3 things about THE RESCUERS

Posted on August 5, 2024 by robchristopher

The Rescuers [1977]

1. Set in a swamp and not a single Black character.
2. Taking shelter from the rain under a mailbox.
3. Alligator waterski.

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3 things about Richard Shepard’s THE LINGUINI INCIDENT

Posted on August 4, 2024 by robchristopher

The Linguini Incident [1991]

1. Complaining about her hairdo.
2. Bowie pummeling a chicken.
3. Andre Gregory laughing maniacally.

The new Director’s Cut. It’s very amiable but not as funny as it should be. David Bowie, of course, has infinite charm.

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3 things about Jerry Jameson’s AIRPORT ’77

Posted on August 3, 2024 by robchristopher

Airport ’77 [1977]

1. Their only pairing outside of Bell, Book and Candle yet James Stewart and Jack Lemmon don’t even trade dialog in their one scene together.
2. Dorothy plays a video game.
3. Why exactly is Julie on this flight anyway? Just because she’s the boyfriend of the piano man?

3 other things.

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3 things about Luis Buñuel’s EL (THIS STRANGE PASSION)

Posted on August 1, 2024 by robchristopher

El [1953]

1. A tableaux of unwashed feet.
2. He says, “We’ll do anything you like,” then proceeds to veto her every suggestion.
3. “Few men possess so keen a sense of justice as I.”

Another of Buñuel’s unjustly neglected masterpieces. Obsessive “love,” a key scene in a belltower: surely Hitchcock was familiar with this film. There’s also a Sirkian flavor to it as well, though Don Luis pushes the story into a realm that’s uniquely his. (Love those scenes in the church!) The transfer I watched wasn’t great but I could still appreciate Gabriel Figueroa’s silky smooth cinematography.

3 other things.

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3 things about Stephen Frears’ THE GRIFTERS

Posted on July 31, 2024 by robchristopher

The Grifters [1990]

1. A bag of oranges and a towel.
2. An empty room that the sucker never sees.
3. “Sooner or later, the lightning hits. I don’t want to be around when it hits you.”

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3 things about Robert Altman’s 3 WOMEN

Posted on July 30, 2024 by robchristopher

3 Women [1977]

1. “Hi, Pat.”
“Millie. You’re back.”
“I hadn’t been anywhere.”
2. She goes to write in her diary but her pen has run dry. She gives in and turns out the light.
3. A large pile of old tires next to the house.

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Siodmak’s THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON

Posted on July 29, 2024 by robchristopher

The File on Thelma Jordon [1949]

1. Erasing then reapplying fingerprints.
2. No hangover the next day? Come on.
3. Gloved hand drawing the eyelids closed.

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3 things about Calin Cazan & Mircea Toia’s DELTA SPACE MISSION

Posted on July 28, 2024 by robchristopher

Delta Space Mission [1984]

1. Marauding rock giants.
2. A metal munching dog named Tin.
3. Fruit-eating goo dweller.

What a trip. Pop a few edibles and fasten your seatbelt.

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3 things about Errol Morris’s AMERICAN DHARMA

Posted on July 27, 2024 by robchristopher

American Dharma [2018]

1. Real profits from fictional currency.
2. It all began with an encounter at Sundance.
3. Breitbart shouting himself into a coronary.

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announcing “My Last Martini,” a new short film

Posted on July 24, 2024 by robchristopher

‘Twin Peaks’ Legend Wendy Robie Leads ‘My Last Martini,’ Now in Post-Production

For me, the perfect bar is convivial and intimate, lively yet tranquil. That sums up Bryant’s, a place I’ve visited regularly for nearly a decade. Filmmaker Luis Buñuel once wrote that bars “are the perfect places for the meditation and contemplation indispensable to life.” When all the correct elements are in place, there’s something about the atmosphere in a bar that can lead to surprising epiphanies–and encounters. I’ve told very personal stories to complete strangers in bars on more than one occasion. Just such an encounter is at the heart of Barry Gifford’s short story “The Last Martini.” Adapting this story for the screen and filming it at Bryant’s is the proverbial no-brainer; and casting Wendy Robie from Twin Peaks in a key role is simply a dream come true!

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