3 things about Pawel Pawlikowski’s COLD WAR

Posted on May 6, 2021 by robchristopher

Cold War [2018]

1. Gracefully floating down the river.
2. On an impulse, she starts dancing on top of the bar.
3. “Let’s go to the other side, The view’s better.”

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3 things about Elem Klimov’s COME AND SEE

Posted on May 4, 2021 by robchristopher

Come and See [1985]

1. A single backwards glance at the back of the barn.
2. Scrubbing out the cauldron with pine branches.
3. Sign on a corpse: I INSULTED A GERMAN OFFICER THIS MORNING.

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3 things about Burt Reynolds’ SHARKY’S MACHINE

Posted on May 2, 2021 by robchristopher

Sharky’s Machine [1981]

1. The rare 80s film where the focus is on white characters doing drugs.
2. “How does it feel?”
“It feels like you’re a lump of shit.”
3. “Love Theme from Sharky’s Machine“: Sarah Vaughan does Shirley Bassey.

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3 things about Edward Dmytryk’s THE ‘HUMAN’ FACTOR

Posted on May 1, 2021 by robchristopher

The ‘Human’ Factor [1975]

1. The rare film where “It picks up when Barry Sullivan shows up” is accurate.
2.  Hacking an Air India computer.
3. A terrified shopper takes a machine gun into her own hands. A little girl cowers next to her.

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3 things about Robert Wise’s STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE

Posted on April 30, 2021 by robchristopher

Star Trek: The Motion Picture [1979]

1. Weird helmets worn by the ensigns.
2. The way he says, “I want this.”
3. Throat-light.

3 other things.

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3 things about Blake Edwards’ THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN

Posted on April 28, 2021 by robchristopher

The Pink Panther Strikes Again [1976]

1. Treadmill in the dark.
2. Mashing his nose back into place.
3. “The Resistance is over.”

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3 things about Ingmar Bergman’s HOUR OF THE WOLF

Posted on April 27, 2021 by robchristopher

Hour of the Wolf [1968]

1. She insists on showing him her accounting.
2. The man walks along the floor, walks along the wall, walks along the ceiling.
3. His hand methodically gliding down her body.

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3 things about Woody Allen’s ANOTHER WOMAN

Posted on April 21, 2021 by robchristopher

Another Woman [1988]

1. In several scenes she keeps her overcoat on even though she’s indoors. As if she knows she won’t be settling in.
2. The way Gene Hackman munches on a tiny cracker topped with cream cheese.
3. “We didn’t just drift apart, Marion. I withdrew.”

My continued devotion to this film is … complicated. But Gena Rowlands is just magnificent. That world is mesmerizing. It’s almost like a transmission from an alien civilization. 3 other things.

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3 things about Paul Verhoeven’s HOLLOW MAN

Posted on April 20, 2021 by robchristopher

Hollow Man [2000]

1. She delicately cuts out eye-holes.
2. A brutal rape, the repercussions of which are never addressed.
3. Set on fire, electrocuted, brained with a crowbar, engulfed by an explosion—and still able to climb up an elevator shaft.

I mean, come on …

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3 things about Robert Altman’s THE GINGERBREAD MAN

Posted on April 18, 2021 by robchristopher

The Gingerbread Man [1996]

1. Cat in the bed.
2. Taped up windows everywhere in preparation for landfall.
3. From her purse, she removes the ashtray she swiped at his party and uses it in his car.

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