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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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This next recommendation is a modest but skilfully mounted western packed with suspense, The Stalking Moon (1968)
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Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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Besieged with production problems, and sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty
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Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Monday, July 24, 2023
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From 1968 is Hidden Gem #1, essayed in a less analytical and more personal fashion in Inspecting Hidden Gem #1: The Swimmer.
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Sunday, July 23, 2023
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TCM will present Charlie Chaplin’s charming cinematic love letter 1931’s City Lights
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Saturday, July 22, 2023
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Crime Wave (1953)
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Friday, July 21, 2023
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A film well worth seeing is Network (1976)
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Thursday, July 20, 2023
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Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950)
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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member made a post reflecting his thoughts on a recurring subject: that of whether opinions within the category of film criticisms are, or can be, subjective or objective in nature.
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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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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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Monday, July 17, 2023
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Next is the unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933)
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Sunday, July 16, 2023
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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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Saturday, July 15, 2023
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Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir
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Friday, July 14, 2023
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From the same director who brought us Citizen Kane comes another kind of cinematic hero (of sorts). Michael O'Hara, like the deeply flawed Kane, is flawlessly played by his creator Orson Welles. Unlike Citizen Kane however, this film fell under its producer Harry Cohn's butchery with considerable footage lost and destroyed forever. Nevertheless, what survives is vastly entertaining and not to be missed. The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
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Thursday, July 13, 2023
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A film noir worth checking out (although not so well known), is 1955’s Illegal
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
Recently in a Writers related chat room (readers are welcome to join our Cinema related room here) a member asked about “… the ARTISTIC appeal of Citizen Kane, perhaps using Casablanca as a point of reference.”
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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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Next up are a couple of exciting films noir that first arrived on the scene in 1953, appearing back to back on TCM:
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Monday, July 10, 2023
Recently in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member created what I considered to be a “well articulated and fascinating” post extolling the ‘70s for advancing
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Sunday, July 9, 2023
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TCM is showing Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
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My next recommendation is one of those lesser known films noir with a most appropriate title: Impact (1949).
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