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3 things about Walt Disney’s FUN AND FANCY FREE

Posted on March 5, 2016 by robchristopher

Fun and Fancy Free [1947] 1. Yawning trees. 2. A sliver of bean between two tissue-thin slices of bread. 3. He helps himself to the Brown Derby.

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3 things about Stephen Cone’s HENRY GAMBLE’S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Posted on March 3, 2016 by robchristopher

Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party [2015] 1. She hands his mother a wrapped gift. “Oh, it’s nothing, just socks and a wallet.” 2. The record has a Capitol black rainbow label. 3. He dabs at the blood with soggy toilet paper.

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3 things about Claude Nuridsany & Marie Pérennou’s MICROCOSMOS

Posted on March 1, 2016 by robchristopher

Microcosmos [1996] 1. A drop of water is absorbed by a leaf. 2. Snail congress. 3. A murderous bird.

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3 Things about Luis Buñuel’s TRISTANA

Posted on February 29, 2016 by robchristopher

Tristana [1970] 1. “Even if you have nightmares, it’s good to dream. The dead don’t dream.” He stares at her cleavage. As he stands up from the chair, he closes the front of her nightgown and bids her goodnight. 2. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Peter Yates’ KRULL

Posted on February 28, 2016 by robchristopher

Krull [1983] 1. Black eyes of the changeling seer. 2. “Am I that man?” 3. He leaves a bit of sand on the web.

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A punch for an Oscars party: Boston Club Punch

Posted on February 28, 2016 by robchristopher

This is the punch for my Oscars party this year, derived from David Wondrich’s wonderful book Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl Hardcover. As he notes, it is “fearsomely complex” to make. But wonderful. The recipe below … Continue reading →

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3 things about Aram Avakian’s END OF THE ROAD

Posted on February 27, 2016 by robchristopher

End of the Road [1970] 1. The sound of the chicken. 2. “Approach the ballerina.” 3. Sunrise, a lake, a boat, two men, a body. The documentary by Steven Soderbergh on the DVD is very illuminating. I wonder if he’ll … Continue reading →

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s INHERENT VICE

Posted on February 25, 2016 by robchristopher

Inherent Vice [2014] 1. In his notebook he writes: Something Spanish. 2. Dr. Threeply lip syncs the movie. 3. A new American Express card. 3 other things.

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3 things about Almodóvar’s TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN!

Posted on February 22, 2016 by robchristopher

Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! [1989] 1. Scuba. 2. “Don’t laugh or it will slip out!” 3. Gnawing on the chicken to cover up her nervousness.

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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s THE NEW CENTURIONS

Posted on February 20, 2016 by robchristopher

The New Centurions [1972] 1. “$11,000 a year and a way out of East LA.” 2. The only movie in existence where Isabel Sanford says “white honky devil.” 3. He dies without a mustache.

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