3 things about Robert Altman’s QUINTET

Posted on February 23, 2019 by robchristopher

Quintet [1979]

1. “It doesn’t transmit. The information’s still there.”
2. She lifts her arm from the fire, looks down with some curiosity at her own smoldering hand.
3. Light fixture melting the ice.

3 other things.

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3 things about Craig Gillespie’s I, TONYA

Posted on February 19, 2019 by robchristopher

I, Tonya [2017]

1. Smoking on the ice.
2. “I made her peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.”
3. A headbutt to the glass door.

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3 things about Todd Haynes’ WONDERSTRUCK

Posted on February 18, 2019 by robchristopher

Wonderstruck [2017]

1. The only time I believe I’ve ever heard Robert Fripp on a film’s soundtrack.
2. James A Michener on display in the bookstore.
3. F-R-I-E-N-D.

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3 things about Jean-Luc Godard’s THE IMAGE BOOK

Posted on February 17, 2019 by robchristopher

The Image Book [2018]

1. “Brecht said in reality only a fragment carries the mark of authenticity.”
2. Joan interrupted.
3. Phlegmy cough in surround sound.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s FRENZY

Posted on February 16, 2019 by robchristopher

Frenzy [1972]

1. Potato cunnilingus.
2. The way she pronounces it “tuh-quil-uh.”
3. Beating a dead corpse.

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3 things about Roger Corman’s HOUSE OF USHER

Posted on February 15, 2019 by robchristopher

House of Usher [1960]

1. Blonde Vincent Price.
2. “Still here? I suggest you leave, Mr. Winthrop. No? Then perish with us.”
3. Those paintings!

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3 things about Edgar G. Ulmer’s THE STRANGE WOMAN

Posted on February 13, 2019 by robchristopher

The Strange Woman [1946]

1. She seductively shows off the bruises from her father’s beating.
2. “But … the rain. You know what happens to the roads in the rain.”
“Yes. They get very muddy, but they don’t change the direction.”
3. Smorgasbord of weird sideburns.

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3 things about Laurie Anderson’s HEART OF A DOG

Posted on February 11, 2019 by robchristopher

Heart of a Dog [2015]

1. Painting with static electricity.
2. Mother meditation.
3. To feel sad without being sad.

3 other things.

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3 things about Dome Karukoski’s TOM OF FINLAND

Posted on February 10, 2019 by robchristopher

Tom of Finland [2017]

1. A motorcycle club without motorcycles.
2. Chasing the rabbit around the hospital room.
3. “Almost everyone is like us in California.”

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New ROY’S WORLD podcast.

Posted on February 10, 2019 by robchristopher

I had the pleasure to chat with Harrison Sherrod about Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago for the newest episode of the CINE-FILE podcast. Check it out!

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