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Dish of the Day

June 08, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Today on TCM:

"Complaining about the far-fetched circumstances in films noir is like objecting to the lack of realism in a Picasso painting. What I mean is that lovers of these criminally rich cinematic delights oughtn’t to bother picking out the implausibilities, since they are practically a hallmark of noir's style."

I've written this before when introducing Split Second (1953),

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"Now Listen to Me..."

May 31, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, American Cinematheque, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Noir City Boston, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Secret Movie Club, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Out of the Past (1947), Pillow Talk (1959), Colorado Territory (1949), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Split Second (1953), Ikiru (1952), The Cinematheque Vancouver, In a Lonely Place (1950), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967), The Los Angeles Conservancy, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Pitfall (1948), Sullivan's Travels (1941), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), Victim (1961), The Unsuspected (1947), D.O.A. (1950), James Newton Howard, Primal Fear (1996) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 01, 2018  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Seattle 70mm Film Festival, 25th Annual Buster Keaton Commemoration, Hollywood Classics on the Big Screen Event Cinemas Australia, Film Forum New York City, San Francisco Silent Film Festival, TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity, Them! (1954), Locket The, Pillow Talk (1959), Noir City Detroit, Big Heat The, Too Late for Tears, Dark Passage (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Learning Tree The, Taxi Driver, Stranger on the Third Floor, The Seventh Victim (1943), Out of the Past, Split Second (1953), Gun Crazy (1950), Men in War, Big Sleep The (1946), Gangster The, Ben Cooper, King Kong (1976) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Big Sleep The (1946), Split Second (1953), Shop Around the Corner The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Guys and Dolls, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gun Crazy (1950), Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, Bringing Up Baby, Jeopardy (1953), Sullivan's Travels, Dark Passage (1947), Landlord The, Ed Harris, Ten Commandments The (Soundtrack)