Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, January 10, 2024
This weekend on TCM:
The unmissable Busby Berkeley extravaganza Footlight Parade (1933), is a previous TCM recommendation here. Let the show begin Saturday, January 11 at 9 am PST.
Musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley
Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy. This life or death struggle will commence Saturday, January 11 at 11 am PST.
Ralph Meeker, Barbara Stanwyck
My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968), previously reviewed here and commencing at TCM Saturday, January 11 at 12:30 pm PST, worth their while.
(From left) Patrick McGoohan, Rock Hudson
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
In my review of Casablanca(1942), I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942)
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, January 3, 2025
Today on TCM:
1945’s Spellbound directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is another film whereby I’ve previously promoted its soundtrack and have added a few words regarding the film itself here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, December 27, 2024
Today on TCM:
When affairs of the heart are so well integrated with thoughts of murder as they are in the Humphrey Bogart starrer Conflict (1945), we have the makings of an exceptional film noir. This
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, December 16, 2024
Today on TCM:
This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a terrifying drama like 1962’s Cape Fear, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 29, 2024
Today on TCM:
After directing Colorado Territory, Raoul Walsh’s very next film retained all of that film’s energy and even added some for White Heat (1949), previously reviewed here.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, November 22, 2024
Today on TCM:
Otto Preminger’s directed classic, 1944’s Laura, is the exacting director’s slick and assured amalgamation of mystery (whodunnit) and film noir (obsessive desire, gruesome murder etc) elements.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Tomorrow on TCM:
If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
