Monthly Archives: April 2019

3 things about Andrei Tarkovsky’s NOSTALGIA

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

Nostalgia [1983] 1. Petting the dog as he drifts off to sleep. 2. The debris is a landscape in miniature. 3. Sheltering the candle with his coat.

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3 things about Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Joon-ho Bong’s TOKYO!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by

Tokyo! [2008] 1. He opens the bathroom door and the chair is sitting in the bathtub. 2. Flowers and money. 3. Neat stacks of pizza boxes. So-so.

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3 things about Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

High Life [2018] 1. Learning to walk, learning to stand. 2. A series of dissolves shows him turning into earth. 3. Horizontal golden band.

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3 things about Richard Compton’s RAVAGERS

Posted on April 21, 2019 by

Ravagers [1979] 1. At first he’s not sure what to do with the fork. 2. Art Carney playing “Tea for Two” on a piano. 3. A bullet to the gut finishes off Ernest Borgnine.

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3 things about Angela Robinson’s PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

Posted on April 14, 2019 by

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [2017] 1. “When will you stop justifying the whims of your cock with science?” 2. 50-60% less bondage. 3. A new stove.

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3 things about Paul Schrader’s AMERICAN GIGOLO

Posted on April 13, 2019 by

American Gigolo [1980] 1. “I know what I see.” 2. Laying out his wardrobe, creating outfits. 3. The ultimate humbling: driving a Pinto. Interesting that both David Thomson and Bret Easton Ellis write about it in their new books.

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3 things about Fritz Lang’s SCARLET STREET

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Scarlet Street [1945] 1. He carefully, adroitly slices the liver. 2. “I’ve been out to dinner with him three times this week and now he’s talking about breakfast.” 3. A chair for a nightstand. 3 other things. Possibly my favorite … Continue reading →

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3 things about Kimberly Reed’s DARK MONEY

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

Dark Money [2018] 1. The office is located in its own little house. 2. Why lobby a politician when you can instead buy them outright at the very beginning? 3. A 3-3 vote on everything.

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3 things about Christian Petzold’s TRANSIT

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Transit [2018] 1. The whole film is a bartender’s story! 2. Omnipresent heavily-armed guards outside the American Consulate. 3. Suddenly, she’s just not there. Tightly coiled, frightening, uniquely relevant.

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s IN HARM’S WAY

Posted on April 7, 2019 by

In Harm’s Way [1965] 1. They both toss their pineapple garnishes off the veranda. 2. Bullet through the cheek. 3. “I’m so scared my bones are clicking, like dice on a Reno crap table.”

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