3 things about Ang Lee’s THE WEDDING BANQUET

Posted on November 3, 2012 by robchristopher

The Wedding Banquet [1993]

1. He does it for the tax writeoff.
2. “Are you tired? When my Mom enters a department store, she turns into Michael Jordan.”
3. A red envelope filled with cash.

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3 things about Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN

Posted on November 1, 2012 by robchristopher

Kwaidan [1964]

1. One by one they disappear into the bloody water.
2. Invisible except for his ears.
3. He ignores the reflection and stubbornly drinks from the bowl.

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two-dozen lists of movies.

Posted on November 1, 2012 by robchristopher

Remember The Book of Lists and its numerous sequels? This is a smaller, more focused spin on that idea: two-dozen lists of movies.

Actually, Queue Tips has twenty-four! Read the full Booklist review.

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October 31 haiku

Posted on October 31, 2012 by robchristopher

Several officemates
have criticized my costume.
It’s invisible

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3 things about John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

Posted on October 31, 2012 by robchristopher

Halloween [1978]

1. A James Ensor poster on her wall.
2. “The keys! Oh, the keys!”
3. Asthma? Congestion?

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October 30 haiku

Posted on October 30, 2012 by robchristopher

along the street floats
a car with its passenger
swimming behind it

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s ANGEL FACE

Posted on October 30, 2012 by robchristopher

Angel Face [1952]

1. She keeps right on playing.
2. For the ceremony, she wears a bridal bed jacket. Then her fellow patients launch into a congratulatory song.
3. He pops the cork; she pops the clutch.

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October 28 haiku

Posted on October 28, 2012 by robchristopher

she can’t remember
which bob hope movie she watched,
which road he was on

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October 27 haiku

Posted on October 27, 2012 by robchristopher

a watery stone
over which lies a speckled
green banana leaf

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October 26 haiku

Posted on October 26, 2012 by robchristopher

Leave money where a
stranger can take it, go do
the thing that scares you.

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