Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 30, 2025
Today on TCM:
Top Ten Western #6 is Howard Hawks' 1948 Red River reviewed here. This is one acutely observed, character-driven western you don't want to miss. The drive will begin on TCM Monday, June 30th at 1:30 pm PDT.
(From left) John Wayne, Montgomery Clift
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 27, 2025
Today on TCM:
A top of the line screwball comedy released the same year as Sullivan’s Travels and, even more remarkably, from the same writer (co-writer here along with Monckton Hoffe) / director is The Lady Eve (1941) reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until June 29th):
From the same director who brought us Citizen Kane comes another kind of cinematic hero (of sorts). Michael O'Hara, like the deeply flawed Kane, is flawlessly played by his creator Orson Welles. Unlike Citizen Kane however, this film fell under its producer Harry Cohn's butchery with considerable footage lost and destroyed forever. Nevertheless, what survives is vastly entertaining and not to be missed. The Lady from Shanghai (1947) was previously recommended here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
“Imagine a dish like this married to a mug like Benny McBride... the naked and the dead.”
Next up is Richard Fleischer’s little powder keg of a film noir Armored Car Robbery (1950), previously recommended here and set to explode Tuesday, June 24th at 2:30 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 20, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank, a Neo-noir masterpiece fortified with style and driven by purpose.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 19, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present the exceptional Neo-noir Get Carter (1971, a 4K presentation) Friday, June 20th at 12 noon.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, June 16, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until July 12th):
"Complaining about the far-fetched circumstances in films noir is like objecting to the lack of realism in a Picasso painting. What I mean is that lovers of these criminally rich cinematic delights oughtn’t to bother picking out the implausibilities, since they are practically a hallmark of noir's style."
I've written this before when introducing Split Second (1953), a film noir that presents some rather unlikely occurring, but fascinating, situations.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, June 13, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
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. This touching coming of age story was previously lauded, along with its creator Parks, in an article entitled: Exploring the Artefacts #5: The Alchemist.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Do not be conned out of seeing the delightful The Flim-Flam Man (1967), previously reviewed here, when making a rare showing on TCM Friday, June 13 at 7 pm PDT.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950) previously recommended here.
