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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

October 10, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, October 10, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM…

My next TCM recommendation (reviewed here) is 1962’s The Manchurian Candidate scheduled to appear Saturday, October 11 at 5 pm PDT.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City D.C., Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Australian Centre For Moving Image Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Flashback Cinema, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The San Francisco Symphony, TCM Recommendations, Laura (1944), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Bullitt (1968), Pillow Talk (1959), Sullivan's Travels (1941), I Confess (1953), Vertigo (1958), The Fury (1978), Psycho (1960)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 31, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Movistar Arena Santiago Chile, TCM Recommendations, Red River (1948), Torn Curtain (1966), The Heiress (1949), The Graduate (1967), The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Bringing Up Baby (1938), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), The Swarm (1978), Double Indemnity (1944), The Hill (1965), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water (2017) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
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..."

May 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 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)