Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Saturday, July 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
My next recommendation is one of those lesser known films noir with a most appropriate title: Impact (1949).
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 7, 2023
Today on TCM:
1972's The Getaway,
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 6, 2023
Today on TCM:
The next TCM recommendation has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: The Night of the Hunter.
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Today on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca (1942)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Saturday, July 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
Read More
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 30, 2023
Recently added to June’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of Victim (1961)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Today on TCM:
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
In thinking about the long proliferation of big budget science fiction fantasy films, more specifically Star Wars, its sequels and reboots, I was reminded of this little debate of long ago with noted film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert defending the franchise against John Simon’s disparaging comments
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 26, 2023
Today on TCM:
I cannot think of any Alfred Hitchcock film as static in nature as 1948’s Rope,
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member made a post that quoted Oliver Stone who was reported to have said about the film John Wick: Chapter 4,
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Today on TCM:
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 23, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of Steven Spielberg’s Peter Pan adventure fantasy Hook (1991)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Today on TCM:
Preston Sturges' masterpiece Sullivan's Travels (1941)
Read MoreJust some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 19, 2023
Today on TCM:
“How does it feel to be a decent, respectable married man?”
Dick Powell’s Everyman faces a mid-life crisis, including a far more considerable threat to his well being in the form of Raymond Burr’s jealous contractor in Pitfall (1948),
Read More