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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
In Bristol, U.K., the Watershed movie theatre will present Scarlet Street
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Wednesday, September 13, 2023
In Bristol, U.K., the Watershed movie theatre will present Scarlet Street
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023
This evening on TCM:
In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank,
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Monday, September 11, 2023
Currently available on Watch TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945)
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Friday, September 8, 2023
This weekend on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Early this morning on TCM:
MGM contract player Robert Taylor appeared in a startling number of excellent films. Johnny Eager (1941)
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Wednesday, September 6, 2023
This morning on TCM:
An Edward G. Robinson starring film to see is Dark Hazard (1934):
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Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Tomorrow (early morning) on TCM:
Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
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Monday, September 4, 2023
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…”<<< column
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Friday, September 1, 2023
This weekend 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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Thursday, August 31, 2023
Recently added to August’s “Now Listen to Me…” column is a review of The Naked Spur (1953)
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Wednesday, August 30, 2023
In Chicago, Illinois, Noir City Chicago at the Music Box Theatre will present Moonrise (1948,
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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
How One of Quentin Tarantino’s Worst Decades in Hollywood Was Actually One of Its Greatest Part 1: An Introduction
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Monday, August 28, 2023
Today on TCM:
My next TCM recommendation for the month is 1947’s Nora Prentiss
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Sunday, August 27, 2023
Today on TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945),
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Saturday, August 26, 2023
Today on TCM:
For those who enjoy the best in creative romantic comedy, be sure to tune in for 1959’s Pillow Talk
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Friday, August 25, 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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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Not too long ago in our film related chat room (readers are welcome to join here) a member made some criticisms regarding a film that doesn’t often receive any: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
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Tuesday, August 22, 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 (1965)
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