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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

July 24, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, July 24, 2026

Today and this weekend on TCM:

Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Jeopardy (1953), The Prowler (1951), They Won't Believe Me (1947), The Big Sleep (1946)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 03, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Fathom Entertainment, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Noir City New York, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Criss Cross (1949), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Blonde Crazy (1931), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Gun Crazy (1950), Bullitt (1968), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Killing (1956), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Them! (1954), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), In a Lonely Place (1950), Paths of Glory (1957), Dark Passage (1947), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Eraserhead (1977), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Freaks (1932), The Seventh Victim (1943), Jeopardy (1953), The Prowler (1951), They Won't Believe Me (1947), The Big Sleep (1946), King Kong (1933), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Touch of Evil (1958), Point Blank (1967), Christopher Nolan, Falling in Love (1984) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / "Now Listen To Me..."
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), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Prowler (1951), Patterns (1956), Freaks (1932), The Mummy (1932), Lee Grant, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

April 25, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, April 25, 2025

This weekend on TCM:

Here is another film noir with a central character whose emotions have apparently consumed his common sense and compromised his moral integrity: The Prowler (1951), previously reviewed here.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Prowler (1951)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 18, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, TCM Recommendations, Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), The Big Sleep (1946), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), I Confess (1953), Gun Crazy (1950), The Set-Up (1949), The Prowler (1951), Phillip Noyce, Casino Royale (2006) (Soundtrack)