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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, December 21, 2023

Currently available on Watch TCM (until January 15th) in addition to appearing on the regular TCM channel Saturday, December 23 at 5 pm PST.

This next recommendation is a light-hearted and charming Christmas holiday treat: Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940).

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, December 11, 2023

Currently available on Watch TCM (until December 19th):

In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Dish of the Day


Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, December 8, 2023

Today on TCM:

Immediately following Brief Encounter is another film helmed by David Lean. One of his more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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"Now Listen to Me..."

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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