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Tuesday, March 7, 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.
Rope (1948)
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Monday, March 6, 2023
Today on TCM:
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.
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Sunday, March 5, 2023
Coming up on TCM:
After having shared my review of Doctor Zhivago a number of times in various Facebook film related chatrooms (including the Cinema Cafe group all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685), I’m often informed that this film wasn’t that well received when it was released or even incorrectly told that Doctor Zhivago was derided by all of the critics at the time it was first shown theatrically.
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Saturday, March 4, 2023
Coming up 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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Friday, March 3, 2023
Today on TCM:
After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives addresses this reality
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Thursday, March 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
After directing Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh’s very next film retained all of that film’s energy and even added some for White Heat,
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Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is this month’s “Now Listen to Me…” column
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Tuesday, February 28, 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.
(For Part 1: The War of the Worlds (1953) or War of the Worlds (2005) in the series, click here).
Make or Remake, which is better? Part 2: Point Blank (1967) or Payback (1999)
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Monday, February 27, 2023
One of my “Top Ten Guilty Treasures” is showing on TCM today, in the morning:
John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye
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Sunday, February 26, 2023
There is one unmissable film, that so happens to be a musical, to watch on TCM today. Unfortunately it is showing very early on Sunday morning:
The Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade
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Saturday, February 25, 2023
Recently in our own Facebook movie chatroom (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685) a member posted a still of actress Diane Lane in the motion picture
Unfaithful (2002)
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Friday, February 24, 2023
There are two unmissable westerns playing back-to-back on TCM later today.
For some time now, it has been my contention that films noir are able to infiltrate other genres of cinematic storytelling. Instead of applying a whole host of traits typically associated with a style of filmmaking that emerged in the U.S. during the 1940s, I've identified two overriding features that most determine their qualification. 1. Some sort of criminal activity is present or is at least demonstrably considered and 2. There is a strong focus on the psychology of its principle participants. These attributes are not only abundantly evident in André de Toth’s exceptional western 1959’s Day of the Outlaw,
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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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