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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

July 04, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


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

Friday, July 4, 2025

Tomorrow on TCM:

1972's The Getaway is not nearly as meaningful or resonant as some of Sam Peckinpah's earlier films; still, as a genre piece, it punches solidly above its pay grade.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Getaway (1972), The Night of the Hunter (1955)

"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..."

July 01, 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 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)