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Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

October 18, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, October 18, 2024

In Palo Alto California, The Stanford Theatre continues with their extensive Film Noir Festival. This weekend’s double bill consists of Laura (1944, a 35mm print)

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categories / Dish of the Day
tags / Film musings, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Laura (1944), Out of the Past (1947), TCM Recommendations, 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)

"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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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)

Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

November 24, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, November 25, 2023

Currently available on Watch TCM (until December 17th):

The next 3 recommendations are all films noir, each packing a solid punch.

The first is a highly distinctive crime film, overflowing with noir goodness, 1949’s Too Late for Tears.

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tags / Film musings, Watch TCM, Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), TCM Recommendations, Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Beverly Cinema, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Secret Movie Club, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Intruder in the Dust (1949), Roxie Theater San Francisco, Duck Soup (1933), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), TO Live Orchestra, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Blonde Crazy (1931), The Landlord (1970), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Rope (1948), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci) (1964), In a Lonely Place (1950), Baby Face (1933), King Kong (1933), Too Late for Tears (1949), The Narrow Margin (1952), Tension (1949), The Set-Up (1949), Taxi Driver (1976), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager (1942), The Hunted (1948), The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, Around the World in 80 Days (1956), The Party (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Double Indemnity (1944), The Exorcist (1973), The Big Heat (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), His Girl Friday (1940), Jacqueline White, Saving Private Ryan (Soundtrack)