Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Today on TCM:
"Complaining about the far-fetched circumstances in films noir is like objecting to the lack of realism in a Picasso painting. What I mean is that lovers of these criminally rich cinematic delights oughtn’t to bother picking out the implausibilities, since they are practically a hallmark of noir's style."
I've written this before when introducing Split Second (1953),
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the second and remaining half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Today on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production,
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 5, 2023
Today on TCM:
Raoul Walsh's Colorado Territory (1949)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past (1947)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Just posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Recently added to May’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Today 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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 29, 2023
Today on TCM:
Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968),
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 26, 2023
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays"
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 25, 2023
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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Today on TCM:
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Today on TCM:
Next up is The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968),
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, May 22, 2023
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9
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Treasure Trivia:
The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured.
Members are challenged to match the following character names with the pictures below them as well as identify each film and finally, the common denominator shared by all of the characters named. The first person to answer all questions correctly on this post in the comments section below will be awarded the following prize:
The prize selected is a choice between the CD soundtracks to World Trade Center with music composed by Craig Armstrong or Lady in the Water with music composed by James Newton Howard. Both are new and sealed. Either choice will be internationally airmailed to the winner. Good luck!
The Characters:
1. Diane Redfern
2. Arch Stanton
3. George Reynolds aka Raymond Rakubian
4. Sean Regan
5. Rebecca de Winter
6. Bernard Quill
The Motion Pictures (to be identified and matched with the names above):
And lastly: what do the six characters listed have in common?
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, May 19, 2023
Today on TCM:
My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968),
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Today on TCM:
One of David Lean's more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Now playing on Watch TCM (available at no extra cost to all TCM subscribers):
Tequila Sunrise (1988)
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