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Dish of the Day (The Long Voyage Home Edition)

July 03, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, July 3, 2026

#Note: Due to my extensive travels, Dish of the Day will be suspended until Monday, July 13th. For further TCM recommendations until then, please see this month’s “Now Listen to Me… “‍ ‍column.

Today and this weekend on TCM:

A top film noir recommendation is Robert Siodmak's Criss Cross (1949) with Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo imbuing their characters with passion and complex individuality.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Criss Cross (1949), Bringing Up Baby (1938)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 03, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Fathom Entertainment, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Noir City New York, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Criss Cross (1949), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Blonde Crazy (1931), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gun Crazy (1950), Bullitt (1968), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Killing (1956), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Them! (1954), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), In a Lonely Place (1950), Paths of Glory (1957), Dark Passage (1947), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Eraserhead (1977), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Freaks (1932), The Seventh Victim (1943), Jeopardy (1953), The Prowler (1951), Stanley Kubrick's The Killing, They Won't Believe Me (1947), The Big Sleep (1946), King Kong (1933)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 16, 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, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, In a Lonely Place (1950), Johnny Eager (1941), Nora Prentiss (1947), Out of Africa (1985), Lady in the Lake (1947), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Crime Wave (1953), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Men in War (1957), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Searchers (1956), Network (1976), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Clint Eastwood, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 31, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Movistar Arena Santiago Chile, TCM Recommendations, Red River (1948), Torn Curtain (1966), The Heiress (1949), The Graduate (1967), The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), The Swarm (1978), Double Indemnity (1944), The Hill (1965), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water (2017) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Hollywood, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, The Heiress (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Lost Weekend (1945), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Citizen Kane (1941), Platoon (1986), All About Eve (1950), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Casablanca (1942), Out of Africa (1985), Rain Man (1988), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The National Lyon Orchestra, The Orchestre National de Lyon, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), White Heat (1949), Baby Face (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Scarlet Street (1945), Mystery Street (1950), Network (1976), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Brief Encounter (1945), Duel (1971), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Get Carter (1971), Pushover (1954), The Last Picture Show (1971), Dominique Sanda, The Swarm (1978) (Soundtrack), Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The American Cinematheque, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Babylon Orchestra Berlin, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Xmas, The Beverly Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Red River (1948), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Bullitt (1968), Brief Encounter (1945), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Remember the Night (1940), Network (1976), His Girl Friday (1940), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Cash on Demand (1961), Lady in the Lake (1947), Roadblock (1951), Big Business (1929), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), The Big Sleep (1946), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Searchers (1956), In a Lonely Place (1950), Gasper Noé, Hook (1991) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 31, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, American Cinematheque, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Noir City Boston, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Secret Movie Club, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Out of the Past (1947), Pillow Talk (1959), Colorado Territory (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Split Second (1953), Ikiru (1952), The Cinematheque Vancouver, In a Lonely Place (1950), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), The Los Angeles Conservancy, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Pitfall (1948), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), Victim (1961), The Unsuspected (1947), D.O.A. (1950), James Newton Howard, Primal Fear (1996) (Soundtrack)