3 things about Jonathan Glazer’s BIRTH

Birth [2004]

1. A lobby that resembles a mausoleum.
2. “If you had been Sean … and I kind of hoped you had … you would’ve come to me first. And I would’ve explored this.”
3.  Upon entering Bob’s house he sits down on the green couch.

Masterpiece. 3 other things.

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3 things about Alex Garland’s ANNIHILATION

Annihilation [2018]

1. It has different kinds of teeth.
2. Crystal formations on the shore.
3. She finds his corpse in a pose reminiscent of Thích Quảng Đức.

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3 things about BETWEEN TWO FERNS: THE MOVIE

Between Two Ferns: The Movie [2019]

1. “When you and Woody Harrelson are acting in a scene together, are you sad that somewhere there’s a sack not being hackied?”
2. The ferns ride shotgun.
3. Dickerflick Cabbagepatch.

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3 things about Busby Berkeley’s FOR ME AND MY GAL

For Me and My Gal [1942]

1. We know what the telegram says before she does.
2. “Gee, when I think about all the time I wasted. Why didn’t you tell me I was in love with you?”
3. Gene Kelly hand-grenading a nest of Germans.

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3 things about Rian Johnson’s KNIVES OUT

Knives Out [2019]

1. Murder, She Wrote dubbed into Spanish
2. Donuts and holes.
3. Walt’s thumping cane.

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3 things about George Sidney’s THE HARVEY GIRLS

The Harvey Girls [1946]

1. Paris, Illinois.
2. Burning building brawl.
3. Ray Bolger as spinning top.

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3 things about Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN

Young Frankenstein [1974]

1. “You bet your boots it does.”
2. Igor playing the organ, stage left.
3. Wall Street Journal.

3 other things.

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3 things about Freddie Francis’ TALES THAT WITNESS MADNESS

Tales that Witness Madness [1973]

1. Claw scratches in the white paint on the bedroom door.
2. Kim Novak in a Hawaiian muumuu.
3. Jack Hawkins’ voice is obviously (and distractingly) dubbed by Charles Gray throughout his scenes with Donald Pleasance. That means two Blofelds share the screen!

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3 things about Martin Scorsese’s THE IRISHMAN

The Irishman [2019]

1. Watermelon.
2. “It was no more complicated than that.”
3. From the church to the hospital to the graveyard.

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s STALAG 17

Stalag 17 [1953]

1. Delousing for Christmas.
2. Betty Grable on the dancefloor.
3. “I like the odds this time.”

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