Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, January 29, 2025

Today on TCM:

Next up is a light-hearted and charming Christmas holiday treat: Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940).

James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan

Beneath an inventive situation comedy veneer, however, lies a serious underlying message regarding relationships and how concepts (basically relating to the idea that there must be someone "better" for us out there) often get in the way of a more fulfilling union based on care and concern for one another. The Shop Around the Corner, previously praised here, will open Wednesday, January 29th at 11:45 am PST.

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Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.