Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, April 4, 2025
This weekend on TCM:
A film noir bonafide classic is 1952’s The Narrow Margin. This little firecracker is also a previous TCM recommendation here and is set to explode in host Eddie Muller's Noir Alley Saturday, April 5 at 9 pm PST and again on Sunday, April 6 at 7 am PST.
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All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.
Hope to see you Monday, April 7th.
A.G.
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 8th):
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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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 9th):
TCM is bringing back Bringing Up Baby (1938) previously recommended here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
My first suggested TCM showing for the month is the Marx Brothers' Monkey Business previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, March 31, 2025
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The caper film first laid its roots in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 28, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
I previously wrote about MGM contract actor Robert Taylor appearing in a startling number of well crafted films when writing about 1941’s Johnny Eager. He also starred alongside some of Hollywood’s hottest leading ladies including Lana Turner in the aforementioned film and Ava Gardner in The Bribe (1949)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 27, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present In a Lonely Place (1950, a 35mm print)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 21st):
This next film to see is Fritz Lang’s 1952 Clash by Night
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Today on TCM:
Immediately following Hotel, Rod Taylor again headlines the intriguing “Mission Impossible” prototype espionage thriller 36 Hours (1964), previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, March 24, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
1967's Hotel was taken, like 1970's Airport, from a novel by Arthur Hailey and is the far better crafted of the two films.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 21, 2025
Today on TCM:
One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 20, 2025
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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) film noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Today on TCM:
TCM is showing an underrated film noir, Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) reviewed as a Blu-ray recommendation here
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, March 17, 2023
Currently available on Watch TCM (until April 14th):
TCM is making available to its subscribers, one of film noir's finest, 1950’s Gun Crazy, previously reviewed here.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, March 14, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 10th):
1972's The Getaway, is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 26th):
TCM is presenting another top Preston Sturges classic, Remember the Night (1940)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Wednesday, March 12, 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)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
One of Alfred Hitchcock’s more uncustomary, yet distinguished, offerings is 1953’s I Confess
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, March 10, 2025
Today on TCM:
Patterns (1956) is Hidden Gem #54
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