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Dish of the Day

August 07, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Monday, August 7, 2023

Today on TCM:


Anthony Mann’s laser like focus on his characters’ deep-rooted psychological clashes of will, makes this next TCM recommendation one exhilarating, tension-filled, film noir western of extreme efficiency and excellence. 1953’s The Naked Spur

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, The Naked Spur (1953), The Set-Up (1949)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 06, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Hollywood, American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Chicago, Eric Serra and his musicians, TCM Recommendations, Psycho (1960), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), The Set-Up (1949), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade (1933), Blonde Crazy (1931), Out of the Past (1947), High Noon (1952), Double Indemnity (1944), Baby Face (1933), Clash by Night (1952), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), Pillow Talk (1959), Conflict (1945), In a Lonely Place (1950), Nora Prentiss (1947), John Debney, Jobs (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

August 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Coming up on TCM:

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with "Bates' Motel" printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

My first TCM recommendation this month was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Psycho (1960)

Dish of the Day

July 26, 2023  /  Arthur Grant


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

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Today on TCM:

Besieged with production problems, and sometimes wrongfully criticised because of them, this next TCM recommendation is, nevertheless, an accomplished and splendorous piece of dramatically dynamic adventure storytelling: the 1962 version of Mutiny on the Bounty

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)