3 things about John Glen’s OCTOPUSSY

Posted on September 9, 2018 by robchristopher

Octopussy [1983]

1. The look on Roger Moore’s face after she says, “That’s my little Octopussy!”
2. “Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond.”
3. Antenna whip.

3 other things.

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3 things about David Lynch’s BLUE VELVET

Posted on September 8, 2018 by robchristopher

Blue Velvet [1986]

1. “We may all be killed.”
2. Price check for an axe.
3. Another football player named Mike.

3 other things.

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3 things about Kelly Richmond Pope’s ALL THE QUEEN’S HORSES

Posted on September 6, 2018 by robchristopher

All the Queen’s Horses [2017]

1. She closed her eyes to listen to the click of the handcuffs.
2. “When the FBI tells you to keep quiet, you keep quiet.”
3. The majority of embezzlement cases are perpetrated by females.

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On Saturday, September 15 …

Posted on September 5, 2018 by robchristopher

Chicago Filmmakers is having an Open Screening at their beautiful new location at 5720 N. Ridge. And if you attend you might just be part of the very first audience to see an excerpt from Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago. It starts at 7:30pm, and it’s free!

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3 things about Lucretia Martel’s LA CIENAGA

Posted on September 5, 2018 by robchristopher

La Ciénaga [2001]

1. In the shower, she wipes the dirt and mud towards the drain with her feet.
2. “She got everything there, from pencils to tennis shoes.”
3. Various people squashed together on beds.

Lucretia Martel astonishingly captures almost everything I hate most about summertime. The heat and humidity; the noise; the irritating boisterousness of people; the way most food is disgusting; its slothful, listless, claustrophobic, apathy.

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3 things about Irving Reis’s ALL MY SONS

Posted on September 4, 2018 by robchristopher

All My Sons [1948]

1. The waiter ties a lobster bib around his neck and Joe exclaims, “Safety first!”
2. He hands her a pill and a glass of water. “I don’t like sleeping pills,” she says. “I don’t like the kind of sleep they give you.”
3. Inevitable offstage gunshot.

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3 things about Jonathan Glazer’s UNDER THE SKIN

Posted on September 3, 2018 by robchristopher

Under the Skin [2014]

1. “Dreaming.”
“Yes. We are.”
2. Scotland is “nowhere.”
3. A very slow bite of chocolate cake.

A film of genius. And it’s a completely different experience seeing it the second time around. (3 other things.)

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3 things about François Ozon’s DOUBLE LOVER

Posted on September 2, 2018 by robchristopher

Double Lover [2017]

1. They shake hands and then kiss. Moments later, a shared breast.
2. Stuffed cat in her daughter’s bedroom.
3. A tiny claw emerges.

Ozon enters Lynch/Cronenberg territory, with mesmerizing results.

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3 things about H. Bruce Humberstone’s I WAKE UP SCREAMING

Posted on August 30, 2018 by robchristopher

I Wake Up Screaming [1941]

1. “Women are all alike.”
“For Pete’s sake, what difference does that make? You’ve got to have them. They’re standard equipment.”
2. Mrs. Botticelli.
3. Incessant use of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (!)

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3 things about Rian Johnson’s STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI

Posted on August 18, 2018 by robchristopher

Star Wars: The Last Jedi [2017]

1. Wasted barbecue.
2. “That was a cheap move.”
3. He stutters.

3 other things.

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