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May 31, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, American Cinematheque, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Noir City Boston, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Secret Movie Club, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Out of the Past (1947), Pillow Talk (1959), Colorado Territory (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Split Second (1953), Ikiru (1952), The Cinematheque Vancouver, In a Lonely Place (1950), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), The Los Angeles Conservancy, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Pitfall (1948), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), Victim (1961), The Unsuspected (1947), D.O.A. (1950), James Newton Howard, Primal Fear (1996) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

May 22, 2023  /  Arthur Grant


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

Monday, May 22, 2023

The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured. 

Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9

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Treasure Trivia: Quiz #9

May 22, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Treasure Trivia:

The Cinema Cafe has a chat room on Facebook that readers are welcome to join here. On Mondays, we have a movie trivia game called "Match-up Mondays" where the object is to name the common denominator between all of the captures provided and also identify each of the films pictured. 

Members are challenged to match the following character names with the pictures below them as well as identify each film and finally, the common denominator shared by all of the characters named. The first person to answer all questions correctly on this post in the comments section below will be awarded the following prize:

The prize selected is a choice between the CD soundtracks to World Trade Center with music composed by Craig Armstrong or Lady in the Water with music composed by James Newton Howard. Both are new and sealed. Either choice will be internationally airmailed to the winner.  Good luck!

The Characters:

1. Diane Redfern

2. Arch Stanton

3. George Reynolds aka Raymond Rakubian

4. Sean Regan

5. Rebecca de Winter

6. Bernard Quill

The Motion Pictures (to be identified and matched with the names above):

And lastly: what do the six characters listed have in common?

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categories / Treasure Trivia
tags / Film Trivia, Movie Trivia

Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

May 18, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, May 19, 2023

Today on TCM:

My enthusiasm for the next film may be “icier” than say Howard Hughes’, however, viewers may find enough intrigue, suspense and supportive factors to make the journey to Ice Station Zebra (1968),

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Ice Station Zebra (1968)

Dish of the Day

May 16, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Today on TCM:

All of the 4 films noir recommended below benefit greatly from the presence of actress Audrey Totter.

From 1947, director Michael Curtiz brings inspirationally to life the unsuspectedly stylish film noir The Unsuspected,

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Unsuspected (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Tension (1949)