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Dish of the Day

October 13, 2026  /  Arthur Grant


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

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Today on TCM:

Fans of film noir who haven't seen John Brahm's 1946 The Locket do not want to miss the opportunity to experience this hypnotically mesmerising drama. A previous recommendation here, The Locket is a dream-like journey crying out to be discovered.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Locket (1946)

"Now Listen to Me... "

October 04, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Film Forum New York City, Noir City D.C., The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Fathom Entertainment, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Them! (1954), Patterns (1956), Point Blank (1967), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Crime Wave (1953), Foreign Correspondent (1940), The Locket (1946), Freaks (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Singin' in the Rain (1952)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 08, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Noir City Oakland, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, The Locket (1946), Double Indemnity (1944), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Crime Wave (1953), Johnny Eager (1941), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), The Naked Spur (1953), Casablanca (1942), The Searchers (1956), Film Forum New York City, Philip Glass, The Day of the Jackal (1973) (Soundtrack), The Day of the Jackal (2024 - ) (Television)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 11, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2024  /  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, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The American Cinematheque, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Noir City Boston, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951), Out of Africa (1985), Victim (1961), The Searchers (1956), 36 Hours (1964), Saving Private Ryan (1998), City Lights (1931), Tension at Table Rock (1956), Platoon (1986), The Lost Weekend (1945), Laura (1944), Psycho (1960), Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Vertigo (1958), I Confess (1953), Doctor Zhivago (1965), All About Eve (1950), The Graduate (1967), The Locket (1946), Conflict (1945), Kind Lady (1951), Kiss of Death (1947), Casablanca (1942), The Narrow Margin (1952), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), June Lockhart, Eye of the Needle (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

January 26, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, January 26, 2024

Currently available on Watch TCM (until February 2nd):

Fans of film noir who haven't seen John Brahm's 1946 The Locket

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tags / Film Musings, Watch TCM, The Locket (1946), The Prince Charles Cinema, Heat (1995), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Noir City Oakland, The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Symphony for a Massacre aka Symphonie pour un massacre (1963), Across the Bridge (1957)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
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)