Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

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

Friday, November 25, 2023

Currently available on Watch TCM (until December 17th):

The next 3 recommendations are all films noir, each packing a solid punch.

The first is a highly distinctive crime film, overflowing with noir goodness, 1949’s Too Late for Tears.

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tags / Film musings, Watch TCM, Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973)

"Now Listen to Me..."

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Roxie Theater San Francisco, Duck Soup (1933), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), TO Live Orchestra, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Landlord (1970), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Rope (1948), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) (1964), In a Lonely Place (1950), Baby Face (1933), King Kong (1933), Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Taxi Driver (1976), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager (1942), The Hunted (1948), The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Party (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973), The Big Heat (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Jacqueline White, Saving Private Ryan (Soundtrack)

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

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Today on TCM:

All of the 4 films noir recommended below benefit greatly from the presence of actress Audrey Totter.

From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Unsuspected (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Tension (1949)

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Revolutionary Orchestra, Secret Movie Club, The Orchestre philharmonique de Nice et Chœur région Sud, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Flashback Cinema, The Belgian National Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, The Learning Tree (1969), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, All About Eve (1950), Pillow Talk (1959), Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve (1941), Village of the Damned (1960), Singin' in the Rain, Network (1976), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Stop Me Before I Kill! aka The Full Treatment, Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Unsuspected (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Tension (1949), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Brief Encounter, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep (1946), The Searchers (1956), Jerzy Skolimowski, Dead Again (Soundtrack)