3 things about Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s WINTER SLEEP

Posted on January 5, 2015 by robchristopher

Winter Sleep [2014]

1. “I wish my threshold for self-deception was as low as yours.”
2. The envelope of money on the table. He picks it up and walks over to the fireplace.
3. He laughs so hard at his own joke, he vomits.

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3 things about Krzysztof Kieslowski’s THREE COLORS: RED

Posted on January 4, 2015 by robchristopher

Three Colors: Red [1994]

1. He looks through the window. A computer monitor displaying weather patterns.
2. She interrupts the church service. “I’m sorry. My dog ran away.”
3. The loading platform slowly raises.

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3 things about Krzysztof Kieslowski’s THREE COLORS: WHITE

Posted on January 3, 2015 by robchristopher

Three Colors: White [1994]

1. She calmly sets fire to the drapes. He panics and flees.
2. Inside the booth he finds a smoldering cigarette on the phonebook.
3. The official shreds the passport and then says, “Now you can have the death certificate.”

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3 things about Krzysztof Kieslowski’s THREE COLORS: BLUE

Posted on January 2, 2015 by robchristopher

Three Colors: Blue [1993]

1. Running her knuckles across the stone wall until they bleed.
2. “Now I have just one thing left to do: nothing.”
3. She distractedly kneads his package.

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A selected inventory of 2014.

Posted on January 1, 2015 by robchristopher

By the numbers …

188: movies I watched in 2014 (36 of which I viewed in a theater)
41: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza
35: visits to Three Dots and a Dash
36: mystery green statistic

Happy New Year!

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 1, 2015 by robchristopher

Whoever you are, here’s wishing that 2015 brings good tidings to you and yours. In exactly 14 days I’ll have some very exciting news. Keep your eyes peeled.

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3 things about Don Siegel’s MADIGAN

Posted on December 31, 2014 by robchristopher

Madigan [1968]

1. A private elevator up to his office. Then he sits down at his desk, and a black policewoman brings him a cup of coffee on a saucer.
2. “I like Helen. She’s a bitch, but what the hell.”
3. Using the fridge for cover.

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3 things about Michael Glover Smith’s COOL APOCALYPSE

Posted on December 29, 2014 by robchristopher

Cool Apocalypse [2015]

1. Personal style, self-described: prairie hipster.
2. “Hey! You’re the one who taught me the importance of moisturizing.”
3. A package of Upton’s in the fridge.

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3 things about Peter Jackson’s THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES

Posted on December 26, 2014 by robchristopher

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014]

1. A strand of starlight, shown once and then never mentioned again.
2. Orcs on moose antlers, all beheaded.
3. “Your slip is showing.”

Meh.

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3 things about Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Posted on December 25, 2014 by robchristopher

It’s a Wonderful Life [1946]

1. H.P. is painted on the side of his carriage.
2. “Please don’t hit my sore ear again! Please don’t hit my sore ear again!”
3. In every reality, it’s a Schlitz bar.

3 other things.

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