Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 7, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Stanley Kubrick took the entire film community, along with noir fans, by (a perfect) storm with his innovative 1956 take on the caper genre, The Killing previously recommended here. "The best-laid plans..." will be presented on TCM Tuesday, April 8th at 5 pm PST.
That's actually Rodney Dangerfield in the crowd (Standing on the ground, second from the right).
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 8th):
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 28, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
I previously wrote about MGM contract actor Robert Taylor appearing in a startling number of well crafted films when writing about 1941’s Johnny Eager. He also starred alongside some of Hollywood’s hottest leading ladies including Lana Turner in the aforementioned film and Ava Gardnerin The Bribe (1949)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Today on TCM:
Immediately following Hotel, Rod Taylor again headlines the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 27th):
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) film noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Today on TCM:
A top of the line screwball comedy released the same year as Sullivan’s Travels and, even more remarkably, from the same writer (co-writer here along with Monckton Hoffe) / director is The Lady Eve (1941)
