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Dish of the Day

January 27, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

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

Monday, January 27, 2025

Currently available at Watch TCM (until February 10th):

Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) film noir, 1953's Jeopardy.

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January 08, 2025  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / Film Forum New York City, The Prince Charles Cinema London U.K., Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, Institut Lumiere Lyon France, The Beverly Cinema Los Angeles, The Redford Theatre Detroit, The Vista Theater Los Angeles, The American Cinematheque Los Angeles, The Roxie Theatre San Francisco, Cinemateket i Bergen Bergen Norway, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Fathom Events, Noir City Oakland, The Revival House Como Western Australia, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, TCM Recommendations, Now Voyager (1942), Footlight Parade (1933), Jeopardy (1953), Ice Station Zebra (1968), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Intruder in the Dust (1949), The Library of Congress Culpeper Virginia, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Jim Thorpe-All American (1951), The Shop Around the Corner (1940), Glynn Turman, Goldfinger (1964) (Soundtrack), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Dish of the Day

July 11, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

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

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Today on TCM:

Next up are a couple of exciting films noir that first arrived on the scene in 1953, appearing back to back on TCM:

Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) noir, 1953's Jeopardy.

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tags / Film musings, TCM Recommendations, Jeopardy (1953), Crime Wave (1953), Point Blank (1967)

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July 01, 2023  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on this month’s happenings:

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tags / The Prince Charles Cinema, The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Film Forum New York City, The Beverly Cinema, The American Cinematheque, Flashback Cinema, Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The Cinematheque Vancouver, Noir City Philadelphia, Secret Movie Club, The San Francisco Symphony, Fathom Events, TCM Recommendations, Casablanca (1942), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Gold Diggers of 1933, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), Intruder in the Dust (1949), The Night of the Hunter (1955), The Getaway (1972), Impact (1949), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Crime Wave (1953), Jeopardy (1953), Point Blank (1967), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968), Illegal (1955), The Lady from Shanghai (1947), Dark Passage (1947), White Heat (1949), Footlight Parade (1933), If I Had a Million (1932), The Big Sleep (1946), Network (1976), City Lights (1931), The Stalking Moon (1968), The Swimmer (1968), I Confess (1953), Mutiny on the Bounty (1962), Straight Time (1978), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Double Indemnity (1944), Them! (1954), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Clash by Night (1952), Shelley Hack, Minority Report (2002) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

October 03, 2022  /  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, Culturarts Generalitat IVAC – La Filmoteca, The Cinemateket i Bergen, Flashback Cinema, The Astor Theatre Melbourne, The American Cinematheque, Noir City Washington D.C., Academy Cinemas Auckland New Zealand, The Stockholm Concert Orchestra, TCM and Fathom Events, Secret Movie Club, The Sinfonia Gulf Coast, The San Francisco Symphony, The Cinematheque Vancouver, TCM Recommendations, Possessed (1947), D.O.A. (1950), Now Voyager, Double Indemnity, Village of the Damned (1960), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Jeopardy (1953), High Noon, Man Who Cheated Himself The, Gun Crazy (1950), Network (1976), Singin' in the Rain, Heart is a Lonely Hunter The, Bullitt, I Confess (1953), Shop Around the Corner The, Manhattan (1979), Freaks (1932), Stranger on the Third Floor, In a Lonely Place, 36 Hours (1964), Them! (1954), Innocents The (1961), Seventh Victim The, Eyes Without a Face (Les yeux sans visage), Red Sonja (Soundtrack), Joan Plowright, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 01, 2021  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / TCM Recommendations, White Heat, Pather Panchali, Night of the Hunter The, King Kong (1933), Anatomy of a Murder, Ride the High Country, Bullitt, They Won't Believe Me, Bringing Up Baby, Casablanca, Manchurian Candidate The (1962), Big Heat The, Touch of Evil, Times of Harvey Milk The, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Treasure of the Sierra Madre The, Jeopardy (1953), Tomorrow Is Another Day, Gun Crazy (1950), Paths of Glory, Party The, Foreign Correspondent (1940), Point Blank (1967), Set-Up The (1949), Reflections in a Golden Eye, Village of the Damned (1960), Best Years of Our Lives The, 36 Hours (1964), Clay Pigeon The, Where Eagles Dare (1968), X-Men (2000) (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

September 02, 2020  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Madchen in Uniform (Maedchen in Uniform) (1931), Armored Car Robbery, Asphalt Jungle The, Wanda, Jeopardy (1953), Set-Up The (1949), Double Indemnity, Out of the Past, Anatomy of a Murder, Laura (1944), Guys and Dolls, Brief Encounter, Village of the Damned (1960), Where Eagles Dare (1968), They Won't Believe Me, Now Voyager, Titicut Follies, Monica Bellucci, Where Eagles Dare (Soundtrack), Operation Crossbow (Soundtrack), 36 Hours (1964)

"Now Listen to Me..."

May 02, 2019  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings:

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tags / The Athens Film Society, The Beverly Cinema, TCM and Fathom Events, Event Cinemas Australia, Arthur Lyons' Film Noir Festival, Roxie Theater San Francisco, Noir Essentials: Departures, The Movies Amsterdam, Noir City Austin, The Atlanta Symphony, The Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, The Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra, The Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Flashback Cinema, The Old Town Music Hall, TCM Recommendations, Train The, Bringing Up Baby, Jeopardy (1953), Out of the Past, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Illegal (1955), Bullitt, White Heat, Citizen Kane, Lady from Shanghai The, Big Sleep The (1946), Shop Around the Corner The, Man from Laramie The, Scarlet Street (1945), Prowler The (1951), Pitfall (1948), Bad Day at Black Rock (1955), Searchers The, Night of the Hunter The, Jim Thorpe-All American, Men in War, Best Years of Our Lives The, Lawman (Soundtrack), Sandrine Bonnaire

"Now Listen to Me..."

November 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Bonnie and Clyde (1967), Big Sleep The (1946), Split Second (1953), Shop Around the Corner The, Best Years of Our Lives The, Guys and Dolls, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Gun Crazy (1950), Vertigo, Anatomy of a Murder, Bringing Up Baby, Jeopardy (1953), Sullivan's Travels, Dark Passage (1947), Landlord The, Ed Harris, Ten Commandments The (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

August 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

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tags / TCM Recommendations, Asphalt Jungle The, Lost Weekend The, Singin' in the Rain, Niagara (1953), Locket The, Night of the Hunter The, Out of the Past, Bedford Incident The, Searchers The, Jeopardy (1953), Mystery Street, Hotel (1967), Kind Lady (1951), Fastest Gun Alive The, Police Python 357, Blonde Crazy, White Heat, Getaway The (1972), Tuesday Weld, Elmer Bernstein: The Ava Collection (Soundtrack)

"Now Listen to Me..."

March 01, 2017  /  Arthur Grant

Just some thoughts on current happenings: 

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categories / Now Listen To Me
tags / TCM Recommendations, Umberto D., Vertigo, White Heat, Wanda, Bad Day at Black Rock, Ride the High Country, Too Late for Tears, Jeopardy (1953), Seventh Victim The, Searchers The, Night of the Hunter The, Double Indemnity, Point Blank (1967), Tension (1949), Sullivan's Travels, Learning Tree The, May Britt, Lighthorsemen The (Soundtrack)