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Dish of the Day

March 03, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, March 3, 2023

Today on TCM:

After World War II, many returning servicemen were disillusioned to find jobs scarce and their wives’ (or girlfriends’) faithfulness even scarcer. The Best Years of Our Lives addresses this reality

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Kit Noir Film Festival, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Rooftop Movies Perth, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile di Milano, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, White Heat, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, Casablanca (1942), Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Singin' in the Rain, Gold Diggers of 1933, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Asphalt Jungle The, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady Eve The (1941), Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder, Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Network (1976), Citizen Kane, Lost Weekend The, All About Eve (1950), Birdman of Alcatraz, Psycho (1960), Harry Belafonte, Clear and Present Danger (Soundtrack), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Film Forum New York City, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Noir City Xmas, The Belgian National Orchestra, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Secret Movie Club, The American Cinematheque, TCM Recommendations, Gold Diggers of 1933, Remember the Night, L'Avventura, Casablanca (1942), Now Voyager, King Kong 1933, Shop Around the Corner The, Dark Passage (1947), Seventh Victim The, Big Sleep The (1946), Pillow Talk (1959), Swimmer The (1968), Big Business (1929), Bringing Up Baby, Titicut Follies, Best Years of Our Lives The, Paths of Glory, Sight and Sound The Greatest Films of All Time, Taylor Hackford, Bourne Identity The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, American Cinematheque, Secret Movie Club, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Freebie and the Bean, Mummy The (1932), Point Blank (1967), Best Years of Our Lives The, Set-Up The (1949), Clash by Night (1952), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Tension (1949), Tall Target The, Touch of Evil, Pillow Talk (1959), Scarlet Empress The (1934), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Kind Lady (1951), Shop Around the Corner The, Colorado Territory (1949), White Heat, Roman Holiday (1953), Joel Coen, L.A. Confidential (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The San Francisco Symphony, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Orchestra - Harpa - Eldborg, Secret Movie Club, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Chicago, TCM Recommendations, Bedford Incident The, Tomorrow Is Another Day, Lady from Shanghai The, Citizen Kane, Roman Holiday (1953), Singin' in the Rain, Network (1976), Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, Chase The (1966), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Cleopatra (1963), Ride Lonesome, Ride the High Country, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Night of the Hunter The, Strange Cargo, Possessed (1947), Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Bullitt, Asphalt Jungle The, Clash by Night (1952), Best Years of Our Lives The, David Paymer, Age of Innocence The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 30, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The San Francisco Symphony, The American Cinematheque, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Fathom Events, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, Secret Movie Club, The Orchestra & Chorus Sao Paulo Brazil, The Los Angeles Film Orchestra, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, Red River, Footlight Parade, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca (1942), Seventh Victim The, Laura (1944), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Dark Hazard, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Citizen Kane, Ride Lonesome, Best Years of Our Lives The, Scarlet Street (1945), Strange Cargo, Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), Hotel (1967), Paths of Glory, In a Lonely Place, Getaway The (1972), Stranger on the Third Floor, Barbara Kopple, Presumed Innocent (Soundtrack), Full Metal Jacket (1987)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Noir City Boston, CineConcerts & The Noordpool Orkest, TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Out of the Past, Now Voyager, Night of the Hunter The, Manhattan (1979), Landlord The, I Confess (1953), Ride the High Country, Wild Bunch The, Big Sleep The (1946), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Blonde Crazy, Baby Face (1933), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wanda, Best Years of Our Lives The, Ride in the Whirlwind, Conflict (1945), Child Is Waiting A (1963), Taxi Driver (1976), Them! (1954), Devil's Doorway, Tall Target The, Janusz Kamiński, Scarface (1983) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Network (1976), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Citizen Kane, Pillow Talk (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Johnny Eager (1941), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Best Years of Our Lives The, Casablanca (1942), Times of Harvey Milk The, All About Eve (1950), Now Voyager, Shirley Jones, First Knight (1995) (Soundtrack), Black Mass (2015)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, TCM and Fathom Events, Film Forum New York City, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Three Outlaw Samurai, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Guys and Dolls, Paths of Glory, Best Years of Our Lives The, Out of the Past, Lineup The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Big Sleep The (1946), Dark Passage (1947), Learning Tree The, Ride the High Country, Niagara (1953), Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, Shop Around the Corner The, Pillow Talk (1959), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Diane Ladd, Blue Velvet (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Secret Movie Club, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958), Pushover (1954), Out of the Past, California Split, Where's Poppa?, Child Is Waiting A (1963), They Won't Believe Me, Big Heat The, In a Lonely Place, Chase The (1966), Johnny Eager (1941), Patterns (1956), Gunman's Walk, Bringing Up Baby, Anatomy of a Murder, Hotel (1967), Point Blank (1967), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Casablanca, White Heat, Footlight Parade, Best Years of Our Lives The, Matrix The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 02, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Il Cinema Ritrovato - Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, TCM Recommendations, Point Blank (1967), Pillow Talk (1959), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), They Won't Believe Me, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Chinatown (1974), King Kong (1933), Bringing Up Baby, Secret Movie Club, Man from Laramie The, Bullitt, Best Years of Our Lives The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Searchers The, Last Picture Show The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Blade Runner, Asphalt Jungle The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Geraldine Chaplin, Somewhere in Time (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Pather Panchali, Night of the Hunter The, King Kong (1933), Anatomy of a Murder, Ride the High Country, Bullitt, They Won't Believe Me, Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca, Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Big Heat The, Touch of Evil, Times of Harvey Milk The, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Jeopardy (1953), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Gun Crazy (1950), Paths of Glory, Party The, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Point Blank (1967), Set-Up The (1949), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Village of the Damned (1960), Best Years of Our Lives The, 36 Hours (1964), Clay Pigeon The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), X-Men (2000) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Citizen Kane, D.O.A. (1949), Them! (1954), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Big Business (1929), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Vertigo (1958), Best Years of Our Lives The, Remember the Night, Kiss of Death (1947), Shop Around the Corner The, Casablanca, Guys and Dolls, Singin' in the Rain, Graduate The (1967), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Psycho (1960), Anthony Hopkins, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 03, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette), Searchers The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Scarlet Empress The (1934), Cleopatra (1963), Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival), Footlight Parade, Out of the Past, Hill The, Double Indemnity, Illegal (1955), Casablanca, Best Years of Our Lives The, Too Late for Tears, Scarlet Street (1945), Duck Soup (1933), Tom Berenger, Ulzana's Raid (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The American Cinematheque, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Event Cinemas Australia, The Associação Cine Theatro Brasil, The Beverly Cinema, The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, TCM & Fathom Events, First Direct Arena, The Roxie Theatre, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Saarland State Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Searchers The, Big Sleep The (1946), Chinatown (1974), Casablanca, Johnny Eager (1941), Best Years of Our Lives The, Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Tall Target The, Brief Encounter, Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Last Picture Show The, Wild Bunch The, Roman Holiday (1953), All About Eve (1950), Citizen Kane, Sullivan's Travels, David Mamet, Broken Lance (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM and Fathom Events, Event Cinemas Australia, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Chicago, The Prince Charles Cinema, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Traquen’Art, The Dubai Opera, Noir City Detroit, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Zénith de Lille Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Them! (1954), Lost Weekend The, Paths of Glory, Night of the Hunter The, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ride Lonesome, Big Sleep The (1946), Wild Bunch The, Bedford Incident The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Big Heat The, Freaks (1932), Long Goodbye The, Landlord The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Robert Benton, Black Sunday (1977) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Athens Film Society, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Event Cinemas Australia, Arthur Lyons' Film Noir Festival, Roxie Theater San Francisco, Noir Essentials: Departures, The Movies Amsterdam, Noir City Austin, The Atlanta Symphony, The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Old Town Music Hall, TCM Recommendations, Train The, Bringing Up Baby, Jeopardy (1953), Out of the Past, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Illegal (1955), Bullitt, White Heat, Citizen Kane, Lady from Shanghai The, Big Sleep The (1946), Shop Around the Corner The, Man from Laramie The, Scarlet Street (1945), Prowler The (1951), Pitfall (1948), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Searchers The, Night of the Hunter The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Men in War, Best Years of Our Lives The, Lawman (Soundtrack), Sandrine Bonnaire

