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Dish of the Day

March 26, 2026  /  Arthur Grant


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

Thursday, March 26, 2026

Today on TCM:

Later on Thursday is Alfred Hitchcock’s most profound cinematic storytelling 1958’s Vertigo with all three of his often employed, previously mentioned collaborators working at the peak of their considerable powers.

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"Now Listen to Me... "

March 09, 2026  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Redford Theatre Detroit, Film Forum New York City, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Flashback Cinema, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, TCM Recommendations, The Train (1964), Brief Encounter (1945), Mystery Street (1950), Baby Face (1933), The King of Comedy (1982), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Psycho (1960), Vertigo (1958), Them! (1954), Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967)

Dish of the Day

November 20, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until December 2nd):

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), previously reviewed here, is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.

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Dish of the Day (A Long Good Friday Edition)

October 17, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, October 17, 2025

Sunday on TCM…

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 07, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City D.C., Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Australian Centre For Moving Image Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Ritz Theatre Sydney Australia, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Revival House Como Western Australia, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Flashback Cinema, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The San Francisco Symphony, TCM Recommendations, Laura (1944), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Sweet Smell of Success (1957), Bullitt (1968), Pillow Talk (1959), Sullivan's Travels (1941), I Confess (1953), Vertigo (1958), The Fury (1978), Psycho (1960), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Prowler (1951), Patterns (1956), Freaks (1932), The Mummy (1932), Lee Grant, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Noir City Chicago, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, Film Forum New York City, Fathom Events, Noir City Detroit, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Flashback Cinema, The Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (Canada), TCM Recommendations, Baby Face (1933), The Battle of Algiers a.k.a. La battaglia di Algeri (1966), Bullitt (1968), Out of the Past (1947), Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) (1960), The Set-Up (1949), Impact (1949), Casablanca (1942), The Seventh Victim (1943), Ride the High Country (1962), The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), Touch of Evil (1958), White Heat (1949), Now Voyager (1942), The Tall Target (1951), The Narrow Margin (1952), Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette) aka The Bicycle Thief, Split Second (1953), The Learning Tree (1969), Them! (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Kelly's Heroes (1970), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Colorado Territory (1949), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Vertigo (1958), Sophia Loren, The Getaway (1972) (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day (A Lost Weekend Edition)

June 14, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Friday, June 14, 2024

This weekend on TCM:

Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) is loaded with multi-faceted insights and hidden rumination on human relationships providing viewers with much to ponder long after this tale of romantic obsession ends.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958), I Confess (1953)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Prince Charles Cinema, Fathom Events, The American Cinematheque, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Noir City Boston, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Tomorrow is Another Day (1951), Out of Africa (1985), Victim (1961), The Searchers (1956), 36 Hours (1964), Saving Private Ryan (1998), City Lights (1931), Tension at Table Rock (1956), Platoon (1986), The Lost Weekend (1945), Laura (1944), Psycho (1960), Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Vertigo (1958), I Confess (1953), Doctor Zhivago (1965), All About Eve (1950), The Graduate (1967), The Locket (1946), Conflict (1945), Kind Lady (1951), Kiss of Death (1947), Casablanca (1942), The Narrow Margin (1952), The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), June Lockhart, Eye of the Needle (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The American Cinematheque, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Babylon Orchestra Berlin, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Xmas, The Beverly Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Bringing Up Baby (1938), Red River (1948), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Bullitt (1968), Brief Encounter (1945), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Remember the Night (1940), Network (1976), His Girl Friday (1940), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Cash on Demand (1961), Lady in the Lake (1947), Roadblock (1951), Big Business (1929), Vertigo (1958), Rope (1948), The Big Sleep (1946), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), The Searchers (1956), In a Lonely Place (1950), Gasper Noé, Hook (1991) (Soundtrack)

"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)

"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..."

March 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / Kit Noir Film Festival, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, The Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Rooftop Movies Perth, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Orchestra Sinfonica Giovanile di Milano, Secret Movie Club, Flashback Cinema, White Heat, Best Years of Our Lives The, Double Indemnity, Brief Encounter, Casablanca (1942), Now Voyager, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Singin' in the Rain, Gold Diggers of 1933, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Asphalt Jungle The, Pillow Talk (1959), Lady Eve The (1941), Laura (1944), Vertigo (1958), Anatomy of a Murder, Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Network (1976), Citizen Kane, Lost Weekend The, All About Eve (1950), Birdman of Alcatraz, Psycho (1960), Harry Belafonte, Clear and Present Danger (Soundtrack), Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The FILMharmonic Orchestra and Choir and the Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Secret Movie Club, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Vertigo (1958), Pushover (1954), Out of the Past, California Split, Where's Poppa?, Child Is Waiting A (1963), They Won't Believe Me, Big Heat The, In a Lonely Place, Chase The (1966), Johnny Eager (1941), Patterns (1956), Gunman's Walk, Bringing Up Baby, Anatomy of a Murder, Hotel (1967), Point Blank (1967), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Casablanca, White Heat, Footlight Parade, Best Years of Our Lives The, Matrix The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Astor Theatre, Fathom Events, The Beverly Cinema, TCM Recommendations, Gun Crazy (1950), Possessed (1947), Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Singin' in the Rain, Doctor Zhivago (1965), Tension (1949), Torn Curtain (1966), Vertigo (1958), Psycho (1960), Times of Harvey Milk The, Heiress The (1949), Monica Potter, Images (Soundtrack)