3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE

Posted on April 18, 2016 by robchristopher

East Side, West Side [1949]

1. The el rumbling outside your apartment is a signifier of a working class existence.
2. “I’m in business, are you in business?”
3. Brawling in the front seat of the car with a blonde Amazonian model.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION

Posted on April 17, 2016 by robchristopher

A Prairie Home Companion [2006]

1. “I’ll Show You My Moonshine If You Show Me Your Jugs.”
2. A bust of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
3. “The death of an old man is not a tragedy.”

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3 things about Guy Hamilton’s GOLDFINGER

Posted on April 16, 2016 by robchristopher

Goldfinger [1964]

1. Where does the red carnation come from?
2. He drops the gold bar onto the green.
3. “This is no time to be rescued.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Paul Weitz’s GRANDMA

Posted on April 14, 2016 by robchristopher

Grandma [2015]

1. “I like being old. Young people are stupid.”
2. Drip coffee.
3. Alone in the back of the taxi, she suddenly laughs.

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3 things about Alex Gibney’s ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM

Posted on April 13, 2016 by robchristopher

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room [2005]

1. Mark-to-market.
2. “Legendary” biking trips.
3. Bankruptcy, bonuses.

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3 things about Ramin Bahrani’s 99 HOMES

Posted on April 12, 2016 by robchristopher

99 Homes [2014]

1. “Don’t get emotional about real estate. It’s just boxes.”
2. She considers the toaster oven important.
3. Pats him on the shoulder. “That was a helluva thing you did there. Thank you.”

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3 things about Adam McKay’s THE BIG SHORT

Posted on April 11, 2016 by robchristopher

The Big Short [2015]

1. A mortgage agreement made in the name of the landlord’s dog.
2. “It’s like someone broke a piñata of white men who suck at golf.”
3. Lehman Bros. graffiti.

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3 things about Michelangelo Antonioni’s BLOW-UP

Posted on April 10, 2016 by robchristopher

Blow-Up [1966]

1. The photo session climaxes and he flops down on the sofa, leaving her alone on the floor. His assistant hovers nearby.
2. Queers and poodles.
3. The kid picks up the guitar fragment off the sidewalk, examines it briefly, drops it back to the ground.

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3 things about Ana Lily Amirpour’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

Posted on April 1, 2016 by robchristopher

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night [2014]

1. “This pill is nothing without you. It needs you.”
2. Mirror ball. Shimmering bands of lights on the wall.
3. Suddenly, a train goes by.

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3 things about Henry Hathaway’s CALL NORTHSIDE 777

Posted on March 31, 2016 by robchristopher

Call Northside 777 [1948]

1. Opening narration: “In 1932 there were 365 murders in Chicago, one for each day of the year. Eight policemen were shot down in the line of duty.” In 2015, there were 488 homicides in Chicago.
2. She works as a scrubwoman in the Wrigley Building. An echoey conversation at the top of a marble stairway.
3. Working on a 500-piece puzzle. Elegant metaphor.

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