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3 things about Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE

Posted on September 25, 2024 by robchristopher

The Substance [2024] 1. Multiple pupils. 2. Chicken leg. 3. Music from Vertigo.

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3 things about Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR

Posted on September 21, 2024 by robchristopher

Civil War [2024] 1. “What’s Joel doing?” “Processing.” 2. Literally, rose-colored glasses. 3. She clarifies: three hundred dollars Canadian.

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3 things about Marianna Milhorat’s JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH

Posted on September 18, 2024 by robchristopher

Just Above the Surface of the Earth (For a Coming Extinction) [2024] 1. Five uninterrupted minutes of listening for frogs. 2. A tidepool is a microenvironment. 3. Sitting in a chair amidst the tallgrass. A haunting, exquisitely made documentary centered … Continue reading →

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3 things about Roy Andersson’s SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR

Posted on September 17, 2024 by robchristopher

Songs from the Second Floor [2000] 1. Passing around a crystal ball. 2. A vast hall at the edge of which multitudes of teams struggle to move overloaded luggage carts forward. 3. Singing subway car.

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3 things about John Boorman’s HELL IN THE PACIFIC

Posted on September 16, 2024 by robchristopher

Hell in the Pacific [1968] 1. Devouring a raw fish. 2. Sand garden. 3. A discarded photograph of a young Japanese woman. Be sure to watch the “alternate ending,” which was the director’s preferred one.

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3 things about Lew Landers’ MAN IN THE DARK

Posted on September 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Man in the Dark [1953] 1. Surgical implements coming right at you. 2. Carnival ride shootout. 3. A slip of paper with 1133 written on it.

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3 things about Terence Davies’ THE NEON BIBLE

Posted on September 14, 2024 by robchristopher

The Neon Bible [1995] 1. He lip-syncs the introductory patter. 2. “Just a tooth. And her dignity.” 3. The most breathtaking sunrise in cinema?

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3 things about THE FOX AND THE HOUND

Posted on September 12, 2024 by robchristopher

The Fox and the Hound [1981] 1. Scooping up the chickens with the doghouse. 2. A truck bed full of pelts. 3. Only in a Disney film could Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell conceivably play peers.

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3 things about Bruce Bilson’s THE NORTH AVENUE IRREGULARS

Posted on September 8, 2024 by robchristopher

The North Avenue Irregulars [1979] 1. “My acid is flowing.” 2. Pulling down the brim of her hat, licking her lips. 3. Snowed in at the Elks convention. 3 other things.

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3 things about Richard Boleslawski’s THEODORA GOES WILD

Posted on September 7, 2024 by robchristopher

Theodora Goes Wild [1936] 1. Montage of biddies and their cats. 2. A box of soft-baked ginger cookies. 3. She hands the baby to the old lady, who then suddenly realizes she’s a grandmother and promptly faints.

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