3 things about Herbert Ross’s STEEL MAGNOLIAS

Posted on May 18, 2026 by robchristopher

Steel Magnolias [1989]

1. “Christ, Christ, Christ, Christ.”
2. Sam Shepard asks Dolly Parton to hand him a socket wrench.
3. Track lighting installed at the top of the stairs, at the suggestion of her grandson Steve.

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3 things about Mario Peixoto’s LIMITE

Posted on May 17, 2026 by robchristopher

Limite [1931]

1. Sewing machine powered by hand.
2. Sparkling waves.
3. Shoes coated in sand.

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3 things about Nia DaCosta’s HEDDA

Posted on May 16, 2026 by robchristopher

Hedda [2025]

1. Destroying a chandelier.
2. Party band playing “Gopher Mambo.”
3. Stones in her pockets, Virginia Woolf style.

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3 things about Michael Glover Smith’s HEKLA

Posted on May 15, 2026 by robchristopher

Hekla [2026]

1. She joins Hekla on the sofa. The dude still doesn’t get the message. So the women kiss each other.
2. “I’m just practicing my physical comedy.”
3. Awkwardly holding the record album while he chats her up.

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3 things about Barry Levinson’s DISCLOSURE

Posted on May 14, 2026 by robchristopher

Disclosure [1994]

1. VR filing system.
2. “Sexual harassment is not about sex. It is about power. She has it; you don’t.”
3. After he apologizes, she playfully swats him on the ass.

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3 things about Sydney Pollack’s THE FIRM

Posted on May 13, 2026 by robchristopher

The Firm [1993]

1. A starting salary of $96,000.
2. “I get paid to be suspicious when I’ve got nothing to be suspicious about.”
3. Beating the crap out of Wilford Brimley.

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3 things about Pier Paolo Pasolini’s TEOREMA

Posted on May 12, 2026 by robchristopher

Teorema [1968]

1. “He’s just a boy,” she explains blandly.
2. He drags her into the ditch and they go at it.
3. Silvana Mangano’s iconic eye makeup.

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3 things about Robert Butler’s NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER

Posted on May 11, 2026 by robchristopher

Night of the Juggler [1980]

1. Tickets to the ballet for her birthday.
2. Mandy Patinkin explains the Puerto Rican 500.
3. “I got a feeling it’s going to be another goddamn New York day.”

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3 things about Joachim Rønning’s TRON: ARES

Posted on May 10, 2026 by robchristopher

Tron: Ares [2025]

1. Discovering the concept of feeling something.
2. Sheared cop car.
3. He prefers Depeche Mode.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s GOSFORD PARK

Posted on May 9, 2026 by robchristopher

Gosford Park [2001]

1. “Did you have a horrid journey?”
“Yes, fairly horrid.”
2. Given away by a dubious accent.
3. Wrapped in her furs, cucumber slices on her eyelids

3 other things.

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