Regent Park Movie Nights
Regent Park Movie Nights
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Read MoreDish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 6, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Besieged with production problems, the film 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, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm PST.
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
This next must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Today on TCM:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home after World War II.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) has Humphrey Bogart portraying perhaps his darkest and most psychologically troubled character.
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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
In my review of Casablanca, I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942) where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a serious drama like the previous selection, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
The more psychologically disturbing, (than monstrously horrifying) 1941 version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has Spencer Tracy in the title role. This was previously critiqued here.
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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, February 20, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Next is David Lean’s magnificent 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia which will appear Saturday, February 21 at 8:30 am PST.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of the most intelligent and illuminating documentaries ever produced is Robert Epstein's 1984 feature The Times of Harvey Milk previously reviewed here and making another rare showing on TCM Thursday, February 19 at 1 pm PST.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, February 16, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
This will be a really bad day for anyone who encounters Them! (the giant mutant ants that is).
Read MoreDish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 13, 2026
This weekend on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 23rd):
A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Tomorrow 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 well worth seeing.
Read MoreDish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Tomorrow on TCM:
Director Don Siegel's follow-up to Dirty Harry was a little crime caper that comparatively few took notice of perhaps because its title didn't suggest anything too exciting on the cinematic menu. The fact that it starred the often comedic Walter Matthau may have also contributed to the public's confusion over just what kind of film Charley Varrick was.