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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

September 04, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, September 4, 2026

Saturday (September 5th) on TCM:

Make way for the rapturous Stanley Donen directed musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), reviewed here, Saturday, September 5th at 9 am PDT.

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"Now Listen to Me... "

May 09, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Avex Ensemble Buenos Aires Argentina, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Entertainment, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Film Forum New York City, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, TCM Recommendations, Pather Panchali (1955), Jeopardy (1953), Out of the Past (1947), Ride the High Country (1962), Baby Face (1933), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Cape Fear (1962), The Boys from Brazil (1978), The Seventh Victim (1943), Get Carter (1971), The Godfather Part III (1990) (Soundtrack), Clint Eastwood

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 08, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Fathom Events, Noir City Oakland, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Now Voyager (1942), Footlight Parade (1933), Jeopardy (1953), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Intruder in the Dust (1949), The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Jim Thorpe-All American (1951), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Glynn Turman, Goldfinger (1964) (Soundtrack), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

"Now Listen to Me..."

July 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, The National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, The West Australian Symphony Orchestra, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Portland, TCM Recommendations, Baby Face (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Armored Car Robbery (1950), Psycho (1960), Double Indemnity (1944), Them! (1954), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Criss Cross (1949), The Lady Eve (1941), 36 Hours (1964), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), Chariots of Fire (1981), Jim Thorpe-All American (1951), Ride the High Country (1962), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Birdman of Alcatraz (1962), The Killing (1956), Paths of Glory (1957), The Stalking Moon (1968), Clash by Night (1952), Split Second (1953), Tension at Table Rock (1956), The Lost Weekend (1945), Foreign Correspondent (1940), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Ken Burns, Backdraft (1991) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

April 12, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, April 12, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

MGM's 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain was not adapted from a theatrical production, though the film was later turned into one, being first presented on stage in 1983.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Singin' in the Rain (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Babylon Orchestra Berlin, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema, Fathom Events, Flashback Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, TCM Classic Film Festival 2024, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967), The Chase (1966), Now Voyager (1942), Double Indemnity (1944), Ride Lonesome (1959), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), The Seventh Victim (1943), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Missouri Breaks (1976), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Touch of Evil (1958), Guys and Dolls (1955), Lady in the Lake (1947), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Network (1976), Apocalypse Now (1979), I Confess (1953), The Graduate (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), Out of the Past (1947), Elaine May, Species (1995) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Beverly Cinema, Noir City Detroit, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, The Big Sleep (1946), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Jim Thorpe-All American (1951), Dark Hazard (1934), Johnny Eager (1941), I Confess (1953), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Point Blank (1967), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), Them! (1954), Baby Face (1933), The Night of the Hunter (1955), In a Lonely Place (1950), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), 36 Hours (1964), Death in Venice (1971), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Bullitt (1968), The Learning Tree (1969), The Hill (1965), Freaks (1932), Victim (1961), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Dark Passage (1947), David McCallum, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

September 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, September 1, 2023

This weekend on TCM:

Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.

Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946)

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"Now Listen to Me..."

July 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Philadelphia, Secret Movie Club, The San Francisco Symphony, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Casablanca (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gold Diggers of 1933, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Intruder in the Dust (1949), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Getaway (1972), Impact (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Crime Wave (1953), Jeopardy (1953), Point Blank (1967), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Illegal (1955), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Dark Passage (1947), White Heat (1949), Footlight Parade (1933), If I Had a Million (1932), The Big Sleep (1946), Network (1976), City Lights (1931), The Stalking Moon (1968), The Swimmer (1968), I Confess (1953), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Straight Time (1978), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), Them! (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Clash by Night (1952), Shelley Hack, Minority Report (2002) (Soundtrack)