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"Now Listen to Me... "

October 04, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

July 31, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, July 31, 2026

Today on TCM:

Many film noir aficionados and academics feel that Orson Welles’ 1958 Touch of Evil officially closed out the the category’s classic time period. If so, the creative and flamboyant director certainly did so with a bang! I’ve previously written about this exhilarating film noir with a focus on its various “versions” and how they came to be in Exploring the Artefacts #11: Main Title Inspirations No. 2 Touch of Evil.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

July 03, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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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


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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)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

June 20, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


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

Friday, June 20, 2025


This weekend on TCM:

In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank, a Neo-noir masterpiece fortified with style and driven by purpose.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

June 06, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, Noir City Boston, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, Out of Africa (1985), D.O.A. (1950), The Flim-Flam Man (1967), The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Learning Tree (1969), Them! (1954), High Noon (1952), Point Blank (1967), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Armored Car Robbery (1950), The Age of Innocence (1993), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Lady Eve (1941), Now Voyager (1942), Red River (1948), Victor Erice, Braveheart (1995) (Soundtrack)

"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 (A Lost Weekend Edition)

May 10, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, May 10, 2024


This weekend on TCM:

In 1967, British Director John Boorman nailed the American crime milieu with the precision of his film's title, Point Blank, a neo-noir masterpiece fortified with style and driven by purpose.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Point Blank (1967), Roadblock (1951)

"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)

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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"Now Listen to Me..."

July 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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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

February 28, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a brief review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the film related Facebook chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685). As usual, my thoughts on the following motion picture are with the minority views.

(For Part 1: The War of the Worlds (1953) or War of the Worlds (2005) in the series, click here).

Make or Remake, which is better? Part 2: Point Blank (1967) or Payback (1999)

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"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..."

February 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Secret Movie Club, Film Forum New York City, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Point Blank (1967), Footlight Parade, Bullitt, Set-Up The (1949), Stranger on the Third Floor, Locket The, Planet of the Apes (1968), Brief Encounter, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Red River, I Confess (1953), Laura (1944), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Casablanca (1942), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Disaster Movie Soundtrack Collection (Soundtrack), Sidney J Furie

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Secret Movie Club, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958), Pushover (1954), Out of the Past, California Split, Where's Poppa?, Child Is Waiting A (1963), They Won't Believe Me, Big Heat The, In a Lonely Place, Chase The (1966), Johnny Eager (1941), Patterns (1956), Gunman's Walk, Bringing Up Baby, Anatomy of a Murder, Hotel (1967), Point Blank (1967), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Casablanca, White Heat, Footlight Parade, Best Years of Our Lives The, Matrix The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 02, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Il Cinema Ritrovato - Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, TCM Recommendations, Point Blank (1967), Pillow Talk (1959), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), They Won't Believe Me, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Chinatown (1974), King Kong (1933), Bringing Up Baby, Secret Movie Club, Man from Laramie The, Bullitt, Best Years of Our Lives The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Searchers The, Last Picture Show The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Blade Runner, Asphalt Jungle The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Geraldine Chaplin, Somewhere in Time (Soundtrack)