3 things about Jim Jarmusch’s THE DEAD DON’T DIE

Posted on October 27, 2019 by robchristopher

The Dead Don’t Die [2019]

1. “It’s the theme song.”
2. Romero car.
3. Tom Waits never actually interacts with a zombie.

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Cocktail: You Came a Long Way from Lihue

Posted on October 27, 2019 by robchristopher

This song has been my jam of 2019. So when I recently picked up a bottle of The Funk and successfully incorporated its bodacious eccentricity into a cocktail, naming this new mixture was a no brainer. Sip this one slowly. It’s hypnotic. Much like Nohelani Cypriano’s amazing album, which you should track down as soon as you can.

YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM LIHUE

1 oz. The Funk Jamaican rum
1 oz. O.F.T.D. Plantation rum
.5 oz. orange Curaçao
.75 oz. fresh squeezed lime juice
.25 oz. honey syrup
.25 oz. rich demerara syrup
1/8 teaspoon of Pernod or Herbsaint
dash of Angostura bitters

Fill a small tumbler or tiki mug with crushed ice. Combine all ingredients, shake well with cubed ice, and strain into your chosen drinkware. Add more crushed ice to fill and garnish as desired. Serve with a straw.

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3 things about Bernard Rose’s CANDYMAN

Posted on October 26, 2019 by robchristopher

Candyman [1992]

1. Sandburg Village = Lincoln Village.
2. “I hate the color scheme.”
3. Bee kiss.

This is the only the second time I’ve seen this movie. The first time, I was a senior in high school and didn’t have a clue that within a year I’d be moving to Chicago. I went to see it at the Westminster Mall multiplex with a group of friends one night. Afterwards, as was our custom, we hung out at a Village Inn for awhile. I ordered black coffee and hashbrowns, the latter of which I doused with ketchup. My bowels protested the combination: the horror movie, the food, the coffee.

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3 things about Kaneto Shindô’s ONIBABA

Posted on October 25, 2019 by robchristopher

Onibaba [1964]

1. Heap of skeletons.
2. Grains of rice stuck to his lips.
3. A trickle of blood. The mask splits lengthwise.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s JAZZ ’34: REMEMBRANCES OF KANSAS CITY SWING

Posted on October 24, 2019 by robchristopher

Jazz ’34: Remembrances of Kansas City Swing [1997]

1. Water pitcher as mute.
2. He takes off his jacket, carefully buttons his vest, proceeds to blow.
3. BBQ wagon on the street.

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3 things about Ulrich Köhler’s IN MY ROOM

Posted on October 22, 2019 by robchristopher

In My Room [2018]

1. A bedside table upon which stands a sippy cup and a pair of dentures in a waterglass.
2. Ivy-covered video store.
3. Techno “Adagio for Strings.”

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3 things about Rowland V. Lee’s SON OF FRANKENSTEIN

Posted on October 21, 2019 by robchristopher

Son of Frankenstein [1939]

1. Giant carved boar’s head under the balustrade.
2. “Because I stole bodies … they said.”
3. He rips his arm from its socket. Again.

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s MIMIC: THE DIRECTOR’S CUT

Posted on October 20, 2019 by robchristopher

Mimic [1997]

1. “Evolution has a way of keeping things alive.”
2. He wipes the sweat off his face, thus sealing his fate.
3. Eyeglasses as conductor.

3 other things.

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3 things about George Miller’s THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK

Posted on October 19, 2019 by robchristopher

The Witches of Eastwick [1987]

1. The spectacle of Veronica Cartwright swearing, getting nasty.
2. Viscous liquid dripping from the lampshade.
3. “When we make mistakes, they call it evil. When God makes mistakes, they call it nature.”

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3 things about Francis Coppola’s THE COTTON CLUB ENCORE

Posted on October 18, 2019 by robchristopher

The Cotton Club Encore [1984/2019]

1. Simulated lightning.
2. Blood-covered candy.
3. Platinum pocketwatch.

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