Thursday, March 6, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 25th):
A film well worth seeing is Network (1976), a “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.
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, March 6, 2025
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Next up is Baby Face (1933), the Pre-Code sensation starring Barbara Stanwyck
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 15th):
One of my past TCM recommendations, reviewed here, is 1945’s The Lost Weekend.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until March 16th):
“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress (1949)
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Monday, March 3, 2025
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MGM contract player Robert Taylor appeared in a startling number of excellent films. Johnny Eager (1941)
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Friday, February 28, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Re-Animator (1985)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
My final TCM recommendation for the month is Roman Polanski’s Tess (1979)
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 28th):
“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with ‘Bates' Motel’ printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”
Still another Hitchcock artistic triumph was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho
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Tuesday, February 25, 2025
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One of the most intelligent and illuminating documentaries ever produced is Robert Epstein's 1984 feature The Times of Harvey Milk
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, February 24, 2025
In London, United Kingdom The Prince Charles Cinema will present Kiss Me Deadly (1955, a 35mm print)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Friday, February 21, 2025
In New York City, New York, Film Forum is presenting as part of their ‘Tales from the New Yorker’ series, The Swimmer (1968)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 20, 2025
Today on TCM:
Bad Day at Black Rock, reviewed here, is 1955's modern-day take on the American Western.
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Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Today on TCM:
Also on TCM’s agenda is the Neo-noir Bullitt (1968), one of Steve McQueen’s most iconic characterisations.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Monday, February 17, 2025
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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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Friday, February 14, 2025
In Hollywood (part of greater Los Angeles) California, The Vista Theater will present Vertigo (1958, a 70mm print)
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Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Thursday, February 13, 2025
Tomorrow on TCM:
Many readers have taken me to task for my inclusion of 1942’s 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:
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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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:
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Tonight on TCM:
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?,
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