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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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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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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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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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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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Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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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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Thursday, February 12, 2026
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A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
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A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026
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Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933). I have reviewed this motion picture with a focus on its musical score here.
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Monday, February 2, 2026
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This next must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
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Monday, January 19, 2026
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1974's Freebie and the Bean is a cautious recommendation since it is one of my personal Top Ten Guilty Treasures and is about as non-P.C. as a film can get.
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