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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968)
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Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Raoul Walsh's Colorado Territory (1949)
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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A “Street” worth visiting is John Sturges’ masterfully directed film noir, 1950's Mystery Street
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Monday, October 14, 2024
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“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress,
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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One of the most intelligent and illuminating documentaries ever produced is Robert Epstein's 1984 feature The Times of Harvey Milk
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Monday, October 7, 2024
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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,
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
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Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
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The Stalking Moon (1968) is a modest but skilfully mounted western packed with suspense
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Friday, August 16, 2024
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Next is the highly engrossing and tension filled film noir The Steel Trap (1952)
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024
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One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024
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Top Ten Western #6 is Howard Hawks' 1948 Red River
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Thursday, August 8, 2024
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Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
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Tuesday, August 6, 2024
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"Complaining about the far-fetched circumstances in films noir is like objecting to the lack of realism in a Picasso painting. What I mean is that lovers of these criminally rich cinematic delights oughtn’t to bother picking out the implausibilities, since they are practically a hallmark of noir's style."
I've written this before when introducing Split Second (1953)
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
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“Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.”
If you are a fan of crime films, do not miss Richard Fleischer’s little powder keg of a film noir, Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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Monday, July 8, 2024
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A couple on their way to New York City are about to have a serious reality check in 1970’s “comedy” The Out-of-Towners
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
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Many experts have claimed that this next TCM recommendation is the first identifiable film noir made in the U.S. and released during the category's classic time period (1940 - 1959): Boris Ingster's 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor.
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Monday, June 24, 2024
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Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951), previously reviewed here, may sound like some forgotten Douglas Sirk melodrama but certainly has its fair share of film noir qualifications delivered with assuredness by director Felix Feist.
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Thursday, June 20, 2024
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1972's The Getaway, is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films; still, as a genre piece, it punches solidly above its pay grade.
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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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Anthony Mann’s low-budget, up close and personal foray into the war genre is an artistic triumph of the highest order: 1957’s Men in War