3 things about John Gilling’s PICKUP ALLEY

Posted on November 25, 2024 by robchristopher

Pickup Alley [1957]

1. The way Trevor Howard says “honey” is deeply unnerving.
2. Panicky dope fix prep.
3. Taking a blowtorch to the back of the fridge.

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3 things about Arthur Penn’s DEAD OF WINTER

Posted on November 24, 2024 by robchristopher

Dead of Winter [1987]

1. Great in-joke: signing a headshot of Malcolm McDowell.
2. As the trapdoor rises, so does the body.
3. McKinley’s piano (and chess set).

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3 things about Charles Burnett’s THE ANNIHILATION OF FISH

Posted on November 23, 2024 by robchristopher

The Annihilation of Fish [1999]

1. Recreating Vertigo at Fort Point.
2. Curried goat.
3. The demon’s corpse is beginning to stink, she points out.

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3 things about Leo McCarey’s MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW

Posted on November 22, 2024 by robchristopher

Make Way for Tomorrow [1937]

1. They’ve got five hours.
2. A framed photograph in the lobby of the lobby.
3. “When you’re 17 and the world’s beautiful, facing facts is just as slick fun as dancing or going to parties, but when you’re 70–well, you don’t care about dancing, you don’t think about parties anymore, and about the only fun you have left is pretending that there ain’t any facts to face, so would you mind if I just went on pretending?”

3 other things.

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3 things about THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE

Posted on November 21, 2024 by robchristopher

The Great Mouse Detective [1986]

1. Melissa Manchester as a sexy, singing mouse.
2. Dizzying panorama of the clockworks.
3. “I had so many ingenious ideas I didn’t know which to choose. So I decided to use them all.”

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3 things about Youssef Chahine’s CAIRO STATION

Posted on November 19, 2024 by robchristopher

Cairo Station [1958]

1. They slip him into his bridegroom’s outfit: a straitjacket.
2. The cat is Hanuma.
3. Grabbing the knife by the blade.

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3 things about Alan Arkin’s LITTLE MURDERS

Posted on November 19, 2024 by robchristopher

Little Murders [1971]

1. As he ascends the subway stairs, he crosses paths with a man bleeding from a head wound.
2. Carol deftly opens the breech.
3. “I married you because I wanted to mold you. I love the man I wanted to mold you into, but you’re not even there. How can I mold you when you’re not there?”

3 other things.

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3 things about Jane Schoenbrun’s I SAW THE TV GLOW

Posted on November 18, 2024 by robchristopher

I Saw the TV Glow [2024]

1. VHS, Home of the Vultures.
2. Abandoned shopping carts arrayed outside the theatre.
3. “It’s just the suburbs.”

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3 things about George Pollock’s MURDER MOST FOUL

Posted on November 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Murder Most Foul [1964]

1. A ratty coat she swore was mink.
2. Timer-triggered stove.
3. Searching for someone to play the housekeeper.

3 other things.

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3 things about Chris Kelley’s OTHER PEOPLE

Posted on November 12, 2024 by robchristopher

Other People [2016]

1. Laxative. Breaking down in an empty supermarket.
2. “I’m sorry I was an asshole about your butthole.”
3. She tells him to look into the faces of his sisters.

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