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"Now Listen to Me..."

January 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The American Cinematheque, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Oakland, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Monkey Business (1931), Out of the Past (1947), The Locket (1946), City Lights (1931), Suspense (1946), The Hunted (1948), Wanda (1970), Now Voyager (1942), Ride Lonesome (1959), Citizen Kane (1941), Network (1976), Casablanca (1942), Bullitt (1968), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Set-Up (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Taxi Driver (1976), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Paths of Glory (1957), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Heiress (1949), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Psycho (1960), King Kong (1933), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Cape Fear (1962), James Earl Jones, Basic Instinct (1992) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

November 17, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, November 17, 2023

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), Taxi Driver (1976)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Roxie Theater San Francisco, Duck Soup (1933), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), TO Live Orchestra, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Landlord (1970), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Rope (1948), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) (1964), In a Lonely Place (1950), Baby Face (1933), King Kong (1933), Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Taxi Driver (1976), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager (1942), The Hunted (1948), The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Party (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973), The Big Heat (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Jacqueline White, Saving Private Ryan (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 03, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Noir City Boston, CineConcerts & The Noordpool Orkest, TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Out of the Past, Now Voyager, Night of the Hunter The, Manhattan (1979), Landlord The, I Confess (1953), Ride the High Country, Wild Bunch The, Big Sleep The (1946), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Blonde Crazy, Baby Face (1933), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Wanda, Best Years of Our Lives The, Ride in the Whirlwind, Conflict (1945), Child Is Waiting A (1963), Taxi Driver (1976), Them! (1954), Devil's Doorway, Tall Target The, Janusz Kamiński, Scarface (1983) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 05, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, TCM Recommendations, Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Graduate The (1967), Seventh Victim The, Last Picture Show The, Bringing Up Baby, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Dark Passage (1947), Big Sleep The (1946), Taxi Driver (1976), Citizen Kane, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Smiles of a Summer Night (Sommarnattens leende), Tension at Table Rock, Man from Laramie The, Pillow Talk (1959), Footlight Parade, Jim Thorpe-All American, Network (1976), City Lights (1931), Innocents The (1961), Harold Becker, Alive (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

February 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Flashback Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Swedish Film Institute Cinemateket, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Noir City Seattle, The Beverly Cinema, Event Cinemas Australia, The Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa, TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Singin' in the Rain, Now Voyager, Mystery Street, Network (1976), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Casablanca, Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Taxi Driver (1976), Brief Encounter, Asphalt Jungle The, Manhattan (1979), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Kind Lady (1951), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Johnny Eager (1941), Kiss of Death (1947), Gold Diggers of 1933, Charles Bernstein, Dolores Claiborne (Soundtrack)

"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)