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Dish of the Day

July 11, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Today on TCM:

Next up are a couple of exciting films noir that first arrived on the scene in 1953, appearing back to back on TCM:

Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Jeopardy (1953), Crime Wave (1953), Point Blank (1967)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Philadelphia, Secret Movie Club, The San Francisco Symphony, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Casablanca (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gold Diggers of 1933, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Intruder in the Dust (1949), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Getaway (1972), Impact (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Crime Wave (1953), Jeopardy (1953), Point Blank (1967), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Illegal (1955), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Dark Passage (1947), White Heat (1949), Footlight Parade (1933), If I Had a Million (1932), The Big Sleep (1946), Network (1976), City Lights (1931), The Stalking Moon (1968), The Swimmer (1968), I Confess (1953), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Straight Time (1978), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), Them! (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Clash by Night (1952), Shelley Hack, Minority Report (2002) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

April 16, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Today on TCM:

Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Dark Passage (1947), Crime Wave (1953), Bullitt (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969)