Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
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This next offering I would not necessarily recommend except perhaps for its Jerry Goldsmith score: The Swarm (1978) which has, along with its soundtrack, been briefly reviewed here.
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Hope to see you tomorrow.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 23, 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, June 22, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Unlike the previous cinematic representation of infamous outlaws in Bonnie and Clyde, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is a film I have been fairly critical of.
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Friday, June 19, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) is a film I have mixed feelings about.
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Thursday, June 18, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940), previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026
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What exactly is film noir? Many enthusiasts and experts continue to debate the subject, with numerous examples of films that should, and just as many that should not, be included in the category. Some, who most likely feel that noir films rely on a certain look, dismiss any colour film as unworthy of being categorised as such. Others like myself, prone to distinguishing noir by its subject matter, are more inclined to include colour films produced during noir's classic time period that focus on crime and the psychologies of those involved. This brings me to my next TCM selection and a prior Blu-ray recommendation here, 1953's Niagara, one of the strongest arguments for colour noir that exists.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
I’ve written a few words on The Towering Inferno (1974), both the film and its soundtrack here.
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Monday, June 15, 2026
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The 2002 futuristic thriller Minority Report directed by Steven Spielberg has been reviewed here.
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Friday, June 12, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
As in Hotel, the previous TCM recommendation this month, Rod Taylor again headlines the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, June 11, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Film noir has few representatives as dourly defeatist or as forcefully communicative on the subject of human relations than 1945's Scarlet Street, previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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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, June 9, 2026
Today on TCM:
This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here, and will be shown Tuesday, June 9 at 5 pm PDT.
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Monday, June 8, 2026
Today on TCM:
The next TCM film to see is Fritz Lang’s 1952 Clash by Night which is reviewed as a DVD recommendation here.
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Friday, June 5, 2026
This weekend 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.
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Thursday, June 4, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative. It has been previously reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Double Indemnity.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026
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Just letting viewers know that TCM is showing Around the World in 80 Days (1956), previously reviewed here.
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026
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“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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Monday, June 1, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Tuesday, June 2nd at 7:15 pm PDT.
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Friday, May 29, 2026
Tonight and this weekend on TCM:
If you haven’t already seen the hyperbolic The Boys from Brazil (1978), previously reviewed here, be prepared for one wild and wacky premise.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 28, 2026
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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