Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
“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. The terror will begin Thursday, March 26 at 5 pm PDT.
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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, March 24, 2026
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present The Ascent aka Voskhozhdenie (1977) Wednesday, March 25th at 6:15 pm.
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Monday, March 23, 2026
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Apocalypse Now [The Final Cut] (1979, a 4K presentation) Monday, March 23rd at 8:05 pm.
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Friday, March 20, 2026
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Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), reviewed here.
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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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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
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Next up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck, reviewed here, and making her spirited appearance on Wednesday, March 18 at 3:30 pm PDT.
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Monday, March 16, 2026
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Martin Scorsese’s The King of Comedy (1982), previously reviewed here, will appear Monday, March 16 at 5 pm PDT.
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Friday, March 13, 2026
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A “Street” worth visiting is John Sturges’ masterfully directed film noir, 1950's Mystery Street reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 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 (1945).
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
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TCM will present a film starring Burt Lancaster, director John Frankenheimer’s action-packed and thought provoking The Train (1964), a previous Blu-ray recommendation here.
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Tuesday, March 10, 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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Monday, March 9, 2026
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Luchino Visconti’s sublime and contemplative Death in Venice (1971), has been briefly reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 6, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Besieged with production problems, the film sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm PST.
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Thursday, March 5, 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) (1948), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Today on TCM:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home after World War II.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) has Humphrey Bogart portraying perhaps his darkest and most psychologically troubled character.
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Monday, March 2, 2026
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Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 27, 2026
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Top Ten Western #6 is Howard Hawks' 1948 Red River reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
In my review of Casablanca, I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942) where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.
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