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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Today on TCM:
"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand."
Out of the Past (1947) is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here.
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Monday, April 29, 2024
In Los Feliz (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The American Cinematheque Los Feliz 3 Theatre will present The Manchurian Candidate (1962, as part of their CINEMATIC VOID series)
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Friday April 26, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Dustin Hoffman’s breakthrough role occurred in 1967’s The Graduate
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Today on TCM:
Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola’s 1979 magnum opus Apocalypse Now
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Monday, April 22, 2024
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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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
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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Just a reminder that in Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles), California TCM is having its annual Classic Film Festival Thursday, April 18 to Sunday, April 21.
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Today (early morning) 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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Monday, April 15, 2024
I’ve just added a short notice on the 1978 film The Boys in Company C
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, April 12, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983.
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Thursday, April 11, 2024
In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the Packard Campus Theater is presenting Double Indemnity (1944, a 35mm print, an 80th Anniversary screening)
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Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Tonight on TCM:
Rarely does an atmosphere of such overpowering dread subsume a cinematic story so completely as it does 1943's The Seventh Victim.
Dish of the Day
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 8, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Heat [Director’s Definitive Edition] (1995, a 4k presentation) Monday, April 8 at 12 pm and Duck Soup (1933) Monday, April 8 at 5 pm.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).
The Out-of-Towners (1970)
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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969, a 4k presentation, a 65th Anniversary screening)
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Monday, April 1, 2024
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 film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 29, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
My next TCM film to see is the late Mike Hodges’ 1971 Neo-noir triumph Get Carter
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