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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Tonight on TCM:

My next TCM recommendation for the month is, for many experts, the final film noir released during the classification's classic time period (1940 - 1959), Orson Welles' stylistically assertive Touch of Evil (1958).  

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Today on TCM:

There have been quite a few movies centred around boxing over the years from 1937’s Kid Galahad to 2018’s Creed II with plenty of standouts in-between such as 1947’s Body and Soul, 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1972’s Fat City and 1980’s Raging Bull. None of these, however, get as straight to the punchline as 1949’s knockout noir The Set-Up

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

In Los Feliz (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 Theatre will present Titicut Follies (1967, as part of their ‘Frederick Wiseman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’ series)

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"Now Listen to Me..."

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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Dish of the Day

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, August 26, 2024

Tomorrow on TCM:

Many of the films first listed as "Hidden Gems" are not so hidden anymore thanks to those companies releasing them on DVD and Blu-ray in addition to their regular showings on TCM. One of these is Hidden Gem #59, The Hill (1965)

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, August 23, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.

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