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"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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Film Forum New York City, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The American Cinematheque, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Noir City Boston, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951), Out of Africa (1985), Victim (1961), The Searchers (1956), 36 Hours (1964), Saving Private Ryan (1998), City Lights (1931), Tension at Table Rock (1956), Platoon (1986), The Lost Weekend (1945), Laura (1944), Psycho (1960), Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Vertigo (1958), I Confess (1953), Doctor Zhivago (1965), All About Eve (1950), The Graduate (1967), The Locket (1946), Conflict (1945), Kind Lady (1951), Kiss of Death (1947), Casablanca (1942), The Narrow Margin (1952), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), June Lockhart, Eye of the Needle (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

April 23, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Currently available on Watch TCM (until April 29th):

One of director David Lean’s more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965) well worth seeing.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

April 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Babylon Orchestra Berlin, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema, Fathom Events, Flashback Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Classic Film Festival 2024, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), The Chase (1966), Now Voyager (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), Ride Lonesome (1959), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Seventh Victim (1943), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Touch of Evil (1958), Guys and Dolls (1955), Lady in the Lake (1947), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), I Confess (1953), The Graduate (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), Out of the Past (1947), Elaine May, Species (1995) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 29, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Seattle, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Learning Tree (1969), I Confess (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), The Tall Target (1951), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Pillow Talk (1959), Network (1976), Brief Encounter (1945), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Narrow Margin (1952), Bullitt (1968), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Big Country (1958), Spellbound (1945), Now Voyager (1942), Laura (1944), Mississippi Burning (1988), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Them! (1954), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Joanne Woodward, Solaris (2002) (Soundtrack), Split Image (1982)

Dish of the Day

December 08, 2023  /  Arthur Grant


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

Friday, December 8, 2023

Today on TCM:

Immediately following Brief Encounter is another film helmed by David Lean. One of his more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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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..."

August 06, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Hollywood, American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Chicago, Eric Serra and his musicians, TCM Recommendations, Psycho (1960), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), The Set-Up (1949), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade (1933), Blonde Crazy (1931), Out of the Past (1947), High Noon (1952), Double Indemnity (1944), Baby Face (1933), Clash by Night (1952), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), Pillow Talk (1959), Conflict (1945), In a Lonely Place (1950), Nora Prentiss (1947), John Debney, Jobs (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Revolutionary Orchestra, Secret Movie Club, The Orchestre philharmonique de Nice et Chœur région Sud, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Flashback Cinema, The Belgian National Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, The Learning Tree (1969), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, All About Eve (1950), Pillow Talk (1959), Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve (1941), Village of the Damned (1960), Singin' in the Rain, Network (1976), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Stop Me Before I Kill! aka The Full Treatment, Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Unsuspected (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Tension (1949), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Brief Encounter, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep (1946), The Searchers (1956), Jerzy Skolimowski, Dead Again (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

March 05, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Coming up on TCM:

After having shared my review of Doctor Zhivago a number of times in various Facebook film related chatrooms (including the Cinema Cafe group all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685), I’m often informed that this film wasn’t that well received when it was released or even incorrectly told that Doctor Zhivago was derided by all of the critics at the time it was first shown theatrically.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Kit Noir Film Festival, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Rooftop Movies Perth, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile di Milano, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, White Heat, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, Casablanca (1942), Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Singin' in the Rain, Gold Diggers of 1933, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Asphalt Jungle The, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady Eve The (1941), Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder, Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Network (1976), Citizen Kane, Lost Weekend The, All About Eve (1950), Birdman of Alcatraz, Psycho (1960), Harry Belafonte, Clear and Present Danger (Soundtrack), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, American Cinematheque, Secret Movie Club, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Freebie and the Bean, Mummy The (1932), Point Blank (1967), Best Years of Our Lives The, Set-Up The (1949), Clash by Night (1952), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Tension (1949), Tall Target The, Touch of Evil, Pillow Talk (1959), Scarlet Empress The (1934), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Kind Lady (1951), Shop Around the Corner The, Colorado Territory (1949), White Heat, Roman Holiday (1953), Joel Coen, L.A. Confidential (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 30, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The San Francisco Symphony, The American Cinematheque, The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Fathom Events, The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, Secret Movie Club, The Orchestra & Chorus Sao Paulo Brazil, The Los Angeles Film Orchestra, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, Red River, Footlight Parade, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca (1942), Seventh Victim The, Laura (1944), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Dark Hazard, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Citizen Kane, Ride Lonesome, Best Years of Our Lives The, Scarlet Street (1945), Strange Cargo, Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), Hotel (1967), Paths of Glory, In a Lonely Place, Getaway The (1972), Stranger on the Third Floor, Barbara Kopple, Presumed Innocent (Soundtrack), Full Metal Jacket (1987)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Network (1976), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Citizen Kane, Pillow Talk (1959), Cleopatra (1963), Johnny Eager (1941), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Best Years of Our Lives The, Casablanca (1942), Times of Harvey Milk The, All About Eve (1950), Now Voyager, Shirley Jones, First Knight (1995) (Soundtrack), Black Mass (2015)