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Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Anyone who wishes to enjoy the Holiday spirit might want to pay a little visit to Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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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, December 11, 2025
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“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, November 27, 2025
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, November 20, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), previously reviewed here, is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025
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One of the finest westerns ever made is Top Ten Western #4, Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Ride the High Country (1962).
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025
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… is an ultra rare showing of CC Hidden Gem #42, Black Tuesday (1954).
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Monday, October 20, 2025
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The expression "Don't judge a book by its cover" certainly applies to the film Kind Lady, a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Thursday, October 9, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock’s Torn Curtain (1966) may not enjoy quite the drawing power as many of his other films, however, fans should still find enough engaging elements to stay entertained.
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Monday, October 6, 2025
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In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when experiencing the chilling Village of the Damned (1960), previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
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1967's Hotel was taken, like 1970's Airport, from a novel by Arthur Hailey and is the far better crafted of the two films.
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Barbara Loden's critically acclaimed directorial debut Wanda (1970) is Hidden Gem #29 and a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025
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This next TCM recommendation is, for many experts, the final film noir released during the classification's classic time period (1940 - 1959), Orson Welles' stylistically aggressive Touch of Evil.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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“What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.”
All About Eve (1950) is really all about the spoken word and is a prior TCM recommendation here.
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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford. Crawford’s thorough commitment is bolstered by the actress, along with the film’s director Curtis Bernhardt, having visited several psychiatric hospitals observing patients and interviewing doctors regarding the script’s authenticity.
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