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Sunday, July 16, 2023
Today on TCM:
After directing Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh’s very next film retained all of that film’s energy and even added some for White Heat (1949)
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Saturday, July 15, 2023
Today on TCM:
Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir
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Friday, July 14, 2023
Today on TCM:
From the same director who brought us Citizen Kane comes another kind of cinematic hero (of sorts). Michael O'Hara, like the deeply flawed Kane, is flawlessly played by his creator Orson Welles. Unlike Citizen Kane however, this film fell under its producer Harry Cohn's butchery with considerable footage lost and destroyed forever. Nevertheless, what survives is vastly entertaining and not to be missed. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
Today on TCM:
A film noir worth checking out (although not so well known), is 1955’s Illegal
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Recently in a Writers related chat room (readers are welcome to join our Cinema related room here) a member asked about “… the ARTISTIC appeal of Citizen Kane, perhaps using Casablanca as a point of reference.”
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
Today on TCM:
Next up are a couple of exciting films noir that first arrived on the scene in 1953, appearing back to back on TCM:
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Monday, July 10, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member created what I considered to be a “well articulated and fascinating” post extolling the ‘70s for advancing
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Sunday, July 9, 2023
Today on TCM:
TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
My next recommendation is one of those lesser known films noir with a most appropriate title: Impact (1949).
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Friday, July 7, 2023
Today on TCM:
1972's The Getaway,
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Thursday, July 6, 2023
Today on TCM:
The next TCM recommendation has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: The Night of the Hunter.
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Wednesday, July 5, 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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Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Today on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
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Sunday, July 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca (1942)
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Saturday, July 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, June 30, 2023
Recently added to June’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of Victim (1961)
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Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Today on TCM:
From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,
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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
In thinking about the long proliferation of big budget science fiction fantasy films, more specifically Star Wars, its sequels and reboots, I was reminded of this little debate of long ago with noted film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert defending the franchise against John Simon’s disparaging comments
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