Monthly Archives: January 2021

3 things about Mike Leigh’s PETERLOO

Posted on January 10, 2021 by robchristopher

Peterloo [2018] 1. He’s crestfallen at not getting assigned to Ireland. 2. Sharing bread with strangers. 3. A horse tramples the infant.

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3 things about Wesley Ruggles’ I’M NO ANGEL

Posted on January 9, 2021 by robchristopher

I’m No Angel [1933] 1. The judge discreetly conveys a “don’t push it” message. 2. Beulah brings in a small tray with two tiny drinks on it and sets it on the edge of the piano. 3. “It’s not the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE: MANGROVE

Posted on January 3, 2021 by robchristopher

Small Axe: Mangrove [2020] 1. A small hole in the toe of his sock. 2. Her unborn child. 3. She sings a few bars of “The Tennessee Waltz.”

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3 things about Bernardo Bertolucci’s THE LAST EMPEROR

Posted on January 2, 2021 by robchristopher

The Last Emperor [1987] 1. “I told you, I hate you.” The disengaged look on her face as the spy sucks her toes. 2. Beneath the sheets. 3. A cricket cage still hidden under the cushion.

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3 things about Howard Hawks’s BRINGING UP BABY

Posted on January 1, 2021 by robchristopher

Bringing Up Baby [1938] 1. The way she laughs. 2. Backless dress. 3. “Did we get across?” “No, we’re right back where we started, only we’re wet.”

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A selected inventory of 2020.

Posted on January 1, 2021 by robchristopher

By the numbers … 207: feature films I watched in 2020 (10 of which I viewed in a theater) 47: books I read in 2020 29: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza 86: mystery green statistic Happy New … Continue reading →

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