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Saturday, March 2, 2024
Today on TCM:
Anatomy of a Murder (1959) is one of the most authentic and enthralling courtroom dramas of all time.
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Friday, March 1, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of next month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Monday, February 26, 2024
Today on TCM:
Besieged with production problems, and sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty
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Friday, February 23, 2024
Today on TCM:
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura, is the exacting director’s slick and assured amalgamation of mystery (whodunnit) and film noir (obsessive desire, gruesome murder etc) elements.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 23rd):
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has Spencer Tracy in the title role.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Noir City now taking place in Seattle, Washington is running until February 22nd. On Wednesday, February 21st, one of the greatest American films, The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Noir City now taking place in Seattle, Washington is running until February 22nd. On Tuesday, February 20th an ultra rare showing of CC Hidden Gem #42, Black Tuesday (1954, a 35mm print)
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Monday, February 19, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 20th):
1947’s Nora Prentiss is portrayed by Ann Sheridan.
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
How Quentin Tarantino’s “One of the Worst Decades in Hollywood…” Was Actually One of Its Greatest
Part 2: Where the filmmaker and I, more or less, agree, the ‘80s
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Today on TCM:
Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968)
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
A film well worth seeing is Network (1976)
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 17th):
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's vast diversity after watching so many hard-hitting dramas, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday?
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