Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, June 27, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca on a list of “All that Glitters…”: The Overrated.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Today on TCM:
Next up is Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 9, 2024
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Casablanca (1942, a 35mm print)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Today and tomorrow early morning on TCM:
Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, July 2, 2023
Today on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of Casablanca (1942)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 24, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” was inspired by a recent post in our Facebook chat room (all readers are welcome to join here). For more than several years now whenever TCM shows Now, Voyager (1942), I post my review. Casablanca was released later that year and since it shares some of the same important artists who contributed to the making of Now, Voyager, I reference that film as well.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Saturday, April 8, 2023
Today 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.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, March 12, 2023
“Noir or Not Noir” (Part 2)
In various Film Noir related chat rooms, I’ve been routinely asked whether certain films should be classified as “Film Noir.”
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Sunday, March 5, 2023
Coming up on TCM:
After having shared my review of Doctor Zhivago a number of times in various Facebook film related chatrooms (including the Cinema Cafe group all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685), I’m often informed that this film wasn’t that well received when it was released or even incorrectly told that Doctor Zhivago was derided by all of the critics at the time it was first shown theatrically.
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