3 things about Nagisa Oshima’s STREET OF LOVE AND HOPE

Posted on December 10, 2024 by robchristopher

Street of Love and Hope (aka A Town of Love and Hope) [1959]

1. He refuses to accept the change and quickly stuffs it into the pigeon cage.
2. Only one mattress.
3. He looks at her for a moment then withdraws his hands.

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3 things about Greta Gerwig’s LITTLE WOMEN

Posted on December 8, 2024 by robchristopher

Little Women [2019]

1. He sits down on the stairs, joy and pain intermingled.
2. “But do you love him?”
“I care more to be loved.”
3. Copyright negotiation.

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3 things about Michael Curtiz’s THE SEA WOLF

Posted on December 7, 2024 by robchristopher

The Sea Wolf [1941]

1. Kicking Louie as he descends the stairs, watching with satisfaction as the crew all turns on him.
2. To make her feel more at home, he offers to put bars on the windows.
3. An island where a few Japanese fishing boats occasionally stop.

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3 things about Nick Grinde’s SHOPWORN

Posted on December 6, 2024 by robchristopher

Shopworn [1932]

1. Her response to the college boy’s attempt at flirtation is to ring up NO SALE on the cash register.
2. Alley cats hanging around the garbage cans out back.
3. Bored with Baked Alaska.

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s GLADIATOR II

Posted on December 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Gladiator II [2024]

1. That’s politicsssssss.
2. Dual-sword decapitation (just like in the first film) and assisted stabbing.
3. The archers train their fire on the spectators.

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3 things about Samuel Fuller’s THE CRIMSON KIMONO

Posted on November 27, 2024 by robchristopher

The Crimson Kimono [1959]

1. Making coffee in a paint can.
2. Both detectives are kendo champions.
3. An ex-librarian on the run.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND

Posted on November 26, 2024 by robchristopher

Spellbound [1945]

1. Bit part for Victor Kilian (Grandpa Larkin from Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman).
2. “Women make the best psychoanalysts until they fall in love. After that they make the best patients.”
3. Proprietor with a sheer stocking concealing his face.

3 other things.

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3 things about Terry Gilliam’s BRAZIL

Posted on November 25, 2024 by robchristopher

Brazil [1985]

1. The restaurant staff discreetly move a foldable screen into place to shield patrons from the carnage.
2. “Don’t fight it, son. Confess quickly! If you hold out too long you could jeopardize your credit rating.”
3. Kurtzmann as paving stone creature with arms.

3 other things.

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3 things about John Gilling’s PICKUP ALLEY

Posted on November 25, 2024 by robchristopher

Pickup Alley [1957]

1. The way Trevor Howard says “honey” is deeply unnerving.
2. Panicky dope fix prep.
3. Taking a blowtorch to the back of the fridge.

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3 things about Arthur Penn’s DEAD OF WINTER

Posted on November 24, 2024 by robchristopher

Dead of Winter [1987]

1. Great in-joke: signing a headshot of Malcolm McDowell.
2. As the trapdoor rises, so does the body.
3. McKinley’s piano (and chess set).

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