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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of 1942’s Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 28th):
Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Tonight 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?,
Dish of the Day
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Monday, February 10, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Night of the Living Dead (1968, a New 4k Restoration)
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Friday, February 7, 2025
In Lyon, France the Institut Lumiere is presenting Roman Holiday (1953, as part of their ‘Audrey Hepburn America’s Darling’ series)
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Thursday, February 6, 2025
In Auckland, New Zealand, Academy Cinemas is presenting The Ipcress File (1965)
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 17th):
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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Tuesday, February 4, 2025
Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column
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Just some thoughts on current happenings:
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Monday, February 3, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
Bonnie and Clyde is a seminal gangster saga heavily influenced by the French iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard.
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Friday, January 31, 2025
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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Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Today on TCM:
Next up is a light-hearted and charming Christmas holiday treat: Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940).
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Tuesday, January 28, 2025
In Bergen, Norway The Cinemateket i Bergen will present Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)
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Monday, January 27, 2025
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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) film noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Friday, January 24, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Few biopics are as inspirational as Michael Curtiz’ Jim Thorpe - All American (1951)
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
1967’s Bonnie and Clyde is a seminal gangster saga heavily influenced by the French iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 19th):
The multi-talented Gordon Parks made his directorial debut at age 57 with 1969's The Learning Tree based on his semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
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