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Dish of the Day

September 10, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Today on TCM:

There have been quite a few movies centred around boxing over the years from 1937’s Kid Galahad to 2018’s Creed II with plenty of standouts in-between such as 1947’s Body and Soul, 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1972’s Fat City and 1980’s Raging Bull. None of these, however, get as straight to the punchline as 1949’s knockout noir The Set-Up

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Set-Up (1949), Impact (1949)

"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..."

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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 02, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Flashback Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, Singin' in the Rain, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Asphalt Jungle The, Putney Swope, No Man of Her Own, Graduate The (1967), Night of the Hunter The, Shop Around the Corner The, Casablanca (1942), White Heat, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Gypsy Moths The, Ride the High Country, Impact (1949), Manhattan (1979), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), June Ritchie, Inception (Soundtrack), Strangers When We Meet (1960)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Unsuspected The, Citizen Kane, Dark Passage (1947), Too Late for Tears, All About Eve (1950), Remember the Night, Crime Wave, Narrow Margin The (1952), Asphalt Jungle The, Big Sleep The (1946), Out of the Past, Heiress The (1949), Impact (1949), Cleopatra (1963), Johnny Eager (1941), Gold Diggers of 1933, Shop Around the Corner The, Big Business (1929), Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Getaway The (1972), Last Picture Show The, Bryan Burk, Dances With Wolves (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 04, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Cash on Demand, Ascent The (Voskhoz hdenie), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), Dark Passage (1947), Out of the Past, Impact (1949), Night of the Living Dead (1968), King Kong (1933), Village of the Damned (1960), Dead of Night, Singin' in the Rain, Touch of Evil, In a Lonely Place, Citizen Kane, Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival), Gunman's Walk, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), They Won't Believe Me, Freaks (1932), Them! (1954), Peter Jackson, War of the Worlds (2005) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The American Cinematheque, The Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Event Cinemas Australia, The Beverly Cinema, TCM & Fathom Events, The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, TCM Recommendations, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Guys and Dolls, Man from Laramie The, Shop Around the Corner The, Anatomy of a Murder, Singin' in the Rain, Big Sleep The (1946), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, In a Lonely Place, Dark Passage (1947), Impact (1949), Colorado Territory (1949), Sullivan's Travels, Ride the High Country, Freaks (1932), Marathon Man, Straight Time, They Won't Believe Me, Timothy Bottoms, Planet of the Apes - Original Film Series Soundtrack Collection (Soundtrack), Man Who Cheated Himself The

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Old Town Music Hall, BFI Southbank, TCM & Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Hollywood Classics On the Big Screen., Noir City Boston, The Los Angeles Conservancy, The Prince Charles Cinema, The American Cinematheque, The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Asphalt Jungle The, Now Voyager, Night of the Hunter The, King Kong (1933), Nora Prentiss (1947), Pillow Talk (1959), Impact (1949), Wild Bunch The, Ride the High Country, Contempt (Le mépris), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Taxi Driver (1976), Hill The, Point Blank (1967), Learning Tree The, Lea Massari, Monsignor (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Event Cinemas Australia, The Iceland Symphony Orchestra, The Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival, Watershed Arts Trust Ltd U.K., The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, The Associação Cine Theatro Brasil - Vallourec, The pithiviers-fait-son-cinema Le Mail, The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Kino Aero, Senbla, The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, The Roxie Theatre, TCM Recommendations, In a Lonely Place, Night of the Hunter The, Blonde Crazy, Man from Laramie The, Ride Lonesome, Searchers The, Party The, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Bringing Up Baby, King Kong (1933), Bullitt, Impact (1949), Lady from Shanghai The, Niagara (1953), Brief Encounter, Shop Around the Corner The, Kind Lady (1951), Bertrand Tavernier, Son of the Morning Star (Soundtrack)