Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, October 25, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).
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Thursday, October 24, 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, October 23, 2024
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968)
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024
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Next, is a cinematic portrait of a powerful historical female leader, Cleopatra (1963)
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Monday, October 21, 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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Thursday, October 17, 2024
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Raoul Walsh's Colorado Territory (1949)
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Wednesday, October 16, 2024
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A “Street” worth visiting is John Sturges’ masterfully directed film noir, 1950's Mystery Street
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Tuesday, October 15, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Night of the Living Dead (1968, a 4k restoration)
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Monday, October 14, 2024
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“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress,
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Friday, October 11, 2024
In Los Feliz (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 Theatre will present The Quick and the Dead (1995, a 35mm print)
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Thursday, October 10, 2024
In Palo Alto, California The Stanford Theatre is presenting on October 10th and 11th:
The Seventh Victim (1946, a 35mm print)
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024
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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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Monday, October 7, 2024
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After her breakthrough role in Joseph von Sternberg's The Blue Angel, made in Germany, Marlene Dietrich made six more films with the autocratic director in the U.S. The Scarlet Empress,
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Friday, September 20, 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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Thursday, September 19, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
Some cinephiles take aim at those films identified as film noir if their stories’ setting occur during an earlier time than the classic period (1940 - 1959) in which they were made. They insist that this alone would disqualify a film from being categorised as such, even though the dark criminal surroundings and emphasis on character motive are present and accounted for. The Tall Target is such an example and for myself, joins other so called “period noirs” that are rightfully embraced in the film noir canon.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
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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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation for the month is, for many experts, the final film noir released during the classification's classic time period (1940 - 1959), Orson Welles' stylistically assertive Touch of Evil (1958).
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Monday, September 16, 2024
Today on TCM:
One of the finest westerns ever made is Top Ten Western #4. Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Ride the High Country (1962)
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