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Dish of the Day

November 27, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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

Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950)

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tags / Film musings, Watch TCM, D.O.A. (1950)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

November 15, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, November 15, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

This next TCM recommendation is made for its John Williams composed score more than anything else. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) has been reviewed here

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Psycho (1960), D.O.A. (1950), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Roxie Theater San Francisco, Duck Soup (1933), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), TO Live Orchestra, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Landlord (1970), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Rope (1948), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) (1964), In a Lonely Place (1950), Baby Face (1933), King Kong (1933), Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Taxi Driver (1976), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager (1942), The Hunted (1948), The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Party (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973), The Big Heat (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Jacqueline White, Saving Private Ryan (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 31, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Washington D.C., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Stockholm Concert Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, The Sinfonia Gulf Coast, The San Francisco Symphony, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Possessed (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager, Double Indemnity, Village of the Damned (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Jeopardy (1953), High Noon, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Gun Crazy (1950), Network (1976), Singin' in the Rain, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bullitt, I Confess (1953), Shop Around the Corner The, Manhattan (1979), Freaks (1932), Stranger on the Third Floor, In a Lonely Place, 36 Hours (1964), Them! (1954), Innocents The (1961), Seventh Victim The, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Red Sonja (Soundtrack), Joan Plowright, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Anatomy of a Murder, Bullitt, Ride the High Country, Wild Bunch The, Getaway The (1972), Monkey Business (1931), Duck Soup (1933), Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Gun Crazy (1950), Nora Prentiss (1947), Swimmer The (1968), D.O.A. (1950), Pitfall (1948), Niagara (1953), In a Lonely Place, Stranger on the Third Floor, Strange Cargo, Madchen in Uniform (Maedchen in Uniform) (1931), King Kong (1933), Lady from Shanghai The, Manhattan (1979), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Vincent D’Onofrio, Young Lions The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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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..."

September 01, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Seattle 70mm Film Festival, 25th Annual Buster Keaton Commemoration, Hollywood Classics on the Big Screen Event Cinemas Australia, Film Forum New York City, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Them! (1954), Locket The, Pillow Talk (1959), Noir City Detroit, Big Heat The, Too Late for Tears, Dark Passage (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Learning Tree The, Taxi Driver, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Seventh Victim (1943), Out of the Past, Split Second (1953), Gun Crazy (1950), Men in War, Big Sleep The (1946), Gangster The, Ben Cooper, King Kong (1976) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 02, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, It's a Gift (1934), Them! (1954), In a Lonely Place, Bringing Up Baby, Into the Wild (2007), Narrow Margin The (1952), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Shop Around the Corner The, Learning Tree The, Footlight Parade, Ride in the Whirlwind, White Heat, D.O.A. (1950), Wild Bunch The, Tomorrow Is Another Day, King Kong (1933), Straight Time, Daniela Bianchi, List of Adrian Messenger The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2016  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, D.O.A. (1950), Learning Tree The, Innocents The, Sullivan's Travels, Ride the High Country, Searchers The, Brief Encounter, Guys and Dolls, Narrow Margin The (1952), Blonde Crazy, Ipcress File The, Ascent The (Voskhoz hdenie), Umberto D., Shop Around the Corner The, Ennio Morricone, Time of Destiny A (Soundtrack), One-Eyed Jacks