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Dish of the Day

May 05, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Monday, May 5, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 10th):

In the U.K. town of Midwich, strange children with mysterious origins are behaving badly. Find out just how bad when viewing the chilling Village of the Damned (1960), previously reviewed here.

More information on this screening can be obtained by clicking on the image above. Watch TCM’s schedule can be seen by clicking on the banner below.

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

Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

April 25, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, April 25, 2025

This weekend on TCM:

Here is another film noir with a central character whose emotions have apparently consumed his common sense and compromised his moral integrity: The Prowler (1951), previously reviewed here.

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Dish of the Day

April 21, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Tomorrow 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 Wednesday, April 23 at 9:45 am PDT.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

April 18, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, TCM Recommendations, Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), The Big Sleep (1946), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), I Confess (1953), Gun Crazy (1950), The Set-Up (1949), The Prowler (1951), Phillip Noyce, Casino Royale (2006) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

April 17, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until April 21st):

This must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's 1948 neo-realist masterpiece The Bicycle Thief (Ladri di biciclette), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).

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Dish of the Day

April 10, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, April 10, 2025

My sincere apologies for missing yesterday’s “Dish of the Day”. Moving residences proved too time consuming in addition to having extremely limited internet access.

Today on TCM:

MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production although the film was later turned into one being first presented on stage in 1983.

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