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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, January 1, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

In my review of Casablanca (1942), I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942) where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, December 29, 2025

Today on TCM:

I have written a few words about this next showing, part of TCM’s tribute to director/producer Martin Ritt, in the first of a series on impressive opening sequences entitled Main Title Inspirations No. 1: The Brotherhood.

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until January 1st):

Anyone who wishes to enjoy the Holiday spirit might want to pay a little visit to Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940), previously reviewed here.

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, December 12, 2025

This weekend on TCM:

‘Noiristas’, seeking a slick and twisty British Neo-noir from Hammer Studios, need look no further than Hidden Gem #35 Cash on Demand, released in 1961.

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until December 16th):


The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho was previously reviewed here.

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, December 8, 2025

Today on TCM:

Next up, is a WW II film that can only be defined by its setting. There are just too many dispersed ideas regarding tone and perspective to communicate what kind of film Kelly’s Heroes (1970) is, let alone how any of its numerous genre types are successfully represented.

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