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Monday, May 22, 2023
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9
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Friday, May 19, 2023
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My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968),
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Thursday, May 18, 2023
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One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago
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Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Now playing on Watch TCM (available at no extra cost to all TCM subscribers):
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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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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Friday, May 12, 2023
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A film well worth seeing is Network (1976),
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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when the chilling Village of the Damned (1960)
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
In this series, I’ll briefly compare Director’s Cuts on various films to their Theatrical Releases.
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Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Today on TCM:
Preston Sturges' masterpiece Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Monday, May 8, 2023
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For those who enjoy the best in creative romantic comedy, be sure to tune in for Pillow Talk
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
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“What a story! Everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end.”
All About Eve (1950) is really all about the spoken word
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) has Humphrey Bogart portraying perhaps his darkest and most psychologically troubled character.
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Friday, May 5, 2023
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The multi-talented Gordon Parks made his directorial debut at age 57 with 1969's The Learning Tree based on his semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
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Thursday, May 4, 2023
Today, in our Facebook chat room (all readers are welcome to join here), a member asked: “Whose acting style do you like the most among these 3 fine actresses…
… Huppert, Winslet or Blanchett?”
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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of 2002’s Minority Report, inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here).
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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Monday, May 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Friday, April 28, 2023
In this series, I’ll briefly compare Director’s Cuts on various films to their Theatrical Releases.
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Thursday, April 27, 2023
“Which one is he playing now?” (Acclaimed writer Somerset Maugham visiting the set of MGM’s 1941 remake of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Spencer Tracy).
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