S. and released during the category's classic time period (1940 - 1959): Boris Ingster's 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 22, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Unlike the previous cinematic representation of infamous outlaws in Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a film I have been fairly critical of.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 12, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
As in Hotel, the previous TCM recommendation this month, Rod Taylor again headlines the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 11, 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:
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Today on TCM:
This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here, and will be shown Tuesday, June 9 at 5 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 4, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962) with Robert Mitchum once again playing southern bred evil incarnate as he did in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 25, 2026
Today on TCM:
Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here and appearing on TCM’s radar Monday, May 25th at 12:15 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 22, 2026
Sunday on TCM:
TCM will show The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home, after World War II.
