Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 30, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
“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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Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Today on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation comes with a caveat: If you haven't as yet seen this film, please do so *before* reading my review. Doctor Zhivago is the latest in a series of Top Ten “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated and will be shown on TCM Wednesday, July 29 at 9:15 pm PDT.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933), who's scheduled to make his grand entrance on Wednesday, July 29 at 6:15 am PDT.
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Monday, July 27, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 2nd):
Many viewers may find this slick production a valuable contribution to the Neo-noir category. Unfortunately, I did not: Tequila Sunrise (1988), previously reviewed here.
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Friday, July 24, 2026
Today and this weekend on TCM:
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has Spencer Tracy in the title role.
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Monday, July 20, 2026
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After directing the stylish and innovative 1956 heist film The Killing, Stanley Kubrick, with the assistance of Producer James B. Harris, turned his extraordinary talents to more relevant material with Paths of Glory (1957), previously reviewed here.
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Friday, July 17, 2026
Today and this weekend on TCM:
Immediately following The Asphalt Jungle (1950), stay tuned for Nicholas Ray's character study In a Lonely Place released the same year.
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Thursday, July 16, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Stirling Hayden does not portray the criminal mastermind (that honour goes to actor Sam Jaffe) in this next TCM recommendation: The Asphalt Jungle (1950), previously recommended here.
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Wednesday, July 15, 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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Monday, July 13, 2026
Today on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production though the film was later turned into one being first presented on stage in 1983.
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Friday, July 3, 2026
#Note: Due to my extensive travels, Dish of the Day will be suspended until Monday, July 13th. For further TCM recommendations until then, please see this month’s “Now Listen to Me… “ column.
Today and this weekend on TCM:
A top film noir recommendation is Robert Siodmak's Criss Cross (1949) with Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo imbuing their characters with passion and complex individuality.
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Thursday, July 2, 2026
Today on TCM:
Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.
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Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 9th):
Stirling Hayden does not portray the criminal mastermind (that honour goes to actor Sam Jaffe) in this next TCM recommendation: The Asphalt Jungle (1950), previously recommended here.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 25th):
From 1968 comes one of the horror genre’s most influential entries: George A. Romero’s cult classic Night of the Living Dead, a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Monday, June 29, 2026
Today on TCM:
One of the first films to deal with homosexuality in a mature and sophisticated manner was the 1961 British suspense film Victim, reviewed here and showing on TCM Monday, June 29 at 12:30 pm PDT.
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Friday, June 26, 2026
Today and this weekend on TCM:
"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past (1947), is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here. She will arrive Friday, June 26th at 5 pm PDT.
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