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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Tomorrow morning on TCM:
One of the first films to deal with homosexuality in a mature and sophisticated manner was the 1961 British suspense film Victim
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Monday, June 3, 2024
Today on TCM:
Out of Africa is another Academy Award Winning film from the ‘80s (1985 to be exact) that I have been rather critical of.
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Saturday, June 1, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column containing news of various classic film screenings happening in theatres around the world and the first 13 (out of 27) recommended movies to watch this month on TCM.
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Friday, May 31, 2024
Today on TCM:
1972's The Getaway, is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films; still, as a genre piece, it punches solidly above its pay grade.
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Thursday, May 30, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
My next recommendation is Howard Hawks’ lightening fast comedy/romance His Girl Friday (1940)
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Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933), who's scheduled to make his grand entrance on Tuesday, May 28 at 7 pm PDT.
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Monday, May 27, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until June 9th):
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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Thursday, May 23, 2024
Today on TCM:
One of the Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures is The Battle of Algiers a.k.a. La battaglia di Algeri (1966).
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Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until June 10th):
Roadblock (1951) is a nifty little noir featuring a hard cop who, understandably, goes soft for a dame and thus turns to the dark side.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until May 23rd):
There have been quite a few movies centred around boxing over the years from 1937’s Kid Galahad to 2018’s Creed II with plenty of standouts in-between such as 1947’s Body and Soul, 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1972’s Fat City and 1980’s Raging Bull. None of these, however, get as straight to the punchline as 1949’s knockout noir The Set-Up,
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Monday, May 20, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Saturday, May 18, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until June 15th):
Next is Strange Cargo (1940) which I previously listed as one of my Top Ten: Guilty Treasures.
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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Tomorrow early morning 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), previously recommended here.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until May 15th):
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura, is the exacting director’s slick and assured amalgamation of mystery (whodunnit) and film noir (obsessive desire, gruesome murder etc) elements.
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Monday, May 13, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next up is the remarkably understated, albeit compelling, racial drama Intruder in the Dust released in 1949.
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Friday, May 10, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank, a neo-noir masterpiece fortified with style and driven by purpose.
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