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Thursday, July 25, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
This next recommendation is a modest but skilfully mounted western packed with suspense, The Stalking Moon (1968)
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Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next up are 2 films directed by Stanley Kubrick playing back-to-back:
Stanley Kubrick took the entire film community, along with noir fans, by (a perfect) storm with his innovative 1956 take on the caper genre, The Killing
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Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of director John Frankenheimer’s more accomplished films is Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
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Monday, July 22, 2024
Today on TCM:
One of the finest westerns ever made is Top Ten Western #4. Sam Peckinpah's elegiac Ride the High Country (1962)
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Friday, July 19, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
As mentioned in the first TCM recommendation this month, 1933’s Baby Face, this next film offers a sort of male version of the same goal: to climb the corporate ladder. Plus, it is sure to succeed as a fun and lively musical to watch. How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
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Thursday, July 18, 2024
Today on TCM:
James Garner, Rod Taylor and Eva Marie Saint star in the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964)
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 5th):
“Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.”
If you are a fan of crime films, do not miss Richard Fleischer’s little powder keg of a film noir, Armored Car Robbery (1950)
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Tuesday, July 16, 2024
In Los Angeles, California The Beverly Cinema will present a double bill of Bringing Up Baby (1938, a 35mm print at 7:30 pm) and The Palm Beach Story (1942, a 35mm print at 9:40 pm)
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Monday, July 15, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Another top of the line screwball comedy released the same year as Sullivan’s Travels and, even more remarkably, from the same writer (co-writer here along with Monckton Hoffe) / director is The Lady Eve (1941)
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Friday, July 12, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
Sadly, still another incredible performer from The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
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Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Today on TCM:
In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (reviewed here)
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Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Today on TCM:
This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
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Monday, July 8, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until July 13th):
A couple on their way to New York City are about to have a serious reality check in 1970’s “comedy” The Out-of-Towners
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Wednesday, July 3, 2024
Today on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
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Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Currently available on Watch TCM (until July 12th):
Many experts have claimed that this next TCM recommendation is the first identifiable film noir made in the U.S. and released during the category's classic time period (1940 - 1959): Boris Ingster's 1940 Stranger on the Third Floor.
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Monday, July 1, 2024
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column containing news of various classic film screenings happening in theatres around the world and the first 15 (out of 30) recommended movies to watch this month on TCM.
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