Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday April 26, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday May 3, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Today on TCM:
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura, is the exacting director’s slick and assured amalgamation of mystery (whodunnit) and film noir (obsessive desire, gruesome murder etc) elements.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Today 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.
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Friday April 26, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Dustin Hoffman’s breakthrough role occurred in 1967’s The Graduate
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Thursday, April 25, 2024
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Today on TCM:
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now
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Monday, April 22, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, April 19, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
From 1947 comes a story that takes place during the Christmas Holidays, the film noir Lady in the Lake
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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Today on TCM:
Another musical worth checking out is 1955’s Guys and Dolls, previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Today (early morning) on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation for the month is, for many experts, the final film noir released during the classification's classic time period (1940 - 1959), Orson Welles' stylistically assertive Touch of Evil (1958).
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, April 12, 2024
This weekend 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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Tomorrow extremely early morning (i.e. shortly after midnight tonight) on TCM:
The Missouri Breaks (1976) previously reviewed here
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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
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Friday, April 5, 2024
Today 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)
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Friday, March 29, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
My next TCM film to see is the late Mike Hodges’ 1971 Neo-noir triumph Get Carter
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, March 25, 2024
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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 22, 2024
Today on TCM:
A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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