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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
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Next up is the remarkably understated, albeit compelling, racial drama Intruder in the Dust released in 1949.
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Monday, March 30, 2026
One of my “Top Ten Guilty Treasures” is showing on TCM today:
John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye is a film I have mixed feelings about.
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Friday, March 27, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
Today on TCM:
Later on Thursday is Alfred Hitchcock’s most profound cinematic storytelling 1958’s Vertigo with all three of his often employed, previously mentioned collaborators working at the peak of their considerable powers.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present The Ascent aka Voskhozhdenie (1977) Wednesday, March 25th at 6:15 pm.
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Monday, March 23, 2026
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Apocalypse Now [The Final Cut] (1979, a 4K presentation) Monday, March 23rd at 8:05 pm.
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
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Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
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Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now (the “Theatrical Version” reviewed here) has been canonised by its opening alone: perhaps the most hypnotically captivating introduction in the history of cinema.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck, reviewed here, and making her spirited appearance on Wednesday, March 18 at 3:30 pm PDT.
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
Today on TCM:
A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter (1945).
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
TCM will present a film starring Burt Lancaster, director John Frankenheimer’s action-packed and thought provoking The Train (1964), a previous Blu-ray recommendation here.
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Friday, March 6, 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, March 7th at 7:30 pm PST.