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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

November 21, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, November 21, 2025

This weekend on TCM:

If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity (1944), Chinatown (1974)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 11, 2025  /  Arthur Grant


Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Noir City Philadelphia, Film Forum, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Flashback Cinema, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Roxie Theater San Francisco, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, TCM Recommendations, The Ipcress File (1965), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Locket (1946), The Set-Up (1949), Touch of Evil (1958), Brief Encounter (1945), Dark Passage (1947), Marathon Man (1976), Point Blank (1967), Double Indemnity (1944), Chinatown (1974), Pillow Talk (1959), The Steel Trap (1952), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Cathy Moriarty, Citizen Kane (1941) (Soundtrack), The Fire Within a.k.a. Le Feu Follet (Blu-ray)

"Now Listen to Me... "

July 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Noir City Portland, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, His Girl Friday (1940), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Intruder in the Dust (1949), Blue Velvet (1986), The Scarlet Empress (1934), Roman Holiday (1953), The Bedford Incident (1965), Clash by Night (1952), Strange Cargo (1940), Cleopatra (1963), Chinatown (1974), Network (1976), Cape Fear (1962), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Apocalypse Now (1979), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

April 19, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, April 19, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

From 1947 comes a story that takes place during the Christmas Holidays, the film noir Lady in the Lake

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Lady in the Lake (1947), TCM Classic Film Festival 2024, Them! (1954), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Dirty Harry (1971), The Big Heat (1953), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Searchers (1956), Chinatown (1974), The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 02, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM and Fathom Events, Il Cinema Ritrovato - Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, TCM Recommendations, Point Blank (1967), Pillow Talk (1959), Shop Around the Corner The, Nora Prentiss (1947), They Won't Believe Me, Friends of Eddie Coyle The, Chinatown (1974), King Kong (1933), Bringing Up Baby, Secret Movie Club, Man from Laramie The, Bullitt, Best Years of Our Lives The, Now Voyager, Casablanca, Searchers The, Last Picture Show The, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Blade Runner, Asphalt Jungle The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Geraldine Chaplin, Somewhere in Time (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
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)