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June 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Saturday, June 1, 2024

Already posted to the CC site is the first half of this month’s >>> “Now Listen to Me…” <<< column containing news of various classic film screenings happening in theatres around the world and the first 13 (out of 27) recommended movies to watch this month on TCM.

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tags / Film musings, "Now Listen to Me...", TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951)

"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

May 21, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Currently available on Watch TCM (until May 23rd):

There have been quite a few movies centred around boxing over the years from 1937’s Kid Galahad to 2018’s Creed II with plenty of standouts in-between such as 1947’s Body and Soul, 1956’s Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1962’s Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1972’s Fat City and 1980’s Raging Bull. None of these, however, get as straight to the punchline as 1949’s knockout noir The Set-Up,

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tags / Film musings, Watch TCM, The Set-Up (1949)