Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a terrifying drama like 1962’s Cape Fear, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?
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Monday, December 2, 2024
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Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962)
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Sunday, December 1, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Friday, November 29, 2024
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 (1949), previously reviewed here.
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Thursday, November 28, 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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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950)
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Tuesday, November 26, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
TCM is also having a rare showing of another underrated film noir, Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
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Monday, November 25, 2024
Today on TCM:
Another film noir worth checking out (although not so well known), is 1955’s Illegal previously reviewed here.
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Sunday, November 24, 2024
Today on TCM:
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Sunday, November 24 at 7 pm PST.
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Saturday, November 23, 2024
Today on TCM:
This next recommendation is one of film noir's finest, 1950’s Gun Crazy, previously reviewed here.
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Friday, November 22, 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, November 21, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home after World War II.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Today on TCM:
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
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Monday, November 18, 2024
Today on TCM:
My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968)
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Friday, November 15, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here
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Thursday, November 14, 2024
Today on TCM:
“How does it feel to be a decent, respectable married man?”
Dick Powell’s Everyman faces a mid-life crisis, including a far more considerable threat to his well being in the form of Raymond Burr’s jealous contractor, in Pitfall (1948), previously recommended here.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
My next selection is Gold Diggers of 1933 reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Currently available at Watch TCM (until November 18th):
Crime Wave (1953), previously reviewed here, is one wave you'll want to catch.
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