3 things about René Clair’s I MARRIED A WITCH

Posted on October 14, 2024 by robchristopher

I Married a Witch [1942]

1. Fireplace lip-sync.
2. Susan Hayward’s resting bitch face.
3. “I Love You Truly” stuck on repeat.

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3 things about Slava Tsukerman’s LIQUID SKY

Posted on October 13, 2024 by robchristopher

Liquid Sky [1982]

1. “Cocteau was Cocteau before he did drugs.”
2. Shrimp everything.
3. Blacklight facepaint.

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3 things about Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz’s MESSIAH OF EVIL

Posted on October 11, 2024 by robchristopher

Messiah of Evil [1974]

1. Green bathroom. A mural of faces receding into perspective.
2. Conclave in the Meat Department.
3. She describes her father’s hands.

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3 things about Dario Argento’s DEEP RED

Posted on October 10, 2024 by robchristopher

Deep Red [1975]

1. An engineer who plays the piano.
2. Stabbing a bird with a knitting needle.
3. Behind the wall, a desiccated corpse.

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3 things about Stéphane Lafleur’s VIKING

Posted on October 6, 2024 by robchristopher

Viking [2022]

1. Every night she plays a recording of Steven snoring.
2. The waitress brings him a cup of coffee with two sugar cubes.
3. A replica of the Mars lander made out of a metal garage can.

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3 things about Josh Greenbaum’s WILL & HARPER

Posted on October 3, 2024 by robchristopher

Will & Harper [2024]

1. “Can we call this a blizzard now?”
2. Jazzy but also country. Upbeat but it should also make you shed a tear.
3. A former manager for Bette Midler and Air Supply.

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3 things about Julio Torres’s PROBLEMISTA

Posted on September 28, 2024 by robchristopher

Problemista [2023]

1. Take off the pants, take off the backpack.
2. Uncooperative Slinky.
3. She accurately points out his own insistence on complication.

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3 things about Frank Perry’s LAST SUMMER

Posted on September 27, 2024 by robchristopher

Last Summer [1969]

1. Truth serum.
2. Swedish movie.
3. Hotter in the forest.

Devastating. The ways in which it constantly flips between being “dated” and chillingly timely are enough to give you whiplash.

(Until this lost masterpiece gets a proper release, you’ll have to watch a cruddy VHS rip: archive.org/details/last-summer-69)

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3 things about Disney’s THE BLACK CAULDRON

Posted on September 26, 2024 by robchristopher

The Black Cauldron [1985]

1. Busty serving wench.
2. He preemptively chokes himself.
3. Skeleton army sinking back to death.

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3 things about Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE

Posted on September 25, 2024 by robchristopher

The Substance [2024]

1. Multiple pupils.
2. Chicken leg.
3. Music from Vertigo.

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