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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

October 25, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, October 25, 2024

Today on TCM:

Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941).

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Citizen Kane (1941), Cape Fear (1962)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 09, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

This month's column is apologetically late due to my extensive travelling.

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, Noir City D.C., The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, TCM Recommendations, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Bullitt (1968), Point Blank (1967), Get Carter (1971), Crime Wave (1953), Village of the Damned (1960), Too Late for Tears (1949), Johnny Eager (1941), The Big Sleep (1946), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Brief Encounter (1945), Cleopatra (1963), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Citizen Kane (1941), Cape Fear (1962), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Seventh Victim (1943), Psycho (1960), Blue Velvet (1986), Freaks (1932), The Other (1972), The Other (1972) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Fathom Events, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Laura (1944), Dark Passage (1947), White Heat (1949), Citizen Kane (1941), Point Blank (1967), Roadblock (1951), Intruder in the Dust (1949), Pitfall (1948), The Set-Up (1949), Lady in the Lake (1947), Strange Cargo (1940), 36 Hours (1964), The Battle of Algiers (1966), Platoon (1986), Men in War (1957), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), King Kong (1933), Eraserhead (1977), His Girl Friday (1940), The Getaway (1972), James Fox, Torn Curtain (1966) (Soundtrack), Devil's Doorway (1950)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Hollywood, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Recommendations, The Heiress (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Lost Weekend (1945), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Citizen Kane (1941), Platoon (1986), All About Eve (1950), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Casablanca (1942), Out of Africa (1985), Rain Man (1988), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), The National Lyon Orchestra, The Orchestre National de Lyon, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), White Heat (1949), Baby Face (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Scarlet Street (1945), Mystery Street (1950), Network (1976), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Brief Encounter (1945), Duel (1971), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Get Carter (1971), Pushover (1954), The Last Picture Show (1971), Dominique Sanda, The Swarm (1978) (Soundtrack), Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Dish of the Day

January 11, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Today and tomorrow early morning on TCM:

Next is a sterling example of how to present complex and enthralling characters, all of whom develop naturally while still holding our intense fascination: Citizen Kane (1941)

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Citizen Kane (1941), Network (1976), Casablanca (1942)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The American Cinematheque, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Oakland, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Monkey Business (1931), Out of the Past (1947), The Locket (1946), City Lights (1931), Suspense (1946), The Hunted (1948), Wanda (1970), Now Voyager (1942), Ride Lonesome (1959), Citizen Kane (1941), Network (1976), Casablanca (1942), Bullitt (1968), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Set-Up (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Taxi Driver (1976), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Paths of Glory (1957), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Heiress (1949), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Psycho (1960), King Kong (1933), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Cape Fear (1962), James Earl Jones, Basic Instinct (1992) (Soundtrack)