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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3 things about Nanette Burstein’s ELIZABETH TAYLOR: THE LOST TAPES

Posted on March 3, 2025 by robchristopher

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes [2024]

1. Richard Burton repeating the same story over and over about seeing her rushes for the first time.
2. Working through the death of Mike Todd during Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
3. “I won the award for my tracheotomy.”

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3 things about Bas Devos’s HERE

Posted on March 2, 2025 by robchristopher

Here [2023]

1. Each moss is like a micro-forest.
2. Something green glowing in his hand.
3. Realizing that she doesn’t know his name, and smiling.

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s SEVEN DAYS IN MAY

Posted on February 26, 2025 by robchristopher

Seven Days in May [1964]

1. “I’ll make you two promises: a very good steak, medium rare, and the truth, which is very rare.”
2. The senator refers to Jiggs’s collection of military medals, ribbons, and badges as fruit salad.
3. A few laps in the pool followed by a cigarette.

3 other things.

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3 things about Jocelyn Moorhouse’s PROOF

Posted on February 25, 2025 by robchristopher

Proof [1991]

1. He innocently holds up a packet of condoms.
2. “‘Celia has exceptional breasts.’ Would you like me to add that?”
3. The pupil does not dilate.

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3 things about Jûzô Itami’s TAMPOPO

Posted on February 24, 2025 by robchristopher

Tampopo [1985]

1. Passing the yolk back and forth.
2. The pork slices must be 3mm thick.
3. Spaghetti etiquette.

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