3 things about Paul Bogart’s MR. RICCO

Posted on August 31, 2026 by robchristopher

Mr. Ricco [1975]

1. Pregnant poodle.
2. Burned-out church beatdown.
3. “I’m really sorry, Joe. Did you know her well?”
“No … I didn’t know her well at all.”

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3 things about Tim Burton’s BATMAN

Posted on August 30, 2026 by robchristopher

Batman [1989]

1. Shelves of books with identical blue spines in Vicki Vale’s apartment.
2. “He took my balloons.”
3. Commissioner Gordon removes a small green fabric bag from an inside pocket of the Joker’s coat.

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3 things about Joe Dante’s PIRANHA

Posted on August 29, 2026 by robchristopher

Piranha [1978]

1. “Come on! I’d have thought you could get a man’s pants off quicker than that!”
2. “It’s Superman!” Then she flashes her titties at John Sayles.
3. Bloodied Paul Bartel.

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3 things about Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

Posted on August 28, 2026 by robchristopher

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma [2026]

1. Flesh and fluids.
2. Sade sets the mood.
3. Dipping sauce.

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3 things about Robert Zemeckis’ ROMANCING THE STONE

Posted on August 26, 2026 by robchristopher

Romancing the Stone [1984]

1. An assortment of airline-sized liquor bottles (collected in the course of her book tours?)
2. Chopping off the heels.
3. Skeleton in Greatful Dead jacket.

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Eternal combat with phantoms

Posted on August 26, 2026 by robchristopher

“Superstitions, bigotries, hypocracies, prejudices, those phantoms, phantoms though they be, cling to life; they have teeth and nails in their shadowy substance, and they must be clasped close, body to body, and war must be made on them, and that without truce; for it is one of the fatalities of humanity to be condemned to eternal combat with phantoms. It is difficult to seize darkness by the throat, and to hurl it to the earth.”

–Victor Hugo

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3 things about William Castle’s THE NIGHT WALKER

Posted on August 25, 2026 by robchristopher

The Night Walker [1964]

1. Taking out his eyeballs one at a time.
2. Extended montage opening with narration by Paul Frees. “No, there’s no escape. Now you’re falling, falling. And they say if you ever complete that fall in a dream … you’ll be dead.”
3. An enigmatic smile on her face as she drives across LA.

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3 things about David Robert Mitchell’s THE END OF OAK STREET

Posted on August 24, 2026 by robchristopher

The End of Oak Street [2026]

1. She sits alone in the car, listening to a Steve Winwood cassette.
2. The leg is gone below the knee.
3. Splash landing in a rainy backyard pool.

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3 things about Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER

Posted on August 23, 2026 by robchristopher

The Samurai and the Prisoner [2026]

1. Servants kneeling in a row, awaiting beheading.
2. Traces of blood on the stone lantern.
3. Mounds of dirt in the dungeon, strangely reminiscent of Stalker.

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3 things about Alan J. Pakula’s THE STERILE CUCKOO

Posted on August 16, 2026 by robchristopher

The Sterile Cuckoo [1969]

1. She gives him the photo as a momento.
2. Peeling a tomato.
3. A line of painted wooden doors along an empty beach.

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