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"Now Listen to Me..."

April 01, 2023  /  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, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Baby Face (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade, Jim Thorpe-All American, Learning Tree The, Casablanca (1942), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Now Voyager, Nora Prentiss (1947), White Heat, Searchers The, Them! (1954), Dark Passage (1947), Crime Wave, Bullitt, Wild Bunch The, Big Sleep The (1946), I Confess (1953), Colorado Territory (1949), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Exorcist The (1973), Sharon Acker, Nick of Time (Soundtrack), TCM Classic Film Festival 2023

Dish of the Day

February 24, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, February 24, 2023

There are two unmissable westerns playing back-to-back on TCM later today.

For some time now, it has been my contention that films noir are able to infiltrate other genres of cinematic storytelling. Instead of applying a whole host of traits typically associated with a style of filmmaking that emerged in the U.S. during the 1940s, I've identified two overriding features that most determine their qualification. 1. Some sort of criminal activity is present or is at least demonstrably considered and 2. There is a strong focus on the psychology of its principle participants. These attributes are not only abundantly evident in André de Toth’s exceptional western 1959’s Day of the Outlaw,

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Day of the Outlaw, Wild Bunch The

"Now Listen to Me..."

February 04, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The American Cinematheque, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Secret Movie Club, Noir City Seattle, Film Forum New York City, Rooftop Movies Perth, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Basel Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby, Conflict (1945), Gold Diggers of 1933, Red Sonja (Soundtrack), Gun Crazy 1950, Brief Encounter, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Tomorrow Is Another Day, Them! (1954), Day of the Outlaw, Wild Bunch The, Footlight Parade, Reflections in a Golden Eye, Lisa Eichhorn, Chaplin (Soundtrack), Lady Eve The (1941)

"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..."

June 01, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Anatomy of a Murder, Bullitt, Ride the High Country, Wild Bunch The, Getaway The (1972), Monkey Business (1931), Duck Soup (1933), Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Gun Crazy (1950), Nora Prentiss (1947), Swimmer The (1968), D.O.A. (1950), Pitfall (1948), Niagara (1953), In a Lonely Place, Stranger on the Third Floor, Strange Cargo, Madchen in Uniform (Maedchen in Uniform) (1931), King Kong (1933), Lady from Shanghai The, Manhattan (1979), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Vincent D’Onofrio, Young Lions The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The American Cinematheque, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Event Cinemas Australia, The Associação Cine Theatro Brasil, The Beverly Cinema, The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, TCM & Fathom Events, First Direct Arena, The Roxie Theatre, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Saarland State Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Searchers The, Big Sleep The (1946), Chinatown (1974), Casablanca, Johnny Eager (1941), Best Years of Our Lives The, Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Tall Target The, Brief Encounter, Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Last Picture Show The, Wild Bunch The, Roman Holiday (1953), All About Eve (1950), Citizen Kane, Sullivan's Travels, David Mamet, Broken Lance (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM and Fathom Events, Event Cinemas Australia, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Chicago, The Prince Charles Cinema, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Traquen’Art, The Dubai Opera, Noir City Detroit, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Zénith de Lille Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Them! (1954), Lost Weekend The, Paths of Glory, Night of the Hunter The, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Ride Lonesome, Big Sleep The (1946), Wild Bunch The, Bedford Incident The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Big Heat The, Freaks (1932), Long Goodbye The, Landlord The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Robert Benton, Black Sunday (1977) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

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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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 02, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Pillow Talk (1959), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Freaks (1932), Red River, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Tall T, Repulsion (1965), Anatomy of a Murder, Mystery Street, Gun Crazy (1950), Unsuspected The, Casablanca, Cry Danger, Wild Bunch The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Colorado Territory (1949), Burt Young, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 02, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, It's a Gift (1934), Them! (1954), In a Lonely Place, Bringing Up Baby, Into the Wild (2007), Narrow Margin The (1952), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Shop Around the Corner The, Learning Tree The, Footlight Parade, Ride in the Whirlwind, White Heat, D.O.A. (1950), Wild Bunch The, Tomorrow Is Another Day, King Kong (1933), Straight Time, Daniela Bianchi, List of Adrian Messenger The (Soundtrack)

Top Ten: Western Treasures Part 3

June 27, 2014  /  Arthur Grant

Drama is conflict.

Nowhere is that better exemplified than in a less technologically advanced, austere western setting. Practically since the dawn of cinema itself, westerns appeared on the scene with their early simple narratives, befitting both the west's preceding closure and this awesome, new storytelling discovery. 

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tags / Ride the High Country, Top Ten Westerns, Sam Peckinpah, Devil's Doorway, Searchers The, Wild Bunch The