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Tuesday, February 27, 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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Monday, February 26, 2024
Today on TCM:
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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Friday, February 23, 2024
Today on TCM:
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura, is the exacting director’s slick and assured amalgamation of mystery (whodunnit) and film noir (obsessive desire, gruesome murder etc) elements.
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Thursday, February 22, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 23rd):
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has Spencer Tracy in the title role.
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Noir City now taking place in Seattle, Washington is running until February 22nd. On Wednesday, February 21st, one of the greatest American films, The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Noir City now taking place in Seattle, Washington is running until February 22nd. On Tuesday, February 20th an ultra rare showing of CC Hidden Gem #42, Black Tuesday (1954, a 35mm print)
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Monday, February 19, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 20th):
1947’s Nora Prentiss is portrayed by Ann Sheridan.
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Sunday, February 18, 2024
How Quentin Tarantino’s “One of the Worst Decades in Hollywood…” Was Actually One of Its Greatest
Part 2: Where the filmmaker and I, more or less, agree, the ‘80s
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Friday, February 16, 2024
Today on TCM:
Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968)
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Thursday, February 15, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is another film noir bonafide classic: 1952’s The Narrow Margin.
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Wednesday, February 14, 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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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
A film well worth seeing is Network (1976)
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Monday, February 12, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 17th):
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's vast diversity after watching so many hard-hitting dramas, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday?
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Friday, February 9, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Casablanca (1942, a 35mm print)
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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 19th):
Director John Frankenheimer’s subtle but evocative character study The Gypsy Moths was released in 1969.
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives addresses this reality head on
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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next is the unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933)
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Monday, February 5, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Friday, February 2, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 20th):
1947’s Nora Prentiss is portrayed by Ann Sheridan.
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