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Thursday, March 20, 2025
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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.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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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.
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Friday, March 14, 2025
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1972's The Getaway, is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
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TCM is presenting another top Preston Sturges classic, Remember the Night (1940)
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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)
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Tuesday, March 11, 2025
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One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Monday, March 10, 2025
Today on TCM:
Patterns (1956) is Hidden Gem #54
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A film well worth seeing is Network (1976), a “mad as hell” exposé of just how far some TV executives will go to exploit for profit a former news anchor’s severe “on the air” mental breakdown.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025
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Next up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress (1949)
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Monday, March 3, 2025
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MGM contract player Robert Taylor appeared in a startling number of excellent films. Johnny Eager (1941)
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Friday, February 28, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Re-Animator (1985)
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Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
My final TCM recommendation for the month is Roman Polanski’s Tess (1979)
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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One of the most intelligent and illuminating documentaries ever produced is Robert Epstein's 1984 feature The Times of Harvey Milk
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Monday, February 24, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Kiss Me Deadly (1955, a 35mm print)
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Friday, February 21, 2025
In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting as part of their ‘Tales from the New Yorker’ series, The Swimmer (1968)
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