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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

August 14, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, August 14, 2026

Today and this weekend on TCM:

A couple on their way to New York City are about to have a serious reality check in 1970’s “comedy” The Out-of-Towners, previously reviewed here, and happening Friday, August 14th at 5 pm PDT.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Out-of-Towners (1970), The Searchers (1956), His Girl Friday (1940)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 06, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Entertainment, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, Noir City Portland, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, TCM Recommendations, The Getaway (1972), Bullitt (1968), The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), The Lady Eve (1941), Sorry Wrong Number (1948), Duck Soup (1933), Monkey Business (1931), They Won't Believe Me (1947), The Searchers (1956), The Out-of-Towners (1970), His Girl Friday (1940), The Chase (1966), Out of Africa (1985), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), The Narrow Margin (1952), The Killing (1956), Bringing Up Baby (1938)

Dish of the Day

May 05, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, May 5, 2026

Currently available at Watch TCM (until May 12th):

John Ford's 1956 masterpiece The Searchers, previously reviewed here, is Top Ten Western #2 and is as likely as any film to provide one with a truly unforgettable, rich and rewarding movie watching experience.

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tags / Film musings, Watch TCM, The Searchers (1956)

"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..."

May 16, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, In a Lonely Place (1950), Johnny Eager (1941), Nora Prentiss (1947), Out of Africa (1985), Lady in the Lake (1947), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Crime Wave (1953), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Men in War (1957), Where Eagles Dare (1968), The Searchers (1956), Network (1976), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Clint Eastwood, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (1968) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Film Forum New York City, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, Fathom Events, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Noir City Xmas, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Flashback Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, Casablanca (1942), Roman Holiday (1953), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Heiress (1949), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Lady in the Lake (1947), Remember the Night (1940), Conflict (1945), Double Indemnity (1944), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Guys and Dolls (1955), Ben Kingsley, Out of Africa (1985) (Soundtrack), The Searchers (1956)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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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 Lost Weekend Edition)

April 19, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, April 19, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

From 1947 comes a story that takes place during the Christmas Holidays, the film noir Lady in the Lake

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Lady in the Lake (1947), TCM Classic Film Festival 2024, Them! (1954), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Dirty Harry (1971), The Big Heat (1953), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Searchers (1956), Chinatown (1974), The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 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 Redford Theatre Detroit, The American Cinematheque, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Babylon Orchestra Berlin, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Xmas, The Beverly Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Red River (1948), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Bullitt (1968), Brief Encounter (1945), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Remember the Night (1940), Network (1976), His Girl Friday (1940), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Cash on Demand (1961), Lady in the Lake (1947), Roadblock (1951), Big Business (1929), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), The Big Sleep (1946), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Searchers (1956), In a Lonely Place (1950), Gasper Noé, Hook (1991) (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)