3 things about Steve James’ ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL

Posted on March 4, 2018 by robchristopher

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail [2017]

1. She tries in vain to get someone to listen to her point.
2. The blurred line between a gift and a loan.
3. Justice … with a $10 million legal bill.

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3 things about Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN

Posted on March 3, 2018 by robchristopher

Wonder Woman [2017]

1. “I’m both frightened and aroused.”
2. A brief vision of earth without humans.
3. In the last crowd scene, there’s something that bothers me about Etta and Diana appearing in public without wearing a hat. Victory celebration or no, in 1918 that behavior would have been scandalous.

3 other things.

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3 things about Fred M. Wilcox’s FORBIDDEN PLANET

Posted on March 2, 2018 by robchristopher

Forbidden Planet [1956]

1. Levels and levels and levels and levels.
2. “Will sixty gallons be sufficient?”
3. Peeling back of the shutters and the support beam crumbles.

3 other things.

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3 things about Martin Rosen’s WATERSHIP DOWN

Posted on March 1, 2018 by robchristopher

Watership Down [1978]

1. Rat attack.
2. “Is not far?”
3. Resemblance between the blades of a plow, General Woundwort’s clawmarks.

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3 things about David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE

Posted on February 27, 2018 by robchristopher

Inland Empire [2006]

1. The expression on Grace Zabriskie’s face when we first see her.
2. “Somebody’s got to do it. Gable’s dead.”
3. The mottled handle of the screwdriver.

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Day’s FIRST MAN INTO SPACE

Posted on February 26, 2018 by robchristopher

First Man Into Space [1959]

1. Crash, smash, slurp.
2. He demonstrates using a piece of foam rubber.
3. A single eye visible.

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Cool ROY’S WORLD news …

Posted on February 26, 2018 by robchristopher

Coming soonish. For now …

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3 things about Bill Morrison’s DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME

Posted on February 25, 2018 by robchristopher

Dawson City: Frozen Time [2016]

1. Shaking hands with an actor who’s no longer there.
2. For the first nine years of its existence, Dawson City’s business district caught on fire and burned. Each and every year.
3. Priceless plate glass negatives, almost used as panes for a greenhouse.

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3 things about Duncan Jones’ MUTE

Posted on February 24, 2018 by robchristopher

Mute [2018]

1. “Heroes” Symphony by Philip Glass on the turntable.
2. A room of whore portraits.
3. Drone meals.

Not terrible, but I wish I’d liked this better. It shares all the weakest qualities of a Wim Wenders film: so many interesting ideas, few of which are nurtured sufficiently enough to live up to their potential. It’s also a story populated largely with repellent characters. On the other hand, Paul Rudd and especially Justin Theroux are both excellent playing dirtbags.

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3 things about George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Posted on February 21, 2018 by robchristopher

Night of the Living Dead [1968]

1. A photograph of a minister sits atop the mantel.
2. Beetman’s Diner.
3. Three cigars in his hatband.

3 other things.

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