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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 2nd):
“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), which was previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.
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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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John Ford's 1956 masterpiece The Searchers, previously reviewed here, is Top Ten Western #2 and is as likely as any film to provide one with a truly unforgettable, rich and rewarding movie watching experience.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 30, 2026
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One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess which features a fervent, introspective performance from Montgomery Clift.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 20, 2026
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This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 16, 2026
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Bonnie and Clyde is a seminal gangster saga heavily influenced by the French iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard. A prior review here includes a special contribution from Bob DiMucci who informatively reports on some of the film's critical responses at the time of its release.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
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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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 13, 2026
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My next recommendation is one of those lesser known films noir with a most appropriate title: Impact (1949).
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Dish of the Day
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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Next up is the remarkably understated, albeit compelling, racial drama Intruder in the Dust released in 1949.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 25th):
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.
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