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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

September 19, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, September 19, 2025

In Detroit, Michigan The Redford Theatre will host, along with Eddie Muller, Noir City Detroit from Friday, September 19th - Sunday, September 21st.

The introduction reads:

Turner Classic Movie host and Film Noir Foundation President Eddie Muller returns with a selection of crime classics, half in rare 35mm film prints, with a focus on women related to his book Dark City Dames.

The programme can be seen by clicking on the image below: 

Highlights include screenings of the following reviewed films: Out of the Past (1947, a 35mm print), The Narrow Margin (1952, a 35mm print), Kiss of Death (1947), Ace in the Hole (1951, a 35mm print), Scarlet Street (1945), and The Set-Up (1945, a 35mm print).

Click on the titles to access the reviews.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.

Hope to see you Monday, September 22nd.

A.G.

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Dish of the Day

September 18, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Thursday, September 18, 2025

Today on TCM…

After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs were scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) addresses this reality head on when the Dana Andrews character finds it impossible to please either his previous employer or trophy wife upon his return to civilian life.

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Dish of the Day

September 17, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Today on TCM…

What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a serious detective drama like The Big Sleep, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?

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Dish of the Day

September 16, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Today on TCM…

Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.

Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Tuesday, September 16th at 1:30 pm PDT.

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

September 12, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, September 12, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM…

Here’s a nifty little noir from the ‘50s featuring a hard cop who, understandably, goes soft for a dame and thus turns to the dark side in Roadblock (1951), previously examined here.

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Dish of the Day

September 08, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Monday, September 8, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM…

"And then I saw her - coming out of the sun. And I knew why Whit didn't care about that 40 grand." 

Out of the Past (1947). is one of film noir's finest and most highly recommended here. She will arrive Tuesday, September 9 at 10:15 am PDT. 

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"Now Listen to Me..."

September 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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Dish of the Day

September 03, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until September 4th):

One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford. Crawford’s thorough commitment is bolstered by the actress, along with the film’s director Curtis Bernhardt, having visited several psychiatric hospitals observing patients and interviewing doctors regarding the script’s authenticity.

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

August 29, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Friday, August 29, 2025

This weekend on TCM are two films starring Kirk Douglas:

After directing the stylish and innovative 1956 heist film The Killing, Stanley Kubrick, with the assistance of Producer James B. Harris, turned his extraordinary talents to more relevant material with 1957’s Paths of Glory, previously reviewed here.

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Dish of the Day

August 27, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Wednesday, August 27, 2023

Tomorrow on TCM:

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. Its abundant creativity, innovation and driving energy place this film at the top of all cinematic musicals ever produced.

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Dish of the Day

August 26, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until September 19th):

One of the CC’s Hidden Gems (# 76 to be precise) and briefly reviewed here, is this little pre-code crime / romance drama with James Cagney and Joan Blondell entitled He Was Her Man, from 1934.

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