3 things about Charlie Chaplin’s LIMELIGHT

Posted on March 16, 2025 by robchristopher

Limelight [1952]

1. An extra flea.
2. “That’s all any of us are: amateurs. We don’t live long enough to be anything else.”
3. Slippery sheet music.

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3 things about DK Welchman & Hugh Welchman’s LOVING VINCENT

Posted on March 15, 2025 by robchristopher

Loving Vincent [2017]

1. Watching the rain through the cafe windows.
2. He takes a few paintings in lieu of a bill.
3. A chair at the edge of a field.

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3 things about Sara Driver’s WHEN PIGS FLY

Posted on March 14, 2025 by robchristopher

When Pigs Fly [1993]

1. Half-eaten sandwich next to him on the bed.
2. Impromptu bop to “A Night in Tunisia.”
3. Pieces of chair tied to their heads.

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3 things about Fernando Ayala’s THE BITTER STEMS

Posted on March 13, 2025 by robchristopher

The Bitter Stems [1956]

1. Looking through the window of the train into the past.
2. A strategically loud orchestra.
3. Shallow planting.

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3 things about Brian Levant’s THE FLINTSTONES

Posted on March 12, 2025 by robchristopher

The Flintstones [1994]

1. Kids playing in Jurassic Park.
2. He ignores his mother-in-law and unties the pet dino.
3. The invention of concrete.

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3 things about Catherine Breillat’s LAST SUMMER

Posted on March 10, 2025 by robchristopher

Last Summer [2023]

1. Disassociated orgasm.
2. “Your son’s a monster. Get that into your head.”
3. Woodshed.

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3 things about Tom Stoppard’s ROSENKRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD

Posted on March 10, 2025 by robchristopher

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead [1990]

1. A theory of narrative: “Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.”
2. Sudden queer gaze in the baths.
3. An initial miscount of the number of deaths.

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3 things about John Huston’s KEY LARGO

Posted on March 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Key Largo [1948]

1. Lounging in the bathtub with a cigar, and a fan aimed directly at him.
2. A lengthy whisper that we can’t quite make out, which makes it feel even filthier.
3. Her song is pathetic, tender, brave, sad, and uncomfortable. All at the same time.

3 other things.

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3 things about Steve De Jarnatt’s MIRACLE MILE

Posted on March 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Miracle Mile [1988]

1. They choose to spend their last moment’s eating at Canters Deli and who can blame them?
2. Dying at the bottom of an escalator.
3. Tar pit crash.

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3 things about Milos Forman’s AMADEUS

Posted on March 5, 2025 by robchristopher

Amadeus [1984]

1. “These”(gulp)”are originals?”
2. Portrait of Haydn on the wall in Mozart’s flat.
3. Dripping black veils and hoods.

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