Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, September 18, 2025
Today on TCM…
After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs were scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) addresses this reality head on when the Dana Andrews character finds it impossible to please either his previous employer or trophy wife upon his return to civilian life.
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Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Today on TCM…
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a serious detective drama like The Big Sleep, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?
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Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Today on TCM…
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Tuesday, September 16th at 1:30 pm PDT.
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Monday, September 15, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
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Friday, September 12, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
Here’s a nifty little noir from the ‘50s featuring a hard cop who, understandably, goes soft for a dame and thus turns to the dark side in Roadblock (1951), previously examined here.
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Thursday, September 11, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) on Friday, September 12 at 7 pm PDT.
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
Today on TCM…
“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress (1949), previously reviewed here and appearing again on TCM Wednesday, September 10 at 5 pm PDT.
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
After directing Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh’s very next film retained all of that film’s energy and even added some for White Heat (1949), previously reviewed here.
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Monday, September 8, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past (1947). is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here. She will arrive Tuesday, September 9 at 10:15 am PDT.
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Friday, September 5, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM…
… is David Lean’s magnificent 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia which will appear Saturday, September 6 at 10:30 am PDT.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Today on TCM:
Howard Hawks’ lightening fast comedy/romance His Girl Friday (1940), reviewed here, is blasting off Tuesday, September 2 at 5 pm PDT.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Then there is the wonderful Guys and Dolls (1955), a previous TCM recommendation here.
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