A movie inventory for 2012.

Posted on January 6, 2013 by robchristopher

179: total number of movies I watched in 2012 (including 81 movies I had already seen)
37: number of movies I watched in a theater in 2012
40: number of times we ordered out from The Art of Pizza

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3 things about Robert Wise’s STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE

Posted on January 6, 2013 by robchristopher

Star Trek: The Motion Picture [1979]

1. Bones: Disco Godfather.
2. “My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain. May I assume my duties?”
3. Stepping stones made of star stuff.

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s DAISY KENYON

Posted on January 5, 2013 by robchristopher

Daisy Kenyon [1947]

1. She says, “I love you,” and he immediately bolts into the other room and pours himself a drink.
2. He never knocks before entering her apartment. He just barges in and shuts off the music.
3. A picture of Frank Sinatra on her mantelpiece.

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3 things about Kenneth Lonergan’s MARGARET

Posted on January 4, 2013 by robchristopher

Margaret [2011]

1. She washes her hair, flicks her head. A spray of bloody water draws a line on the shower wall.
2. “Now do the other nostril. You’re going to want to maintain symmetry. It’s very important.”
3.  A “j” before the soccer game.

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE

Posted on January 1, 2013 by robchristopher

The Manchurian Candidate [1962]

1. Pinocchio on the theater marquee.
2. He pours some wine into a V-shaped glass and drinks it down.
3. First on the forehead, then on the cheek, and then on the lips.

3 other things.

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3 things about Ben Affleck’s ARGO

Posted on December 31, 2012 by robchristopher

Argo [2012]

1. They watch TV together over the phone.
2. “Groucho said that?”
3. The little fingers gingerly fit the strips of paper together.

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3 things about Aaron Schneider’s GET LOW

Posted on December 30, 2012 by robchristopher

Get Low [2009]

1. The perfectly smooth surface of his kitchen table.
2. Sitting on the back of the overturned chair, he empties his flask into a cut glass tumbler.
3. Shoe size: 10D.

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The best movies I watched in 2012.

Posted on December 29, 2012 by robchristopher

Here, in alphabetical order, are ten movies I watched this year that knocked my socks off:

Beyond the Hills (directed by Cristian Mungiu, 2012)
Cosmopolis (directed by David Cronenberg, 2012)
Magic Mike (directed by Steven Soderbergh, 2012)
The Master (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, 2012)
Moonrise Kingdom (directed by Wes Anderson, 2012)
The Movie Orgy (created by Joe Dante & Jon Davison, 1968)
Skyfall (directed by Sam Mendes, 2012)
Stony Island (directed by Andrew Davis, 1978)
This Is Not a Film (directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb & Jafar Panahi, 2011)
Weekend (directed by Andrew Haigh, 2011)

More thoughts.

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3 things about George Stevens’ SHANE

Posted on December 28, 2012 by robchristopher

Shane [1953]

1. “I don’t want any part in gunslingin’. Murder’s a better word for it.”
2. They have a conversation through the open window: she’s in Joey’s bedroom while he stands outside in the pouring rain.
3. He discreetly clears away the coffeepot, curls his fingers around a speckled metal coffee cup. A gray flannel tablecloth.

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3 things about John Schlesinger’s COLD COMFORT FARM

Posted on December 28, 2012 by robchristopher

Cold Comfort Farm [1995]

1. “What do you plan to live on? Or off?”
2. She watches him as he loads the steaming manure onto the wagon.
3. The cow has been crowned with a garland of daisies.

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