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Wednesday, October 21 6:30 a.m. Araya (1959). Life working at a Venezuelan salt mine. Good job we have movies to experience these things. I bought this on Amazon earlier this year.

Tuesday, October 20/21 2:15 a.m. Madeinusa (2006). This Peruvian film by Claudia Llosa sounds like a complete original.

Monday, October 19/20 Peter Cushing SOTM 1 a.m. The Curse of Frankenstein (1957).

Sunday, October 18/19 8 p.m. Cane River (1982). A Creole love story. One of the many TBA films when the schedule was announced. midnight. Exit Smiling (1926). With Beatrice Lillie and Jack Pickford.

Saturday, October 17 10 a.m. Popeye: A Hull of a Mess (1942). 5:30 a.m. Return to Glennescaul (1953). Short subject with Orson Welles.

The winner of the 2019 Polish Film Best Picture Award was … Corpus Christi (2019) Jan Komasca, Poland

Friday, October 16 6:15 a.m. Trances (1981). Documentary featuring Moroccon music. Looks interesting. Maybe another Buena Vista Social Club?

I have forgotten now if they even mention that Campobello is in Canada.

Thursday, October 15 8 p.m. Tunes of Glory (1960). Tremendous performances from the entire cast in this one.

Wednesday, October 14 1 p.m. The Blackbird (1926). Tod Browning film with Lon Chaney.

Tuesday, October 13 3:30 p.m. The V.I.P.’s (1963). I just watched this again two night ago. Liz and Dick may be the headliners but the gems are in the supporting performances. Margaret Rutherford won an Oscar. Maggie Smith is very good too in what could have been a cliched part. Rod Taylor goes full down under. Orson Welles channelling Alexander Korda is great fun and Louis Jourdan has some great dialogue courtesy of Terrence Ratigan. A guilty pleasure.

1948 and I’ve also seen … Los Que Volvieron (1948) Alejandro Galindo, Mexico This is a word for word, shot for shot remake of Five Came Back (1939) by John Farrow. I started by watching the Farrow film and then followed it with the Mexican version. The Galindo film credits the original story that inspired Five Came Back but not the screenplay from that film which is a shame because all of the dialogue and sequences are virtually the same. The Mexican film even borrowed the exact same master shots of the airport in Guatemala and the model plane shots from the Farrow film. What it lacks is any charisma that the original offered with a fine cast that included Chester Morris, Lucille Ball, C. Aubrey Smith, Allen Jenkns and an outstanding Joseph Calliea. This version was as flat as a tortilla and about as dull as a read through. I then followed this by watching the John Farrow remake of his own film from 1956, Back From Eternity. Though it had some good actors such as Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger and Beulah Bondi it didn’t hold a candle to the original either. Here and there they gave some of the characters more of a back story but it was rather a lifeless affair.

Monday, October 12/13 Peter Cushing SOTM 2:30 a.m. Violent Playground (1958). With a young David McCallum.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's only great-granddaughter Desiree Anzalone dies at the age of 31 after six year battle with breast cancer Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's only great-granddaughter Desiree Anzalone has died at the age of 31. Anzalone passed on September 27, in her home state of Connecticut, after a six-year battle with cancer, People reported on Friday. Her mother Julia Arnaz, daughter of Desi Arnaz Jr., said her only daughter died 'peacefully,' though 'watching her slip away was just, I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. No mother should have to watch that.'

Sunday, October 11/12 2:15 a.m. The Fireman’s Ball (1967). By Milos Forman.

The 2019 winner of Spain’s Goya Award for Best Picture was … Pain and Glory (2019) Pedro Almodovar, Spain The 2019 winner of the Goya Award for Best European Film was … Les Miserables (2019) Ladj Ly, France The 2019 winner of the Goya Award for Best Spanish language Foreign Film was … Heroic Losers (2019) Sebastian Borensztein, Argentina

Saturday, October 10 10 a.m. Popeye: Alona the Sarong Seas (1942). noon. Tarzan the Ape Man (1932). This was a big favourite when I was a kid. I can only imagine what it was like for kids when it first came out.

Friday, October 9 3:15 p.m. Race Street (1948). Only because I haven’t seen it yet. With George Raft.

1944 3. Colonel Kato’s Flying Squadron (1944) Kajiro Yamamoto, Japan It was interesting to see this Japanese “propoganda” in contrast to those done by America during WWII. This film concentrates on the congenial camaraderie of Kato’s squadron and it doesn’t demonize the enemy at all. In fact the enemy is hardly identified. Kato is idolized by his men. Just before a mission he sends a man on leave who has a cold. It is missing an extra dramatic angle that you see in a lot of American films such as the second lead blaming the lead for the death of a friend or a brother that we have seen in The Dawn Patrol (1938) or Dive Bomber (1941). Or the over-authoritarian commander who is disliked by his men until they finally come around which we have seen in Flying Leathernecks (1951), Twelve O’clock High (1950) and A Gathering of Eagles (1963). Though it doesn’t utilize these extra dramatic angles, Colonel Kato is no less a film because of it. It is just different. The film’s structure is that of a diary and it practically covers Japan’s entire Asian campaign to 1944. The budget is obviously modest but the filmmaker had access to a number of aircraft and some pretty elaborate models were also made.

Thursday, October 8/9 3:30 a.m. A Brighter Summer Day (1991). Edward Yang film.

Wednesday, October 7 8 a.m. The Erl King (1931). I have never heard of this film by Marie- Louise Iribe. 10:15 p.m. A Face In the Crowd (1957). Andy Griffith stars as a populist con man who somehow becomes a successful politician. Far-fetched.

I voted 'Sad' because 'hate' was not an option.

Tuesday, October 6 12:30 a.m. Meek’s Cutoff (2010). I caught this one in the theatre and wished that I hadn't. [Spoilers] If this old 'Spoilers' function was working I would tell you why I didn't care for it.

Monday, October 5 9:30 p.m. The End of the Affair (1955). Neither this or the 1999 remake are anywhere near as good as the Graham Greene novel. That said, it isn’t bad.

Sunday, October 4/5 2 a.m. Viridiana (1961). This is one of my favourite Bunuel films.