Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, July 25, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
A film well worth seeing is Network (1976), previously reviewed here. This “mad as hell” exposé of just how far some TV executives will go to exploit for profit a former news anchor’s severe “on the air” mental breakdown, will itself air on TCM Saturday, July 26 at 6:45 pm PDT.
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Hope to see you Monday, July 28th.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, July 24, 2025
In In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting Ikiru (1952, as part of their KUROSAWA IN 4K series), on Friday, July 25th at 5:20 pm.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next up is a film not often shown on TCM and a review which is sure to have some “unfriend” me in our Facebook chat room: 1974’s Chinatown.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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“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.
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Monday, July 21, 2025
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TCM is having a rare showing of The Gangster (1947).
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Friday, July 18, 2025
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One of Sidney Poitier’s most persuasive film roles occurs in the lesser known but exceptional cold war thriller The Bedford Incident: Hidden Gem #32 and previously recommended here.
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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next, is a cinematic portrait of a powerful historical female leader, Cleopatra (1963), previously reviewed here.
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Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Next is Strange Cargo which I previously listed as one of my TOP TEN Guilty Treasures.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
My next TCM film to see is Fritz Lang’s 1952 Clash by Night which is reviewed as a DVD recommendation here.
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Monday, July 14, 2025
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… is David Lean’s magnificent 1962 epic Lawrence of Arabia.
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
After her breakthrough role in Joseph von Sternberg's The Blue Angel made in Germany, Marlene Dietrich made six more films with the autocratic director in the U.S. The Scarlet Empress (1934), previously reviewed here, is arguably the duo’s most accomplished.
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Thursday, July 10, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
TCM will have a rare showing of the cult classic Blue Velvet, previously reviewed here, on Friday, July 11th at 7 pm PDT.
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (reviewed here) remarkably delivering all of the guttural force of its theatrical origin while creating a more intimate, and cinema appropriate, dynamic all its own.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Today on TCM:
Next up is the remarkably understated, albeit compelling, racial drama Intruder in the Dust released in 1949.
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Monday, July 7, 2025
Today on TCM:
My next recommendation is Howard Hawks’ lightening fast comedy/romance His Girl Friday (1940), reviewed here and blasting off Monday, July 7th at 3 pm PDT.
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Friday, July 4, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
1972's The Getaway is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films; still, as a genre piece, it punches solidly above its pay grade.
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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), reviewed here, Friday, July 4th at 11 am PDT.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
My next TCM film to see is Fritz Lang’s 1952 Clash by Night which is reviewed as a DVD recommendation here.
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Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Today on TCM:
Next on my list of films to watch is King Kong (1933), who's scheduled to make his grand entrance on Tuesday, July 1st at 1 pm PDT.
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Monday, June 30, 2025
Today on TCM:
Top Ten Western #6 is Howard Hawks' 1948 Red River reviewed here.
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