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Friday, September 13, 2024
In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting:
The Searchers (1956, a New 4k Restoration)
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Thursday, September 12, 2024
Tomorrow, early morning, on TCM:
Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Today on TCM:
There have been quite a few movies centred around boxing over the years from 1937’s Kid Galahad to 2018’s Creed II with plenty of standouts in-between such as 1947’s Body and Soul, 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1972’s Fat City and 1980’s Raging Bull. None of these, however, get as straight to the punchline as 1949’s knockout noir The Set-Up
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Monday, September 9, 2024
Today on TCM:
“You will have a real face.”
Now comes France's finest entry in the horror genre, Georges Franju's Les yeux sans visage aka Eyes Without a Face (1960).
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Friday, September 6, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968)
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Thursday, September 5, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of the Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures is The Battle of Algiers a.k.a. La battaglia di Algeri (1966).
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024
In Los Feliz (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 Theatre will present Titicut Follies (1967, as part of their ‘Frederick Wiseman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ series)
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
First up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck
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Monday, September 2, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Friday, August 30, 2024
This weekend 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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Thursday, July 29, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 29th):
Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
Just letting viewers know that TCM will be showing Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
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Monday, August 26, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
Many of the films first listed as "Hidden Gems" are not so hidden anymore thanks to those companies releasing them on DVD and Blu-ray in addition to their regular showings on TCM. One of these is Hidden Gem #59, The Hill (1965)
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Friday, August 23, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
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Thursday, August 22, 2024
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 24th):
The Stalking Moon (1968) is a modest but skilfully mounted western packed with suspense
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
In Los Angeles, California The Beverly Cinema will present a double bill of Watermelon Man (1970, a 35mm print) at 7:30 pm and Putney Swope (1969, a 35mm print)
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
This next offering I would not necessarily recommend except perhaps for its Jerry Goldsmith score: The Swarm (1978)
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Monday, August 19, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
Western fans should check out the rock solid The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
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