Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, July 10, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member created what I considered to be a “well articulated and fascinating” post extolling the ‘70s for advancing
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, July 9, 2023
Today on TCM:
TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
My next recommendation is one of those lesser known films noir with a most appropriate title: Impact (1949).
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Friday, July 7, 2023
Today on TCM:
1972's The Getaway,
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Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Today on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
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Monday, July 3, 2023
Today on TCM:
Please have a read here and see why Gold Diggers of 1933
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca (1942)
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Saturday, July 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 30, 2023
Recently added to June’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of Victim (1961)
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Thursday, June 29, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member created a post expressing “5 Things I Don't Like About Taxi Driver (1976).
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Today on TCM:
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
In thinking about the long proliferation of big budget science fiction fantasy films, more specifically Star Wars, its sequels and reboots, I was reminded of this little debate of long ago with noted film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert defending the franchise against John Simon’s disparaging comments
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Monday, June 26, 2023
Today on TCM:
I cannot think of any Alfred Hitchcock film as static in nature as 1948’s Rope,
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Sunday, June 25, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member made a post that quoted Oliver Stone who was reported to have said about the film John Wick: Chapter 4,
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Today on TCM:
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958)
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Friday, June 23, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of Steven Spielberg’s Peter Pan adventure fantasy Hook (1991)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 22, 2023
A common occurrence in various film related Facebook chat rooms (readers are welcome to join ours here), are comments about actor Marlon Brando’s apathetic approach
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