Dish of the Day
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Today on TCM:
Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968)
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 15, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Today on TCM:
A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
A film well worth seeing is Network (1976)
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 17th):
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's vast diversity after watching so many hard-hitting dramas, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday?
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Friday, February 9, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Casablanca (1942, a 35mm print)
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 19th):
Director John Frankenheimer’s subtle but evocative character study The Gypsy Moths was released in 1969.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives addresses this reality head on
Dish of the Day
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is the unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933)
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Friday, February 2, 2024
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1947’s Nora Prentiss is portrayed by Ann Sheridan.
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Thursday, February 1, 2024
Tomorrow, very early morning on TCM:
The more psychologically disturbing (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of next month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Today on TCM:
Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962)
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Monday January 29, 2024
Today on TCM:
1967’s Bonnie and Clyde is a seminal gangster saga
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 2nd):
Fans of film noir who haven't seen John Brahm's 1946 The Locket
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
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, January 24, 2024
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of 2015’s Sicario, 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, January 23, 2024
Today on TCM:
The next TCM recommendation has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: The Night of the Hunter.
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Monday, January 22, 2024
Tonight 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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