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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

September 12, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, September 12, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM…

Here’s a nifty little noir from the ‘50s featuring a hard cop who, understandably, goes soft for a dame and thus turns to the dark side in Roadblock (1951), previously examined here.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Roadblock (1951), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

"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)

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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categories / Now Listen To Me
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..."

December 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
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)