3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s PACIFIC RIM

Posted on March 18, 2020 by robchristopher

Pacific Rim [2013]

1. Chasing rabbits.
2. “You like the name? I took it from my favorite historical character and my second-favorite Szechuan restaurant in Brooklyn.”
3. A stockpile of crisply folded dress shirts.

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3 things about Gregory La Cava’s MY MAN GODFREY

Posted on March 14, 2020 by robchristopher

My Man Godfrey [1936]

1. “I know what you mean, if you know what I mean.”
2. Exiting through the side window.
3. A swank nightclub called The Dump.

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3 things about John Pirozzi’s DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA’S LOST ROCK AND ROLL

Posted on March 12, 2020 by robchristopher

Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock & Roll [2014]

1. When two elephants fight, it’s the grass that gets trampled.
2. One week later he was dead.
3. Emulating The Shadows.

An excellent portrait of creativity’s resilience. Really nourishing. And of course it’s filled with amazing music. It’s so interesting to compare this with Swimming to Cambodia.

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3 things about Andrea Berloff’s THE KITCHEN

Posted on March 11, 2020 by robchristopher

The Kitchen [2019]

1. Kicked down the stairs.
2. From behind the closed door, the sound of a gunshot.
3. An empty deli.

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3 things about Ruben Östlund’s FORCE MAJEURE

Posted on March 10, 2020 by robchristopher

Force Majeure [2014]

1. This one. This one.
2. A family heap on the floor.
3. Why does the ending remind me of the ending of The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie?

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3 things about Jonas Alexander Arnby’s SUICIDE TOURIST

Posted on March 9, 2020 by robchristopher

Suicide Tourist [2019]

1. “I want a drink that will blow my mind.”
2. Driving range with a view.
3. Scarred arm, healed cuts.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s COOKIE’S FORTUNE

Posted on March 8, 2020 by robchristopher

Cookie’s Fortune [1999]

1. He gets his out police codebook.
2. “Want a drink?”
“Never before Tom Brokaw.”
3. Salome’s dance with a toilet paper roll.

Hadn’t seen this since it was first released. What a delight. Just enough plot to move things along without getting in the way.

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3 things about Peter Mackie Burns’s RIALTO

Posted on March 7, 2020 by robchristopher

Rialto [2019]

1. “I’ll shame you.”
2. Redundancy.
3. He goes over to him, examines him closely, then leaves the room without saying a word.

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3 things about Agnieszka Smoczynska’s THE LURE

Posted on March 6, 2020 by robchristopher

The Lure [2015]

1. Donna Summer.
2. A glass with a toothbrush in it.
3. Covered in sea foam.

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3 things about Matthew Rankin’s THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Posted on March 5, 2020 by robchristopher

The Twentieth Century [2019]

1. Ski lift as subway.
2. “Canada is just one failed orgasm after another.”
3. The fleshpots of Winnipeg.

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