3 things about Peter Yates’s EYEWITNESS

Posted on January 28, 2018 by robchristopher

Eyewitness [1981]

1. Floor polish foreplay.
2. Morgan Freeman’s pipe-smoking detective seems to have wandered in from a better, more interesting movie.
3. Kenneth McMillan’s piggyback ride up a flight of stairs.

Ugh. Pretty bad.

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3 things about Ishirô Honda’s GODZILLA (GOJIRA)

Posted on January 25, 2018 by robchristopher

Godzilla [1954]

1. Budapest String Quartet.
2. He sheepishly tucks his tie into his jacket before continuing.
3. Radioactive trilobite.

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ROY’S WORLD co-producer Michael Glover Smith’s newest film screens in Chicago!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by robchristopher

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. And a lot can happen over the course of three days …

I like to joke that Michael Glover Smith is the Robert Altman to my Alan Rudolph. In addition to (and at the same time as!) co-producing Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago, somehow Michael also finds time to direct his own projects. I am so excited to finally have the chance to see Mercury in Retrograde, his latest, at the at the Gene Siskel Film Center: Friday, February 16 at 8:15pm, Monday, February 19 at 7:45pm and Wednesday, February 21 at 7:45pm.

He’ll be attending, along with producer/actor Shane Simmons and other members of the cast and crew, for post-screening Q&As on all three nights. But that’s not the only reason you should go. He’s had a gorgeous-looking DCP made just for this occasion. Michael adds, “The film was shot in the CinemaScope ratio with Anamorphic lenses and will probably never again look or sound as good as it does projected in its native 2K resolution in the acoustically perfect Siskel Center!” So watch the trailer below, RSVP at the Facebook page, and buy your tickets in advance!

Mercury in Retrograde – Trailer from Shane Simmons on Vimeo.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s McCABE & MRS. MILLER

Posted on January 20, 2018 by robchristopher

McCabe & Mrs. Miller [1971]

1. “I counted ’em, there’s 52.”
2. The only time we ever really see her smile.
3. For me, what makes the finale so haunting is that there are no witnesses.

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3 things about Gabe Klinger’s PORTO

Posted on January 16, 2018 by robchristopher

Porto [2016]

1. A different couple in the window.
2. We learn that they actually go to dinner afterward.
3. Glitchy sunrise, twice.

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3 things about William Wyler’s DODSWORTH

Posted on January 15, 2018 by robchristopher

Dodsworth [1936]

1. He strides through the gathering of factory workers. But the film skips the farewell speech.
2. “Have you ever noticed how transparent people are when you really look at them?”
3. Khakis, tennis shoes, a white shirt with rolled up sleeves and open at neck.

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s PHANTOM THREAD

Posted on January 13, 2018 by robchristopher

Phantom Thread [2017]

1. “It’s my job to give you some. If I choose to.”
2. Asparagus with oil and salt.
3. Both women answer the doctor simultaneously. Again and again.

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3 things about Phil Karlson’s KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL

Posted on January 9, 2018 by robchristopher

Kansas City Confidential [1952]

1. The mask strapped to his sweaty leg.
2. She gauges the situation briefly and says, “Now I’m supposed to be hurt. Maybe even cry.”
3. Another diner named Winky’s.

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3 things about Albert Lewin’s PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN

Posted on January 8, 2018 by robchristopher

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman [1951]

1. He discreetly drops poison into his own drink.
2. The sound as the bull’s horn tears his shirt.
3. Glistening drops of water on the piece of canvas she has wrapped around her nude body.

Certainly one of the most gorgeous looking films in recent memory.

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3 things about David Lean’s BLITHE SPIRIT

Posted on January 7, 2018 by robchristopher

Blithe Spirit [1945]

1. A wind blows against the drapes even though the french doors are closed.
2. “If you’re trying to compile an inventory of my sex life, I feel it only fair to warn you that you’ve omitted several episodes. I shall consult my diary and give you a complete list after lunch.”
3. Madame Arcati’s tiny sandwiches.

Bonus: that is not the color of a dry martini! Technicolor showoff gone wrong …

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