Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, September 1, 2025
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. Viewers prepared to be terrified can visit Cape Fear, previously reviewed here, Tuesday, September 2 at 3 pm PDT.
(From left) Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 29, 2025
This weekend on TCM are two films starring Kirk Douglas:
After directing the stylish and innovative 1956 heist film The Killing, Stanley Kubrick, with the assistance of Producer James B. Harris, turned his extraordinary talents to more relevant material with 1957’s Paths of Glory, previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, August 28, 2023
Tomorrow on TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder, as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945), we have the makings of an exceptional film noir.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 27, 2023
Tomorrow on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983. Its abundant creativity, innovation and driving energy place this film at the top of all cinematic musicals ever produced.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, August 25, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965) well worth seeing.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, August 22, 2025
This weekend 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:
Friday, August 15, 2025
Today on TCM are 3 films featuring actress Janet Leigh:
Anthony Mann’s laser-like focus on his characters’ deep-rooted psychological clashes of will makes this film noir western exhilarating, tension-filled and one of extreme efficiency and excellence. 1953’s The Naked Spur, previously reviewed here, will be shown on Friday, August 15 at 1 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Hayden does not portray the criminal mastermind (that honour goes to actor Sam Jaffe) in this first TCM recommendation: The Asphalt Jungle, previously recommended here.
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:
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Today on TCM:
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected, previously reviewed here, Tuesday, August 5th at 8:30 am PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 31, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now (the “Theatrical Version” reviewed here) has been canonised by its opening alone: perhaps the most hypnotically captivating introduction in the history of cinema.
