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December 17, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Currently available at Watch TCM (until December 29th):

“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”

Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress (1949), previously reviewed here.

More information on this screening can be obtained by clicking on the image above. Watch TCM’s schedule can be seen by clicking on the banner below.

All responses are not only welcomed but encouraged in the comments section below.

Hope to see you tomorrow.

A.G.

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December 11, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the Facebook film related chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).

World War Z (2013)

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December 09, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Monday, December 9, 2024

Today’s “Dish of the Day” has a review of mine that was inspired by a post in one of the Facebook film related chat rooms. This includes the Cinema Cafe group (all readers are encouraged to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/902349343110685).

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

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December 05, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Thursday, December 5, 2024

In Los Angeles, California The Beverly Cinema will present On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969, a Vibrant I.B. Technicolor 35mm Print) Friday, December 6th and Saturday, December 7th.

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December 03, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Tomorrow on TCM:

What better way for film lovers to celebrate cinema's diversity after watching a terrifying drama like 1962’s Cape Fear, than to partake in the light-hearted, almost make-believe world of a Princess' Roman Holiday (1953)?

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"Now Listen to Me..."

December 01, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Film Forum New York City, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, Fathom Events, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Noir City Xmas, The Stanford Theatre Palo Alto, Flashback Cinema, The Redford Theatre Detroit, TCM Recommendations, Casablanca (1942), Roman Holiday (1953), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), The Heiress (1949), Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Dish of the Day

November 27, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

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

Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950)

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November 24, 2024  /  Arthur Grant

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

Sunday, November 24, 2024

Today on TCM:

Despite its ridiculously hard to follow plot, this next recommendation's wildly entertaining detective yarn is worth waking up for.

Previously reviewed here, The Big Sleep (1946) will awaken Sunday, November 24 at 7 pm PST. 

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