3 things about John Sturges’ THE GREAT ESCAPE

Posted on June 14, 2026 by robchristopher

The Great Escape [1963]

1. A telephone call for him.
2. Rowing to freedom.
3. The coffee disappears down a hidden drain.

3 other things.

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3 things about Kane Parsons’ BACKROOMS

Posted on June 13, 2026 by robchristopher

Backrooms [2026]

  1. “Your reaction is actually quite normal.”
  2. Feliz Navidad.
  3. In a dim room, the still life sits alone.

3 other things.

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3 things about Yasujirô Ozu’s EARLY SUMMER

Posted on June 11, 2026 by robchristopher

Early Summer [1951]

1. We hear, but never see, the Noh play.
2. Mr. Carrot.
3. “We did better than average.”

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3 things about Tom Ford’s NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

Posted on June 9, 2026 by robchristopher

Nocturnal Animals [2016]

1. The two dancers from the art opening reappear, sitting outside the bar when Ray is taken into custody.
2. “Susan, enjoy the absurdity of our world. It’s a lot less painful. And believe me, our world is a lot less painful than the real world.”
3. Exiting the car, a quick vomit, back to business.

3 other things.

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3 things about Jake Kasdan’s WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY

Posted on June 8, 2026 by robchristopher

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story [2007]

1. Jack White as Elvis.
2. “Smell that shit, baby!”
3. 50,000 didgeridoos.

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3 things about Jeremy Workman’s SECRET MALL APARTMENT

Posted on June 7, 2026 by robchristopher

Secret Mall Apartment [2024]

1. A functioning waffle-maker.
2. One night in jail.
3. He told his coworkers that the group was just working on an art project.

3 other things.

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION

Posted on June 6, 2026 by robchristopher

Witness for the Prosecution [1957]

1. “Touching isn’t it? The way he counts on his wife.”
“Yes, like a drowning man clutching at a razor blade.”
2. Playing with his pills.
3. A fitting for his bermuda shorts.

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3 things about Bi Gan’s KAILI BLUES

Posted on June 3, 2026 by robchristopher

Kaili Blues [2015]

1. In addition to pop, they know a few children’s songs.
2. “I once knew a man who met his wife at a disco.”
3. Clock running backwards on the side of the train.

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3 things about Matthew Warchus’s PRIDE

Posted on June 2, 2026 by robchristopher

Pride [2014]

1. Margarine sandwiches.
2. She gets out of the van and shouts, “Where are my lesbians? Where are my lesbians?”
3. Headlined by Bronski Beat.

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3 things about Kane Parsons’ BACKROOMS

Posted on June 1, 2026 by robchristopher

Backrooms [2026]

  1. Mounds of discarded clothes; a “Stop Apartheid” t-shirt.
  2. The excavator rips into the house.
  3. Absurd belly shirt.

Any film which, consciously or not, evokes Robert A. Heinlein’s classic short story “—And He Built a Crooked House—” (1941), Richard Matheson’s “Little Girl Lost” episode of The Twilight Zone (1962), and David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE (2006) has got my attention. 

Its only “flaw” is that it’s not much of a horror film. (Something I couldn’t care less about, so it’s all to the good.) Pretty much everything else is impeccable! Quite an allegory of AI’s awfulness. The production design is genuinely astonishing. Last Year at Marienbad by way of K-Mart.

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