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February 21, 2025  /  Arthur Grant




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) on Friday, February 21 at 3:50 pm, Saturday, February 22 at 2:40 pm and Wednesday, February 26 at 6:20 pm.

Janet Landgard, Burt Lancaster

Click on the film’s title in grey for the review and the above image for more information about these screenings.

In Culpeper Virginia, The Library of Congress at the Packard Campus Theater is presenting Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933, a 35mm print) on Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 pm.

(From left) Aline MacMahon, Ginger Rogers (above), Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler

Click on the film’s title in grey for the review and the above image for more information about this screening.


This weekend on TCM:

The Academy Award Best Picture winning film Chariots of Fire (1981) benefits greatly from its iconic score by Vangelis Papathanassiou. The film has been briefly reviewed here as part of an article on films from the 80s, and is showing Saturday, February 22 at 2:45 pm PDT.

Music by Vangelis

TCM's current monthly schedule can be confirmed by clicking on the above image. To confirm the correct Pacific Daylight (West Coast) showtime information, subtract 3 hours from the Eastern Daylight (East Coast) showtime listed on TCM’s schedule.

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

Hope to see you Monday, February 24th.

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Dish of the Day

February 11, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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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Dish of the Day

February 05, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 17th):

If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.

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"Now Listen to Me... "

February 04, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Film Forum New York City, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Flashback Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Noir City Seattle, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, TCM Recommendations, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Double Indemnity (1944), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Casablanca (1942), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Bullitt (1968), The Last Picture Show (1971), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Chariots of Fire (1981)