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Thursday, February 23, 2023
Today, I’d like to offer some quick thoughts on a trio of films from the ‘70s that are inspired by posts having arisen in various film related Facebook chat rooms (readers are encouraged to join the Cinema Cafe’s movie discussion room here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).
Death in Venice (1971)...
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
“Noir or Not Noir” (Part 1)
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Recently in one of the Facebook movie chatrooms, someone claimed a fondness for “screwball comedies” but mistakenly thought the term referred to any kind of zany or madcap comedy…
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Monday, February 20, 2023
A few quick thoughts on the BAFTA Awards which I recorded and just watched:
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Sunday, February 19, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). As usual, my thoughts on the following motion picture are with the minority views.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
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Saturday, February 18, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” concerns a challenging question regarding U.S. Film Noir's Classic Timeline (1940 - 1958).
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Friday, February 17, 2023
In December of last year I posted my thoughts on Sight and Sound’s once in a decade announcement of The 100 Greatest Films of All Time poll. My article’s introduction reads as follows:
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Thursday, February 16, 2023
Today on TCM:
This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
Today on TCM:
Despite a rather unenthusiastic relationship at this story’s centre, film noir fans shouldn’t cheat themselves out of seeing The Man Who Cheated Himself,
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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Today on TCM:
A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Monday, February 13, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). As usual, my thoughts on the following motion picture are with the minority views.
The Boys from Brazil (1978)
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Sunday, February 12, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion picture form an extreme minority view, almost the lone dissenting voice.
The Perfect Storm (2000)
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Friday, February 10, 2023
In Facebook chatrooms that focus on films noir, there are always those who challenge others as to what is or is not qualified to be categorised as such. In the latest pronouncement that I saw, someone kept insisting (without explaining “why”) colour films made during the classic time period in the U.S. (i.e. 1940 - 1959) could not be considered film noir.
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Thursday, February 9, 2023
Today on TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict,
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Wednesday, February 8, 2023
In our Cinema Cafe Facebook chat room (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) a member compared The War of the Worlds (1953) to the 2005 Steven Spielberg remake War of the Worlds.
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Tuesday, February 7, 2023
Today on TCM:
For an uproarious and thoroughly engaging movie-watching experience, it's hard to beat Bringing Up Baby
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Monday, February 6, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms.. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). My thoughts on the following motion picture form an extreme minority view, almost the lone dissenting voice.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
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Sunday, February 5, 2023
A topic that consistently arises in our cinema chatroom (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) relates to…
… older black and white films and how so many film goers remain reluctant to see them.
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Saturday, February 4, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is this month’s “Now Listen to Me…” column
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