Zee and Co. [1972]
1. “There’s nothing I hate more than soulful people. She’s always a little out of breath and sees beauty in everything. Especially in shit.”
2. Margaret Leighton’s enormous wig and glasses.
3. Dumping his suitcase on the hood of his car.
Chameleon Street [1989]
1. “That afternoon I went to Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast to help get my mind right.”
2. Photo op with the mayor of Detroit.
3. Fake French.
Three Thousand Years of Longing [2022]
1. Bewildered, terrified Einstein.
2. Books disguised as bottles.
3. She packs his things into a new cardboard box and adds it to the shelf in her basement next to an identical cardboard box that contains the detritus of her ex-husband.
Once a Thief [1965]
1. Unrestrained Ann-Margaret.
2. Warped killer’s POV.
3. Senseless: the gun has no bullets left, yet he keeps it in his hand.
A real letdown. Clichéd plotting and dialog just sink it. A dream cast and striking San Francisco atmosphere can’t save it.
Wild Things [1998]
1. Muddy Jeep.
2. “Guidance counselors get to find out all sorts of interesting things.” Panties in his front pocket.
3. Salvaged false teeth.
Palm Springs [2022]
1 “What if we get sick of each other?”
“We’re already sick of each other. It’s the best.”
2. Videoconferencing with a quantum physicist.
3. Side by side on pizza slices.
Hannah Ha Ha [2022]
1. “Well, history repeats itself.”
“No it doesn’t, there’s never been an iPhone before.”
2. Unscrewing the peanut butter, unscrewing the jelly.
3. He ran for mayor as a Leninist.
Howl’s Moving Castle [2004]
1. He helps himself to a log.
2. Instant beard.
3. Kissing Turnip-head.
Three Minutes: A Lengthening [2021]
1. Linden trees.
2. Deducing the owner of the grocery.
3. Couples dancing to British music on the radio.
In the Heat of the Night [1967]
1. Fern root on the accelerator.
2. “Oh, now, don’t get smart, black boy. I don’t need it. No pity, thank you. No thank you!”
3. Flypaper strips hanging from the ceiling at well-spaced intervals.
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