Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Please have a read here and see why 1933’s Gold Diggers of 1933 is as enjoyable and pertinent as the shows these spirited characters struggle to produce.
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Hope to see you tomorrow.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 22, 2025
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From 1947 comes a story that takes place during the Christmas Holidays, the film noir Lady in the Lake reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, December 19, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
TCM is presenting the Preston Sturges classic Remember the Night (1940), previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Anyone who wishes to enjoy the Holiday spirit might want to pay a little visit to Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
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This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Today on TCM:
Viewers who prefer recent, big budget cinematic fare may find Steven Spielberg’s 2005 remake War of the Worlds more accessible and satisfying than its 1953 counterpart, but not I.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 15, 2025
Today on TCM:
Next is the unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933), a previous TCM recommendation here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, December 11, 2025
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“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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
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… is filmmaker Luis Bunuel’s surrealistic short Simon of the Desert (1965), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 8, 2025
Today on TCM:
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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, December 5, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
After her breakthrough role in Joseph von Sternberg's The Blue Angel made in Germany, Marlene Dietrich made six more films with the autocratic director in the U.S. The Scarlet Empress (1934), previously reviewed here, is arguably the duo’s most accomplished.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951), a previous TCM recommendation here, and one that can be appreciated again Thursday, December 4 at 11:15 am PST.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Today on TCM:
John Huston's Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) is a film I have mixed feelings about.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 1, 2025
Today on TCM:
Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962) with Robert Mitchum once again playing southern bred evil incarnate as he did in 1955’s The Night of the Hunter.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 28, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
Next is the highly engrossing and tension filled film noir The Steel Trap (1952), a CC Hidden Gem (#60) previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 27, 2025
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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… is another well made WWII spy thriller 36 Hours (1964) reviewed as a film recommendation here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
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… is the exceptional WWII spy thriller Eye of the Needle (1981) reviewed as a film and soundtrack selection here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, November 24, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
For those who enjoy the best in creative romantic comedy, be sure to tune in for 1959’s Pillow Talk (reviewed here) Tuesday, November 25th at 5 pm PST.
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