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3 things about Chris Carter’s THE X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

Posted on May 31, 2022 by robchristopher

The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008] 1. Dirty glass. 2. Another chase scene at a construction site. 3. Severed head in a cooler bag.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s HEAT LIGHTNING

Posted on May 30, 2022 by robchristopher

Heat Lightning [1934] 1. “You go your way, and we’ll go the way of all flesh.” 2. She proffers her face for a kiss and he complies unenthusiastically. 3. A guitar and a voice and the heat lightning in the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Christopher St. John’s TOP OF THE HEAP

Posted on May 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Top of the Heap [1972] 1. Racist taxi driver played by Allen Garfield. 2. Moon landing rehearsal. 3. Spiro T. Agnew, golfing giant.

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3 things about Preston Sturges’s THE GREAT McGINTY

Posted on May 27, 2022 by robchristopher

The Great McGinty [1940] 1. A crowd of 75,000 at the baseball game. 2. “Got a new suit.” “It looks more like the suit got you.” 3. Destroying dishes in the dark. 3 other things.

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3 things about Isaac Halasima’s WATERMAN

Posted on May 22, 2022 by robchristopher

Waterman [2021] 1. When Duke Paoa Kahanamoku arrived in Australia, he didn’t have a board with him. So he carved a new one himself. 2. He was the best … until Johnny Weissmuller came along. 3. Taking a nap under … Continue reading →

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3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s PORCO ROSSO

Posted on May 21, 2022 by robchristopher

Porco Rosso [1992] 1. Secret meeting in a movie theatre. 2. “I’d rather be a pig than a fascist.” 3. The graceful way in which we are shown that his curse has been lifted.

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3 things about Terry Gilliam’s JABBERWOCKY

Posted on May 20, 2022 by robchristopher

Jabberwocky [1977] 1. The most gruesome PG-rated film ever? 2. Herald’s tuneless trumpet. 3. Destroying the production line.

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3 things about Terrence Davies’ BENEDICTION

Posted on May 16, 2022 by robchristopher

Benediction [2021] 1. His mother asks him, “Is he another of your pretty young men?” 2. A lifeless battlefield intrudes upon the hearth. 3. Distinctive purple scarf.

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3 things about James Ivory’s A ROOM WITH A VIEW

Posted on May 15, 2022 by robchristopher

A Room with a View [1985] 1. After inhaling the Florentine scent, she lifts her handkerchief to her nose. 2. Mr. Beebe’s balls. 3. “My father says there is only one perfect view, and that’s the view of the sky … Continue reading →

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3 things about Michelangelo Antonioni’s RED DESERT

Posted on May 14, 2022 by robchristopher

Red Desert [1964] 1. “There’s something terrible about reality, and I don’t know what it is. And nobody will tell me.” 2. She wants to sell ceramics, though she doesn’t know a thing about them. 3. Poisonous yellow smoke.

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