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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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3 things about CALIGULA: THE ULTIMATE CUT

Posted on September 6, 2024 by robchristopher

Caligula: The Ultimate Cut [1980/2023] 1. Raping first the wife and then the husband. 2. An army of naked men attacking papyrus. 3: Password: scrotum. A genuine oddity and eye-filling spectacle that at times brought to mind (heaven help me) … Continue reading →

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3 things about Shola Lynch’s CHISHOLM ’72: UNBOUGHT & UNBOSSED

Posted on September 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed [2004] 1. Walter Cronkite announces that Shirley Chisholm has “thrown her bonnet” into the ring. 2. In 1971 she proposes that the Department of the Interior ought to be led by an Indian. 3. Octavia … Continue reading →

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3 things about Isobel Sandoval’s LINGUA FRANCA

Posted on September 4, 2024 by robchristopher

Lingua Franca [2019] 1. In the midst of peeling an orange, she gets the feeling she isn’t at home any longer.2. He stops reading the letter out of embarrassment.3. The cow carcass falls to the floor.

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