3 things about Robina Rose’s NIGHTSHIFT

Posted on November 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Nightshift [1981]

1. Telephone conversation in the lounge.
2. Eating a meal at her desk.
3. Glass cleaner.

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3 things about Howard Hawks’ BARBARY COAST

Posted on November 21, 2025 by robchristopher

Barbary Coast [1935]

1. They gallantly carry her across the muck of the street.
2. Fake eye-patch.
3. A character with the name of “Knuckles” Jacoby.

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3 things about Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

Posted on November 20, 2025 by robchristopher

A House of Dynamite [2025]

1. Surrender or suicide.
2. A brief moment alone at the window before he is hustled out of the room.
3. “Bad knees.”

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3 things about Terence Young’s RED SUN

Posted on November 17, 2025 by robchristopher

Red Sun [1971]

1. He kills a single mosquito with his sword.
2. Sleeping on the floor in the whorehouse.
3. “I think you’re one hell of a man.”
“I think you are one son of a bitch.”

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3 things about Howard Hawks’ GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES

Posted on November 15, 2025 by robchristopher

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [1953]

1. “Laryngitis,” she says apologetically.
2. A glass of straight vodka.
3. Surrounded by a group of men shaking strands of diamonds in her face.

3 other things.

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN

Posted on November 14, 2025 by robchristopher

Frankenstein [2025]

1. Descending the grotty stairs in bare feet.
2. He admits he never pondered the organ where the soul is located.
3. “Victor, you only listen when I hurt you!”

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3 things about Tom Ford’s A SINGLE MAN

Posted on November 12, 2025 by robchristopher

A Single Man [2009]

1. “If itʼs going to be a world with no time for sentiment, itʼs not a world that I want to live in.”
2. A request for Tanqueray; she says she likes the color of the bottle.
3. Slipped into the bread bag, a personal note with money enclosed.

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Benton’s STILL OF THE NIGHT

Posted on November 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Still of the Night [1982]

1. A green box in his pocket.
2. Chinese take-out with Jessica Tandy.
3. Bloody knife through the slats in the door.

Yes, it’s a Hitchcock pastiche, but it’s done with style and care. Loses something in the last third. Still, some great set-pieces. Love Roy, as always.

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3 things about Martin Campbell’s CASINO ROYALE

Posted on November 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Casino Royale [2006]

1. Opens with a flashback within a flashback and yet it isn’t confusing, because two different styles of black & white are used: one “smooth” and one “grainy.”
2. Grains of sand stuck to his back and shoulders.
3. A moment where he just crosses his arms and admires the splendor of the scenery, and then his phone rings.

3 other things.

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3 things about Jirí Barta’s THE PIED PIPER

Posted on November 7, 2025 by robchristopher

The Pied Piper [1986]

1. Bolts of luxury fabrics swarming with rats.
2. Siphoning away the sugar.
3. He gathers the infant in his arms and abandons the emptied town.

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