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Author Archives: robchristopher
3 things about John Landis’ BURKE AND HARE
Burke and Hare [2010] 1. “Watch your language, you fucking son of a bitch bastard!” 2. Dr. Knox jiggles the belly of the corpse. 3. Burke still resides in Edinburgh. Blink and you’ll miss a cameo by Ray Harryhausen.
3 things about Wim Wenders’ FARAWAY, SO CLOSE!
Faraway, So Close! [1993] 1. Emit Flesti. 2. “Columbo is looking for his contact lens.” 3. Lou Reed laments the loss of a good line that he should’ve written down. What a frustrating, long-winded mess of half-baked ideas. Some great … Continue reading
3 things about George Clooney’s THE IDES OF MARCH
The Ides of March [2011] 1. Final shot. The look on his face rivals Garbo’s at the end of Queen Christina. 2. He insists on reading a hard copy. Later he tells them to write something, then “I’ll put it … Continue reading
Culture Lesson
Naturally, since I’m going to Paris for the first time in more than ten years soon, I’ve been thinking about my last trip there. And digging through stuff that’s buried in my computer. Here’s something I wrote back then. … Continue reading
3 things about Woody Allen’s MIDNIGHT IN PARIS
Midnight in Paris [2011] 1. The way Dali pronounces “rhinoceros.” 2. “What is Valium?” “It’s the pill of the future.” 3. In the middle of their conversation it begins to rain. “I don’t mind being wet,” she says. The raindrops … Continue reading
3 things about Ashgar Farhadi’s A SEPARATION
A Separation [2011] 1. “The court doesn’t care about those things.” 2. She phones for advice. Is it sacrilegious to clean the old man? 3. Rather than hit his wife, he slaps himself violently over and over.
3 things about Terry Zwigoff’s BAD SANTA
Bad Santa [2003] 1. “Well sure. Santa fucking someone in the ass …” John Ritter winces exquisitely. 2. Willie favors Old Grand-Dad Bonded Bourbon. 3. He uses the golf club as an axe to chop down the mannequin.
3 things about Michel Hazanavicius’ THE ARTIST
The Artist [2011] 1. Over time, his mustache morphs from pencil-thin to brushlike. 2. “BANG!” 3. Malcolm McDowell’s ruddy nose (even in black & white).
3 things about John Sturges’ THE GREAT ESCAPE
The Great Escape [1963] 1. Trouser leg dirt sleeves. 2. Richard Attenborough’s eye scar makeup seems to come and go. 3. He ends up back in the cooler with his baseball.
3 things about Terrence Malick’s THE NEW WORLD
The New World [2005] 1. They share breath. 2. He carefully places her feather in the wooden box and closes the lid. 3. Waves crash against a beach of round, smooth stones.
