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

Friday, April 19, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

From 1947 comes a story that takes place during the Christmas Holidays, the film noir Lady in the Lake reviewed here, Saturday, April 20 at 1:30 pm PDT.

Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter

TCM's current monthly schedule can be confirmed by clicking on the above image. For those who live in parts of the U.S. other than the western region, the time zone can be adjusted in the upper right-hand corner of TCM's programme.


in Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles), California, TCM’s annual Classic Film Festival continues to Sunday, April 21. Just a few of its special screenings include the following:

Them!

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

On Friday, April 19th:

Them! (1954) will be presented from 12 to 2:15 pm with special guests Craig Barron and Ben Burtt

Close Encounters of the Third Kind [The Director’s Cut] (1977) will be shown from 5:45 pm to 8:30 pm with special guests Steven Spielberg and Howard Suber

Dirty Harry

The Big Heat

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shop Around the Corner

On Saturday, April 20th:

Dirty Harry (1971) will be presented from 9:15 am to 11:15 am with special guest Andrew Robinson

The Big Heat (1953) will be shown from 12:15 pm to 2 pm with special guest Dana Delany

The Shawshank Redemption (1994, a 30th Anniversary Presentation) will be shown from 6:15 pm to 9 pm with special guests Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins

The Shop Around the Corner (1940) will be presented from 6:45 pm to 8:30 pm


Double Indemnity

Lawrence of Arabia

The Searchers

Chinatown

The Asphalt Jungle

On Sunday April 20th:

Double Indemnity (1944, an 80th Anniversary Presentation) will be presented from 9 am to 11 am

Lawrence of Arabia (1962, a 70mm presentation) will be shown from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm with special guest Caleb Deschanel

The Searchers (1956, a 70mm print, WORLD PREMIERE RESTORATION COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. CLASSICS) will be shown from 3:15 pm to 5:30 pm with special guest Alexander Payne

Chinatown (1974, a 50th Anniversary Presentation) will be shown from 3:30 pm to 6 pm with special guest Carl Franklin

The Asphalt Jungle (1950) will be shown from 7:45 pm to 9:45 pm

For the complete TCM schedule starting with Friday’s line-up, click on the TCM Classic Film Festival image above. For more information on each of the screenings featured, click on the appropriate film capture.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.


Hope to see you Monday, April 22nd.



A.G.