3 things about Cary Joji Fukunaga’s NO TIME TO DIE

No Time to Die [2021]

1. Annoying screenwriting tick: Bond repeatedly telling people, “Talk to me.”
2. Rappelling the skyscraper at dusk.
3. Side-kicking a baddie in a killer dress.

3 other things.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s RANDOM HARVEST

Random Harvest [1942]

1. Alone and terrified in the midst of an overjoyed, boisterous crowd.
2. Pained look on the Reverend’s face at the offkey organist’s singing.
3. A creaking gate, a treebranch that sags.

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3 things about Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY

West Side Story [2021]

1. Parkour dancing around the holes in the pier.
2. “Somewhere” becomes a song she sings alone.
3. They sleep together?!

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3 things about Mark Obenhaus & Laura Poitras’s COVER-UP

Cover-Up [2025]

1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.

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3 things about Kelly Reichardt’s RIVER OF GRASS

River of Grass [1994]

1. Cozy, after Cozy Cole.
2. Between them they can’t even rustle up a quarter.
3. Playing around with the wheelchair in his bedroom.

3 other things.

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3 things about ALL ABOUT EVE

All About Eve [1950]

1. Finally he gets to the point. “What do you take me for?”
2. Cozy together with blankets in the front seat.
3. Infinite mirrors.

3 other things.

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3 things about Emile Ardolino’s DIRTY DANCING

Dirty Dancing [1987]

1. Carrying a watermelon into a forbidden party.
2. The lake looks freezing.
3. Somehow, everyone’s dancing and all is forgiven.

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3 things about François Girard’s THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould [1993]

1. Quick Don McKellar appearance, just before Gould signs his “final” autograph.
2. Exploring the inside of a piano that’s being played.
3. Pharmacopeia.

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3 things about Albert Serra’s PACIFICTION

Pacifiction [2022]

1. “I invite myself.”
2. Choking by the pool.
3. Red wake.

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3 things about Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF

A New Leaf [1971]

1. Two or three times a week.
2. “Marriage? You mean to a woman?”
“Yes, sir. That is what I had in mind. It’s the only way to acquire property without labor.”
3. Lost frond.

3 other things.

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