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Friday, June 9, 2023
Recently, in our Facebook chat room (all readers are welcome to join here), someone posted a piece on censored prints of The French Connection (1971) being shown by various streaming services
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Thursday, June 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
"Complaining about the far-fetched circumstances in films noir is like objecting to the lack of realism in a Picasso painting. What I mean is that lovers of these criminally rich cinematic delights oughtn’t to bother picking out the implausibilities, since they are practically a hallmark of noir's style."
I've written this before when introducing Split Second (1953),
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Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Tuesday, June 6, 2023
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MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production,
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Monday, June 5, 2023
Today on TCM:
Raoul Walsh's Colorado Territory (1949)
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Friday, June 2, 2023
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"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)
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Thursday, June 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Recently added to May’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
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Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Today 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)
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Monday, May 29, 2023
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968),
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Thursday, May 25, 2023
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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, May 24, 2023
Today on TCM:
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Tuesday, May 23, 2023
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Next up is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968),
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Monday, May 22, 2023
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9
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Friday, May 19, 2023
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My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968),
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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Now playing on Watch TCM (available at no extra cost to all TCM subscribers):
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Today on TCM:
All of the 4 films noir recommended below benefit greatly from the presence of actress Audrey Totter.
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,
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