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Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
RKO’s Tension at Table Rock is an obscure western from 1956, previously reviewed here and making a rare but welcome appearance on TCM Wednesday February 4th at 7:15 am PST.
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Monday, February 2, 2026
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This next must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
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Thursday, January 29, 2026
In Santa Monica (part of greater Los Angeles) California, TheAmerican Cinematheque Aero Theatre will present Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966, as part of this film’s 60th Anniversary) on Thursday, January 29th at 7:30 pm.
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Monday, January 19, 2026
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1974's Freebie and the Bean is a cautious recommendation since it is one of my personal Top Ten Guilty Treasures and is about as non-P.C. as a film can get.
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Friday, January 16, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Anthony Mann’s laser-like focus on his characters’ deep-rooted psychological clashes of will makes this film noir western exhilarating, tension-filled and one of extreme efficiency and excellence. 1953’s The Naked Spur, previously reviewed here, will be shown on Saturday, January 17 at 5 pm PST.
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
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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, January 13, 2026
Today on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation is 1947’s Nora Prentiss portrayed by Ann Sheridan.
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Friday, January 9, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Besieged with production problems, the film 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, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, January 10 at 10:45 am PST.
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Thursday, January 8, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Fans of film noir who haven't seen John Brahm's 1946 The Locket do not want to miss the opportunity to experience this hypnotically mesmerising drama.
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Tuesday, January 6, 2026
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Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).
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Monday, January 5, 2026
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1967's Hotel was taken, like 1970's Airport, from a novel by Arthur Hailey and is the far better crafted of the two films.
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Thursday, January 1, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
In my review of Casablanca (1942), I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942) where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.
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