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Thursday, September 28, 2023
Today on TCM:
In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Today on TCM:
Also in this month’s lineup is Todd Browning's shockingly bold and terrifying 1932 film, Freaks,
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Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Recently posted to the CC site is >>> End Credits #105 <<<,
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Monday, September 25, 2023
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TCM is making available to its subscribers, one of the most astute explorations of small town American life, 1971’s The Last Picture Show,
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Friday, September 22, 2023
Today on TCM:
The multi-talented Gordon Parks made his directorial debut at age 57 with 1969's The Learning Tree
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Thursday, September 21, 2023
Today on TCM:
TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Today on TCM:
“I love this dirty town.”
New York City’s vernacular never smelled sweeter than it does in 1957’s Sweet Smell of Success.
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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Today on TCM:
First is Baby Face (1933),
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Monday, September 18, 2023
Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column containing another 12 recommended movies to watch on TCM (bringing the total to 25),
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Friday, September 15, 2023
Recently, in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here), I got hammered pretty good for criticising Steven Spielberg’s often employed overly sentimental approach to cinematic storytelling, specifically as it relates to the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001).
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Thursday, September 14, 2023
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
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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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
In Bristol, U.K., the Watershed movie theatre will present Scarlet Street
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
This evening on TCM:
In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank,
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Monday, September 11, 2023
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When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945)
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Friday, September 8, 2023
This weekend on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Early this morning on TCM:
MGM contract player Robert Taylor appeared in a startling number of excellent films. Johnny Eager (1941)
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
This morning on TCM:
An Edward G. Robinson starring film to see is Dark Hazard (1934):
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
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Monday, September 4, 2023
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…”<<< column
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Friday, September 1, 2023
This weekend on TCM:
Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.
Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946)
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