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January 25, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Today on TCM:

In 1966, one of the more challenging films to face off against the Production Code (mentioned in Exploring the Artefacts #3: Code Breakers) was that year’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Psycho (1960), King Kong (1933)

"Now Listen to Me..."

January 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Cinematheque Vancouver, The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, The American Cinematheque, The Redford Theatre Detroit, Flashback Cinema, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Oakland, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Monkey Business (1931), Out of the Past (1947), The Locket (1946), City Lights (1931), Suspense (1946), The Hunted (1948), Wanda (1970), Now Voyager (1942), Ride Lonesome (1959), Citizen Kane (1941), Network (1976), Casablanca (1942), Bullitt (1968), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Mississippi Burning (1988), The Set-Up (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), Taxi Driver (1976), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Paths of Glory (1957), The Gypsy Moths (1969), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Heiress (1949), The Times of Harvey Milk (1984), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), Psycho (1960), King Kong (1933), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Cape Fear (1962), James Earl Jones, Basic Instinct (1992) (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..."

August 06, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Hollywood, American Cinematheque, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Flashback Cinema, Fathom Events, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Noir City Chicago, Eric Serra and his musicians, TCM Recommendations, Psycho (1960), Singin' in the Rain (1952), The Naked Spur (1953), The Set-Up (1949), Gold Diggers of 1933, Footlight Parade (1933), Blonde Crazy (1931), Out of the Past (1947), High Noon (1952), Double Indemnity (1944), Baby Face (1933), Clash by Night (1952), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Wild Bunch (1969), Pillow Talk (1959), Conflict (1945), In a Lonely Place (1950), Nora Prentiss (1947), John Debney, Jobs (Soundtrack)

Dish of the Day

August 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, August 1, 2023

Coming up on TCM:

“The mattress is soft and there're hangers in the closet and stationary with "Bates' Motel" printed on it in case you want to make your friends back home envious.”

My first TCM recommendation this month was, at the time (including throughout its primary creator’s career), the most audacious cinematic assault ever perpetrated on the movie going public or the Motion Picture Production Code for that matter. 1960's Psycho

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Psycho (1960)

"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..."

October 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Beverly Cinema, Film Forum New York City, Secret Movie Club, Noir City D.C., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Arthur Lyons' Film Noir Festival, Flashback Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, The Seventh Victim (1943), In a Lonely Place, All About Eve (1950), Armored Car Robbery, D.O.A. (1949), Pitfall (1948), Mystery Street, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Citizen Kane, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Where Eagles Dare (1968), Heiress The (1949), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Sorry Wrong Number (1948), Them! (1954), Bringing Up Baby, Night of the Living Dead (1968), Psycho (1960), Brian Doyle-Murray, Valkyrie (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

June 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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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)

"Now Listen to Me..."

April 03, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bullitt, Citizen Kane, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Guys and Dolls, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Johnny Eager (1941), Last Picture Show The, Manchurian Candidate The, Mystery Street, Network (1976), Now Voyager, Pillow Talk (1959), Possessed (1947), Psycho (1960), Red River, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Singin' in the Rain, Them! (1954), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Umberto D., Perry King, High Noon (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 04, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Psycho (1960), Red River, Straight Time, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un curé de campagne), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Searchers The, Chase The (1966), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Anatomy of a Murder, Too Late for Tears, Stop Me Before I Kill! aka The Full Treatment, Pillow Talk (1959), Possessed (1947), Brief Encounter, King Kong (1933), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Vertigo (1958), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Hotel (1967), Warren Beatty, Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

December 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Citizen Kane, D.O.A. (1949), Them! (1954), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Big Business (1929), Diamonds of the Night (Démanty noci), Where Eagles Dare (1968), Vertigo (1958), Best Years of Our Lives The, Remember the Night, Kiss of Death (1947), Shop Around the Corner The, Casablanca, Guys and Dolls, Singin' in the Rain, Graduate The (1967), Battle of Algiers The (La battaglia di Algeri), Psycho (1960), Anthony Hopkins, T-Rex: Back to the Cretaceous (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 04, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Noir City, TCM Recommendations, Pitfall (1948), Ghost and Mrs. Muir The (1947), Vertigo (1958), Ride the High Country, Point Blank (1967), Nora Prentiss (1947), The Unsuspected (1947), Now Voyager, Casablanca, Where Eagles Dare (1968), They Won't Believe Me, Freaks (1932), In a Lonely Place, Bringing Up Baby, Ipcress File The, Big Sleep The (1946), Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Duck Soup (1933), Red River, Hill The, Psycho (1960), Suspense (1946), White Heat, Sandra Descher, Jacob's Ladder (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Possessed (1947), Unsuspected The, Out of the Past, Ride in the Whirlwind, They Won't Believe Me, Singin' in the Rain, Seventh Victim The, Village of the Damned (1960), Innocents The (1961), Point Blank (1967), Bonnie and Clyde (1967), White Heat, Night of the Hunter The, Brief Encounter, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Doctor Zhivago (1965), Psycho (1960), Lost Weekend The, Taxi Driver, Old Dark House The (1932), Andrew James, Troy (Soundtrack)