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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

July 17, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, July 17, 2026

Today and this weekend on TCM:

Immediately following The Asphalt Jungle (1950), stay tuned for Nicholas Ray's character study In a Lonely Place released the same year.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, In a Lonely Place (1950), Dark Passage (1947), The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

"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), They Won't Believe Me (1947), The Big Sleep (1946), King Kong (1933), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Touch of Evil (1958), Point Blank (1967), Christopher Nolan, Falling in Love (1984) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 11, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Noir City Philadelphia, Film Forum, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Flashback Cinema, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Roxie Theater San Francisco, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, TCM Recommendations, The Ipcress File (1965), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Locket (1946), The Set-Up (1949), Touch of Evil (1958), Brief Encounter (1945), Dark Passage (1947), Marathon Man (1976), Point Blank (1967), Double Indemnity (1944), Chinatown (1974), Pillow Talk (1959), The Steel Trap (1952), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Cathy Moriarty, Citizen Kane (1941) (Soundtrack), The Fire Within a.k.a. Le Feu Follet (Blu-ray)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Detroit, Film Forum New York City, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Out of the Past (1947), Colorado Territory (1949), The Heiress (1949), All About Eve (1950), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Roadblock (1951), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Dark Passage (1947), The Big Sleep (1946), Roman Holiday (1953), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Citizen Kane (1941), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), 36 Hours (1964), Cape Fear (1962), The Party (1968), Theodore Shapiro, Thunderball (1965) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Noir City Philadelphia, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Fathom Events, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Ace in the Hole aka The Big Carnival (1951), Touch of Evil (1958), The Bribe (1949), Niagara (1953), Guys and Dolls (1955), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Pitfall (1948), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Psycho (1960), D.O.A. (1949), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Dark Passage (1947), Double Indemnity (1944), Laura (1944), Gun Crazy 1950, The Big Sleep (1946), Illegal (1955), Sorry Wrong Number (1948), White Heat (1949), Agnieszka Holland, Tess (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Noir City Chicago, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, Noir City Detroit, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Canada), TCM Recommendations, Baby Face (1933), The Battle of Algiers a.k.a. La battaglia di Algeri (1966), Bullitt (1968), Out of the Past (1947), Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) (1960), The Set-Up (1949), Impact (1949), Casablanca (1942), The Seventh Victim (1943), Ride the High Country (1962), The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), White Heat (1949), Now Voyager (1942), The Tall Target (1951), The Narrow Margin (1952), Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) aka The Bicycle Thief, Split Second (1953), The Learning Tree (1969), Them! (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Kelly's Heroes (1970), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Colorado Territory (1949), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Vertigo (1958), Sophia Loren, The Getaway (1972) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Fathom Events, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Laura (1944), Dark Passage (1947), White Heat (1949), Citizen Kane (1941), Point Blank (1967), Roadblock (1951), Intruder in the Dust (1949), Pitfall (1948), The Set-Up (1949), Lady in the Lake (1947), Strange Cargo (1940), 36 Hours (1964), The Battle of Algiers (1966), Platoon (1986), Men in War (1957), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), King Kong (1933), Eraserhead (1977), His Girl Friday (1940), The Getaway (1972), James Fox, Torn Curtain (1966) (Soundtrack), Devil's Doorway (1950)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, Noir City Detroit, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, The Big Sleep (1946), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Jim Thorpe-All American (1951), Dark Hazard (1934), Johnny Eager (1941), I Confess (1953), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Point Blank (1967), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Them! (1954), Baby Face (1933), The Night of the Hunter (1955), In a Lonely Place (1950), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), 36 Hours (1964), Death in Venice (1971), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Bullitt (1968), The Learning Tree (1969), The Hill (1965), Freaks (1932), Victim (1961), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Dark Passage (1947), David McCallum, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (Soundtrack)

"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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Baby Face (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, Jim Thorpe-All American, Learning Tree The, Casablanca (1942), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Now Voyager, Nora Prentiss (1947), White Heat, Searchers The, Them! (1954), Dark Passage (1947), Crime Wave, Bullitt, Wild Bunch The, Big Sleep The (1946), I Confess (1953), Colorado Territory (1949), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Exorcist The (1973), Sharon Acker, Nick of Time (Soundtrack), TCM Classic Film Festival 2023