Monthly Archives: October 2024

3 things about Brandon Cronenberg’s POSSESSOR

Posted on October 30, 2024 by robchristopher

Possessor [2020] 1. Identifying curtains, blinds, and window coverings. 2. She wears a mask of her own melted face. 3. The bloodied child looks the dying man in the eye and says, “Pull me out.”

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3 things about Harvey Hart’s THE PYX

Posted on October 28, 2024 by robchristopher

The Pyx [1973] 1. Twin rocking chairs, painted blue. 2. “I’m a homosexual,” he confides. (Which means he won’t survive to the end of the film.) 3. Chanting–simultaneously normal speed, slowed down, and speeded up.

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3 things about Johan Grimonprez’s SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

Posted on October 27, 2024 by robchristopher

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [2024] 1. Dizzy Gillespie: “The weapons we will use will be … the cool ones.” 2. Eisenhower delivering an inspiring, impassioned speech to the U.N. Largely full of lies. 3. Too many assassins in one … Continue reading →

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3 things about M. Night Shyamalan’s THE SIXTH SENSE

Posted on October 26, 2024 by robchristopher

The Sixth Sense [1999] 1. An audience full of parents wielding camcorders.2. “Your Cocoa Puffs are getting soggy.”3. Wedding ring rolling across the floor.

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3 things about Preston Sturges’ THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK

Posted on October 25, 2024 by robchristopher

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek [1943] 1. A very long tracking shot, following Norville and Trudy all the way from the Kockenlocker house to the movie theater. 2. Victory lemonade. 3. He hasn’t got a phonograph. 3 other things.

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RIP Gary Indiana

Posted on October 24, 2024 by robchristopher

RIP Gary Indiana, the matchless novelist, essayist, and author. I was fortunate enough to have dinner with him one night in June 2022. His publisher Dan Simon set it up after I had expressed my love of his writing. Over … Continue reading →

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3 things about John Parker’s DEMENTIA

Posted on October 24, 2024 by robchristopher

Dementia [1955] 1. Hand in the flower basket. 2. Shorty Rogers and the band briefly jam before taking the stage. 3. Opening endorsement by Preston Sturges (!)

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3 things about John Carpenter’s SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME!

Posted on October 23, 2024 by robchristopher

Someone’s Watching Me! [1978] 1. Comped wine. 2. A grate in the laundry room floor. 3. She never does make it down to Houston.

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3 things about Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

Posted on October 21, 2024 by robchristopher

Blood and Black Lace [1964] 1. Carlo Rustichelli’s extremely catchy theme music briefly becomes music from the club next door. 2. Tracking shot along a line of cubicles for the models. 3. Wrestling the corpse out of the tub by … Continue reading →

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3 things about Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI!

Posted on October 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Daaaaaalí! [2023] 1. A very long hotel corridor. 2. Vile stew. 3. She brings him the telephone. Which is unplugged—the cord isn’t long enough.

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