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3 things about J.A. Bayona’s SOCIETY OF THE SNOW

Posted on April 9, 2024 by robchristopher

Society of the Snow [2023] 1. Plentiful cigarettes. 2. “Cry with me.” 3. Tenderly burying the remainder of their food rations.

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3 things about Raoul Walsh’s THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER

Posted on April 7, 2024 by robchristopher

The Revolt of Mamie Stover [1956] 1. “Remember, sell, sell, sell. Whiskey and champagne. Smile it up, you new ladies. Smile it up. Remember, smiles means money. Smiles means money.” 2. Rum collins for two on the terrace. 3. Fleeting … Continue reading →

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3 things about Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

Posted on April 5, 2024 by robchristopher

A Matter of Life and Death [1946] 1. He sheds his clothes as he walks along the beach. 2. The assembled files on every human being who’s ever lived resemble a vast microchip. 3. “The rights of the uncommon man … Continue reading →

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

Posted on April 4, 2024 by robchristopher

Seconds [1966] 1. A special way of making the chicken with cheese so it’s crispy. 2. “Isn’t it easier to go forward when you know you can’t go back?” 3. Sitting on the linoleum floor of the sunporch during a … Continue reading →

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3 things about William Friedkin’s CRUISING

Posted on April 3, 2024 by robchristopher

Cruising [1980] 1. Dilated anus. 2. Hips or lips. 3. “Let me just get this stuff off my face.” 3 other things.

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3 things about Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN

Posted on April 1, 2024 by robchristopher

The Unknown [1927] 1. Treadmills for horses. 2. “Men! The beasts! God would show wisdom if he took the hands from all of them!” 3. Playing guitar with his feet.

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3 things about Michael Winterbottom’s 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

Posted on March 31, 2024 by robchristopher

24 Hour Party People [2002] 1. “You’re the musical equivalent of Che Guevara.” 2. They come home from the Sex Pistols concert and rip the Bowie poster off the wall. 3. Drums on the studio roof.

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3 things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s POOR THINGS

Posted on March 27, 2024 by robchristopher

Poor Things [2023] 1. Furious jumping. 2. Throwing two books overboard. 3. “Sew me back up.”

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3 things about Andrew V. McLaglen’s NORTH SEA HIJACK

Posted on March 25, 2024 by robchristopher

North Sea Hijack [1980] 1. A terrorist who wears sneakers. 2. “We drink Scotch here the way it should be drunk—neat!” 3. A gift box containing three white cats.

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3 things about José Quintero’s THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE

Posted on March 20, 2024 by robchristopher

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone [1961] 1. “When the time comes when nobody desires me for myself, I’d rather not be desired at all.” 2. She counters with $750 but Mrs. Stone holds firm at $500. 3. Folding the … Continue reading →

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