By David in TN
friday, may 16, 2025 at 8:42:00 p.m. edt
TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Touchez pas au grisbi (1954) (Don’t Touch the Loot)
David in TN: A 1954 French noir film. Never seen it but it’s supposed to be pretty good, as French noir films often are.
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For a change of pace(I hardly ever watch movies anymore,though I'd like to)I caught,for tbe first time,"An Unmarried Woman" on Movies(antenna channel 54).
It came out in 1978 and starred Jill Clayburgh and Alan Bates,directed by Paul Mazursky,a kind of Mary Tyler Moore Show variation--if Mary was married--then dumped by her husband.
I like movies from the 70s,the music,the way the movies are crafted,the atmosphere,the actors and actresses. If Clayburgh's character would have been a man,he'd be Woody Allen,chasing Diane Keaton at an art gallery. It kept my attention,as I lasted the full 2 1/2 hours.
Like Mary never did,Clayburgh's character doesn't give up her independence for "the perfect guy",which was the message of the day. I'm not sure what the message of movies these days is, besides staying away from someone who looks like the Incredible Hulk--or that White people aren't important in Hollywood anymore.
But in 1978,they certainly were and "An Unmarried Woman" gets ☆☆☆ out of 4 and zero monkeys--no blacks were seen throughout the entire film.
--GRA
THE MASK 3 WITH JIM CARREY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE RELEASED IN 2025
(GRA)In other movie news,one of my favorite flicks of all time--"The Mask"-- is getting a(n unfortunate)sequel. The bad news:The trailer shows Jim Carrey(28 years later) with a face that looks very troubled. Not his character,Stanley Ipkiss,Carrey himself looks as if he's been through a few nervous breakdowns in real life and unless this movie is not a comedy,Carrey should not have reprised the great role he excelled at,when he was much younger.
The worse news:It looks like it wants to be a dark Batman type flick. The only good news:A still very attractive Cameron Diaz is in the cast as a villain.
I have my doubts about the "Mask 3" being anything but a waste of time and money.
--GRA
Long, long ago, THE NEW YORKER magazine used to have weekly contests where the readers would supply clever responses on a given topic. One was to supply an ironic capsule description for a movie being shown on TV. I thought this response was pretty cute:
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CHANNEL 0- "AN UNMARRIED WOMAN." (1978) A woman struggles for respect and recognition in a male-dominated world. Stars Alan Bates. (2 hrs.)
-RM
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at Midnight and 10 a.m. ET is Edward Dmytryk's Cornered (1945) with Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Micheline Cheirel, Morris Carnovsky, Luther Adler.
Cornered is a recycled selection from Memorial Day Weekend five years ago. Powell, as a former Canadian flyer newly released POW, is searching for the man responsible for is French bride's death.
For Memorial Day Weekend, TCM is showing its library of war films. Most of the best-known entries are on. Battleground (1949), which we have discussed, at 2 a.m. ET early Sunday Morning.
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