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March 09, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Redford Theatre Detroit, Film Forum New York City, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Flashback Cinema, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, The Train (1964), Brief Encounter (1945), Mystery Street (1950), Baby Face (1933), The King of Comedy (1982), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Psycho (1960), Vertigo (1958), Them! (1954), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), Shirley Jones, The Bad News Bears (1976) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

March 06, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, March 6, 2026

This weekend on TCM:


Besieged with production problems, the film 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, reviewed here and showing on TCM Saturday, March 7th at 7:30 pm PST.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Guys and Dolls (1955)

Dish of the Day

March 05, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, March 5, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

This next must-see TCM film recommendation is Italian director Vittorio De Sica's neo-realist masterpiece Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) (1948), one of the most emotionally devastating films of all time (See: Top Ten: World Cinema Treasures).

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Bicycle Thief The (Bicycle Thieves) (Ladri di biciclette)

Dish of the Day

February 26, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

In my review of Casablanca, I made some criticism regarding its emotionally underwhelming Parisian flashback. Prior to this film, however, Casablanca's producer Hal Wallis and one of its contributing writers, Casey Robinson, made Now, Voyager (1942) where the romance witnessed from start to finish comes alive with fervour, maturity and elegance.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Now Voyager (1942)

Dish of the Day

February 25, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Tomorrow on TCM:

What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a serious drama like the previous selection, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Roman Holiday (1953)