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The San Francisco Symphony, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Cinesphere, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Ultimate Picture Palace, Hollywood Classics On the Big Screen., Event Cinemas Australia, l'Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine (ONBA), The Broadway Cinema Letchworth, The Beverly Cinema, Into the Night: Cornell Woolrich and Film Noir, Noir City Hollywood, TCM Recommendations, Narrow Margin The (1952), Bullitt, Them! (1954), Last Picture Show The, The Set-Up (1949), Citizen Kane, Tension (1949), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), D.O.A. (1950), Big Sleep The (1946), Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival), Scandal Sheet, Bringing Up Baby, Village of the Damned (1960), Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Best Years of Our Lives The, Network (1976), Brief Encounter, Doctor Zhivago (1965), California Split, Vangelis, Chariots of Fire (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

February 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Swedish Film Institute Cinemateket, The Institut de l'image, BFI Southbank, The Aldeburgh Cinema Trust T/A Aldeburgh Cinema, The Melbourne Cinematheque, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Noir City Seattle, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, The Aachen Symphony Orchestra, The Dubai Opera, The Sydney Symphony Orchestra, CineConcerts, TCM Recommendations, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Taxi Driver, Lost Weekend The, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Now Voyager, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Best Years of Our Lives The, Singin' in the Rain, Casablanca, Brief Encounter, Network (1976), High Noon, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Umberto D., Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Citizen Kane, Asphalt Jungle The, White Heat, Mystery Street, Gilbert Gottfried, Fastest Gun Alive The (Soundtrack), House of Numbers (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 05, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM & Fathom Events, Flashback Cinema, City Light Symphony Orchestra, The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, The Orquestra Simfònica Camera Musicae, The Diablo Symphony Orchestra, Noir City Xmas, TCM Recommendations, Mystery Street, Crime Wave, Footlight Parade, Gold Diggers of 1933, Too Late for Tears, Out of the Past, It's a Gift (1934), Singin' in the Rain, Patterns (1956), Prowler The (1951), Strange Cargo, Shop Around the Corner The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), Asphalt Jungle The, Getaway The (1972), White Heat, Remember the Night, Bringing Up Baby, Pitfall (1948), Tall Target The, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Ride the High Country, Double Indemnity, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Casablanca, Russ Tamblyn, Big Country The (Soundtrack)