Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
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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) previously recommended here.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2025
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Out of Africa is an Academy Award Winning film from the ‘80s (1985 to be exact) that I have been rather critical of.
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Monday, June 9, 2025
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A pre-code charmer sure to delight fans is Blonde Crazy (1931) with Jimmy Cagney and Joan Blondell enchanting as a couple of cons.
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Friday, June 6, 2025
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“I love this dirty town.”
New York City’s vernacular never smelled sweeter than it does in 1957’s Sweet Smell of Success.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 5, 2025
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It's back to westerns with another Top Ten (#3) and Hidden Gem #19, Devil's Doorway.
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Wednesday, June 4, 2025
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Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
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Next is Top Ten Western #1, the explosively confrontational The Wild Bunch (1969).
Dish of the Day
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Monday, June 2, 2025
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A CC Hidden Gem (#30) rarely shown on TCM is Nagisa Oshima's 1969 feature Boy a.k.a. Shonen previously cited here.
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Friday, May 30, 2025
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Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025
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John Ford's 1956 masterpiece The Searchers, previously reviewed here, is Top Ten Western #2 and is as likely as any film to provide one with a truly unforgettable, rich and rewarding movie watching experience.
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Monday, May 26, 2025
Today on TCM:
Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here and appearing on TCM’s radar Monday, May 26th at 2:15 pm PDT.
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Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Today on TCM:
Like the previous selection, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is an extremely popular film I have been fairly critical of. 1969’s western, previously reviewed here, is showing Tuesday, May 20 at 5 pm PDT.
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Monday, May 19, 2025
Today on TCM:
Out of Africa is another Academy Award Winning film from the ‘80s (1985 to be exact) that I have been rather critical of.
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