3 things about JR & Agnès Varda’s FACES PLACES

Posted on June 4, 2018 by

Faces Places [2017]

1. “Chance has been my best assistant.”
2. Feet like a heart.
3. He reveals himself to her but the film does not reveal him to us.

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3 things about Vincente Minnelli’s DESIGNING WOMAN

Posted on May 30, 2018 by

Designing Woman [1957]

1. “Liquor, I have found, makes me very smart.”
2. She keeps the $5!
3. Brawl ballet.

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3 things about Fred Zinnemann’s THE SEVENTH CROSS

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

The Seventh Cross [1944]

1. He spreads his arms and performs a final leap.
2. She gives up her dinner and eats cheese instead.
3. Ants and the sugar bowl. “They can’t kill all the ants.”

This really packs a wallop.

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3 things about Richard Thorpe’s ABOVE SUSPICION

Posted on May 27, 2018 by

Above Suspicion [1943]

1. In frustration, Joan picks at the rose on her hat.
2. “We were miles apart.”
“Miles, indeed.”
3. Miniature car tumbling off the cliff and bursting into flame. “How about some spaghetti?”

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3 things about Michael Mann’s HEAT

Posted on May 26, 2018 by

Heat [1995]

1. On his way out the door he sizes up the unmade bed.
2. Bristle blocks.
3. Shadow on the grass.

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3 things about Alexandra Dean’s BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY

Posted on May 25, 2018 by

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story [2017]

1. Frequency hopping enabled by player piano concepts.
2. Revolutionary plastic surgery.
3. Samson and Delilah was 1949’s second highest grossing film.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s FIVE STAR FINAL

Posted on May 23, 2018 by

Five Star Final [1931]

1. Drunken Karloff.
2. “I rode uptown in a taxi with him and I don’t have any skin left on my knees.”
“What were you two doing? Kneeling in prayer?”
3. He hurls the phone through Hinchecliffe’s office widow.

What it lacks in subtlety it more than makes up for in verve.

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