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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3 things about Robert Young’s VAMPIRE CIRCUS

Posted on October 14, 2019 by robchristopher

Vampire Circus [1972]

1. Bat emerging from an eye socket.
2. Puppet panther carnage.
3. Vanquished with a crossbow. (Get it?)

This film has a cult reputation and now having seen it I’m very disappointed.

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3 things about Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Posted on October 13, 2019 by robchristopher

Brokeback Mountain [2005]

1. Quick spit.
2. Price tag.
3. White farmhouse interior.

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3 things about Howard Bretherton and William Keighley’s LADIES THEY TALK ABOUT

Posted on October 11, 2019 by robchristopher

Ladies They Talk About [1933]

1. “For a dumb dick you’ve got a memory like an elephant.”
2. A fascinating scene where a black woman backtalks to an older white woman, without any real reprisal. And the penitentiary is integrated!
3. Soap impression of a key.

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3 things about Errol Morris’s VERNON, FLORIDA

Posted on October 10, 2019 by robchristopher

Vernon, Florida [1981]

1. “Smartest bird we got in this country.”
2. Therefore sermon.
3. Holding the possum by its tail.

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