3 things about Khalik Allah’s BLACK MOTHER

Posted on May 6, 2019 by robchristopher

Black Mother [2018]

1. Jamaica has more churches per square mile than any other country.
2. Kool-Aid hypothesis.
3. Fire in the water.

The adjective “visceral” was coined in order to describe the experience of watching this film.

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3 things about the Coen Bros.’ MILLER’S CROSSING

Posted on May 4, 2019 by robchristopher

Miller’s Crossing [1990]

1. Wisps of smoke rising from the floor.
2. “It’s not so easy, is it Verna?”
3. Sam Raimi cameo.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s FAMILY PLOT

Posted on May 3, 2019 by robchristopher

Family Plot [1976]

1. Street sign for Bates Avenue.
2. High heel wedge on his face.
3. William Devane’s toothy grimace.

Underrated! Barbara Harris is a national treasure.

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3 things about Andrei Tarkovsky’s NOSTALGIA

Posted on April 27, 2019 by robchristopher

Nostalgia [1983]

1. Petting the dog as he drifts off to sleep.
2. The debris is a landscape in miniature.
3. Sheltering the candle with his coat.

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3 things about Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Joon-ho Bong’s TOKYO!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by robchristopher

Tokyo! [2008]

1. He opens the bathroom door and the chair is sitting in the bathtub.
2. Flowers and money.
3. Neat stacks of pizza boxes.

So-so.

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3 things about Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE

Posted on April 22, 2019 by robchristopher

High Life [2018]

1. Learning to walk, learning to stand.
2. A series of dissolves shows him turning into earth.
3. Horizontal golden band.

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3 things about Richard Compton’s RAVAGERS

Posted on April 21, 2019 by robchristopher

Ravagers [1979]

1. At first he’s not sure what to do with the fork.
2. Art Carney playing “Tea for Two” on a piano.
3. A bullet to the gut finishes off Ernest Borgnine.

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3 things about Angela Robinson’s PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN

Posted on April 14, 2019 by robchristopher

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [2017]

1. “When will you stop justifying the whims of your cock with science?”
2. 50-60% less bondage.
3. A new stove.

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3 things about Paul Schrader’s AMERICAN GIGOLO

Posted on April 13, 2019 by robchristopher

American Gigolo [1980]

1. “I know what I see.”
2. Laying out his wardrobe, creating outfits.
3. The ultimate humbling: driving a Pinto.

Interesting that both David Thomson and Bret Easton Ellis write about it in their new books.

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3 things about Fritz Lang’s SCARLET STREET

Posted on April 10, 2019 by robchristopher

Scarlet Street [1945]

1. He carefully, adroitly slices the liver.
2. “I’ve been out to dinner with him three times this week and now he’s talking about breakfast.”
3. A chair for a nightstand.

3 other things. Possibly my favorite Fritz Lang film?

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