Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 7, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
Another Hidden Gem (#3), is one of the most harshly realistic and harrowing depictions of war cinema has to offer and occurs in Larisa Shepitko's The Ascent a.k.a. Voskhoz hdeniye (1977) previously recommended here. Its stridency can be felt Saturday, November 8 at 11 pm PST.
Viktoriya Goldentul
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected, previously reviewed here, Sunday, November 9 at 11:15 am PST.
Claude Rains
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca (1942) on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated. I would simply ask that they read what I wrote regarding this revered classic before judging me too harshly. There is much to praise about the film contained in my review and the weaknesses I've noticed are, I feel, worthy of consideration. In any event, please indulge in this motion picture's magic and let me know if my observations have merit. The journey begins Sunday, November 9 at 1 pm PST.
In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, reviewed here, remarkably delivering all of the guttural force of its theatrical origin while creating a more intimate, and cinema appropriate, dynamic all its own. Let the “games” begin Sunday, November 9 at 5 pm PST.
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
TCM's current schedule can be seen by clicking on any of the above images. To confirm the correct Pacific Standard (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Standard (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.
All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you Monday, November 10th.
A.G.