Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 9, 2025
Today on TCM:
From 1968 is Hidden Gem #1, essayed in a less analytical and more personal fashion in Inspecting Hidden Gem #1: The Swimmer. The film airs Friday, May 9th at 5 pm PDT. I hope readers and viewers will peruse my thoughts on this somewhat neglected and generally undervalued film.
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All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you Monday, May 12th.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Today on TCM:
Just missing out on my list of Top Ten Westerns (in favour of another Bud Boetticher directed/Burt Kennedy scripted film The Tall T) was Ride Lonesome (1959), a highly distinctive and concise story told with a strong sense of purpose and sophistication.
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next is one of the western genre's finest and another excellent pairing of star James Stewart with director Anthony Mann: 1955’s The Man from Laramie.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 27th):
TCM is presenting an unequivocal masterpiece and one of Cinema's greatest artistic achievements: Marcel Carne's Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis) (1945).
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Monday, May 5, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 10th):
In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when viewing the chilling Village of the Damned (1960), previously reviewed here.
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Friday, May 2, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
Film noir fans do not want to miss the rarely shown gem Riffraff (1947), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM:
The unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933) is a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) on Thursday, May 1st at 11 am PDT and again on Saturday, May 17th at 1 pm PDT.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess previously reviewed here, featuring a fervent, introspective performance from Montgomery Clift.
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Monday, April 28, 2025
In Bergen, Norway The Cinemateket i Bergen will present Eraserhead (1977) on Tuesday, April 29th at 6 pm.
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Friday, April 25, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
Here is another film noir with a central character whose emotions have apparently consumed his common sense and compromised his moral integrity: The Prowler (1951), previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
In Vancouver, British Columbia, The Cinematheque continues with
TWO MEXICAN MASTERWORKS BY LUIS BUNUEL consisting of Los olvidados a.k.a. The Young and the Damned (1950, a New restoration) and Él a.k.a. This Strange Passion (1953, a New restoration) from April 18 - May 1.
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Wednesday, April 23, 2025
In Auckland, New Zealand, Academy Cinemas is presenting Ace in the Hole (1951) Thursday, April 24th at 3:45 pm.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Wednesday, April 23 at 9:45 am PDT.
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Monday, April 21, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
My next selection is Gold Diggers of 1933 reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, April 18, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
TCM is making available to its subscribers, one of film noir's finest, 1950’s Gun Crazy, previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 21st):
This must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neo-realist masterpiece The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
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Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 8th):
Returning to underappreciated films noir, we have Hidden Gem #10 They Won't Believe Me with its fascinating, twisted plot and antithetically noir central character.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 12th):
Next is the highly engrossing and tension filled film noir The Steel Trap (1952)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 14, 2025
Tomorrow 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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