3 things about Whit Stillman’s METROPOLITAN

Posted on January 3, 2020 by robchristopher

Metropolitan [1990]

1. Cha cha record.
2. “The most important thing to realize about parents is that there is absolutely nothing you can do about them.”
3. Two glasses of water before bed.

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s HARD EIGHT

Posted on January 2, 2020 by robchristopher

Hard Eight [1996]

1. “You should know before you ask a question like that.”
2. Reno lounge jazz combo covering “All Blues” by Miles Davis.
3. Gently tugging down the cuff of his overcoat.

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A selected inventory of 2019.

Posted on January 1, 2020 by robchristopher

By the numbers …

159: feature films I watched in 2019 (21 of which I viewed in a theater)
55: books I read in 2019
28: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza
23: mystery green statistic

Happy New Year!

(Also, I went to the gym 139 times last year.)

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3 things about Charles Walters’ SUMMER STOCK

Posted on January 1, 2020 by robchristopher

Summer Stock [1950]

1. In the kitchen, an old fashioned stove next to a modern range.
2. Halving the newspaper, again and again.
3. Black fedora, oversized jacket, leotards.

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Best films I watched for the first time in 2019.

Posted on December 31, 2019 by robchristopher

As you might expect, it’s another motley crew of films this year, which only goes to prove that my movie viewing possesses very little rhyme or reason. Which is just how I like it.

APOLLO 11 (Todd Douglas Miller)
BEAUTY #2 (Andy Warhol)
BURNING (Chang-dong Lee)
THE GREEN FOG (Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson)
IN MY ROOM (Ulrich Köhler)
KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson)
THE ONE I LOVE (Charlie McDowell)
ROMA (Alfonso Cuarón)
SAINT FRANCES (Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan)
SUPPORT THE GIRLS (Andrew Bujalski)
THREADS (Mick Jackson)

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3 things about John Waters’ SERIAL MOM

Posted on December 30, 2019 by robchristopher

Serial Mom [1994]

1. Voice cameo as Ted Bundy (!)
2. “Come on, lick Mommy’s feet. Get them all wet!”
3. Mr. Pickles.

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3 things about John Waters’ CRY-BABY

Posted on December 29, 2019 by robchristopher

Cry-Baby [1990]

1. Hysterectomy pants.
2. French kissing.
3. She guzzles her jar of tears.

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3 things about Mitchell Leisen’s REMEMBER THE NIGHT

Posted on December 29, 2019 by robchristopher

Remember the Night [1940]

1. On the other side of the doorway, bottomless gloom.
2. “You made me understand.”
“No, dear. It was love that made you understand.”
3. She casts aside her flimsy nightdress.

3 other things.

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3 things about J. J. Abrams’ STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Posted on December 28, 2019 by robchristopher

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker [2019]

1. Punch & Judy show.
2. John Williams cameo.
3. Creepy kiss before dying.

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3 things about William Keighley’s THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER

Posted on December 27, 2019 by robchristopher

The Man Who Came to Dinner [1942]

1. Her tiny little winter hat.
2. “Say something tender.”
“Beverly, darling.”
3. “You still got ants in your glance.”

3 other things.

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