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April 23, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Currently available on Watch TCM (until April 29th):

One of director David Lean’s more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965) well worth seeing.

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April 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

January 29, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The American Cinematheque, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Fathom Events, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Noir City Seattle, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), The Learning Tree (1969), I Confess (1953), Footlight Parade (1933), The Tall Target (1951), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Pillow Talk (1959), Network (1976), Brief Encounter (1945), Doctor Zhivago (1965), The Narrow Margin (1952), Bullitt (1968), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Big Country (1958), Spellbound (1945), Now Voyager (1942), Laura (1944), Mississippi Burning (1988), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Them! (1954), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Joanne Woodward, Solaris (2002) (Soundtrack), Split Image (1982)

Dish of the Day

December 08, 2023  /  Arthur Grant


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

Friday, December 8, 2023

Today on TCM:

Immediately following Brief Encounter is another film helmed by David Lean. One of his more ambitious projects may have turned out less artistically accomplished than its director intended. Still, it has many attributes making Doctor Zhivago (1965)

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"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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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)

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August 06, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Revolutionary Orchestra, Secret Movie Club, The Orchestre philharmonique de Nice et Chœur région Sud, Fathom Events, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Flashback Cinema, The Belgian National Orchestra, TCM Recommendations, The Learning Tree (1969), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, All About Eve (1950), Pillow Talk (1959), Sullivan's Travels, The Lady Eve (1941), Village of the Damned (1960), Singin' in the Rain, Network (1976), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Stop Me Before I Kill! aka The Full Treatment, Sweet Smell of Success (1957), The Unsuspected (1947), Lady in the Lake (1947), The Set-Up (1949), Tension (1949), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Brief Encounter, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Kelly's Heroes, Bringing Up Baby, The Big Sleep (1946), The Searchers (1956), Jerzy Skolimowski, Dead Again (Soundtrack)

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March 05, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Sunday, March 5, 2023

Coming up on TCM:

After having shared my review of Doctor Zhivago a number of times in various Facebook film related chatrooms (including the Cinema Cafe group all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685), I’m often informed that this film wasn’t that well received when it was released or even incorrectly told that Doctor Zhivago was derided by all of the critics at the time it was first shown theatrically.

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"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Beverly Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, American Cinematheque, Secret Movie Club, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Roxie Theater San Francisco, The Cinemateket i Bergen, The Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Freebie and the Bean, Mummy The (1932), Point Blank (1967), Best Years of Our Lives The, Set-Up The (1949), Clash by Night (1952), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Tension (1949), Tall Target The, Touch of Evil, Pillow Talk (1959), Scarlet Empress The (1934), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Kind Lady (1951), Shop Around the Corner The, Colorado Territory (1949), White Heat, Roman Holiday (1953), Joel Coen, L.A. Confidential (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 30, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

February 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

January 04, 2022  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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"Now Listen to Me..."

September 05, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

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