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Dish of the Day

August 19, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until August 22nd):

Unlike the hardened criminals Sterling Hayden portrays in both The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Killing (1956), 1953’s Crime Wave has Hayden playing hardened cop Detective Lt. Sims. Previously reviewed here, this is one wave you’ll be glad you caught.

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"Now Listen to Me... "

August 11, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Film Forum New York City, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, Flashback Cinema, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, TCM Recommendations, The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Killing (1956), Crime Wave (1953), The Naked Spur (1953), Psycho (1960), Touch of Evil (1958), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Guys and Dolls (1955), The Lady Eve (1941), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Conflict (1945), Paths of Glory (1957), Ace in the Hole aka The Big Carnival (1951), Elliott Gould, The Sum of All Fears (2002) (Soundtrack)

"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)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

October 18, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, October 18, 2024

In Palo Alto California, The Stanford Theatre continues with their extensive Film Noir Festival. This weekend’s double bill consists of Laura (1944, a 35mm print)

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tags / Film musings, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Laura (1944), Out of the Past (1947), TCM Recommendations, Crime Wave (1953), Village of the Damned (1960), Too Late for Tears (1949), Johnny Eager (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 09, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

This month's column is apologetically late due to my extensive travelling.

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Noir City D.C., The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, TCM Recommendations, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Bullitt (1968), Point Blank (1967), Get Carter (1971), Crime Wave (1953), Village of the Damned (1960), Too Late for Tears (1949), Johnny Eager (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Brief Encounter (1945), Cleopatra (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Citizen Kane (1941), Cape Fear (1962), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Seventh Victim (1943), Psycho (1960), Blue Velvet (1986), Freaks (1932), The Other (1972), The Other (1972) (Soundtrack)

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