3 things about Bob Rafelson’s HEAD

Posted on April 16, 2023 by robchristopher

Head [1968]

1. Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.
2. Cameos by Jack Nicholson and Dennis Hopper.
3. “Atta boy, Mike, atta boy.”

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3 things about Steve McQueen’s WIDOWS

Posted on April 15, 2023 by robchristopher

Widows [2018]

1. Flask in the kitchen.
2. “You need to watch how you speak to me.”
3. Listening to a Spanish language lesson tape in the car.

3 other things.

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3 things about Jon Jost’s TOURISTS

Posted on April 8, 2023 by robchristopher

Tourists [2022]

1. The baby started choking.
2. Lish’s party and a character named Gordon.
3. Disappearing behind a shrub: a woman, a minivan.

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3 things about Daisy von Scherler Mayer’s PARTY GIRL

Posted on April 7, 2023 by robchristopher

Party Girl [1995]

1. “He-he-hello!”
2. Club kids waiting in line for falafel.
3. “How’s your upper torso?”

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s A WEDDING

Posted on April 6, 2023 by robchristopher

A Wedding [1978]

1. Instructions on how to cut the cake.
2. “You’ve got ash on your front.”
3. Helping the bishop up the stairs, slowly.

3 other things.

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s 52 PICK-UP

Posted on April 4, 2023 by robchristopher

52 Pick-up [1986]

1. “You listen to me a minute. When a man pulls shit on me, he’s either very brave or very stoned. Which are you?”
2. She freezes as the needle goes in, then throws up. He says, “That’s okay, that happens.”
3. Feline Alert System.

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3 things about Noah Baumbach’s WHITE NOISE

Posted on April 1, 2023 by robchristopher

White Noise [2022]

1. Hitler/Elvis fugue.
2. Busby Berkeley garbage.
3. The generic aisle.

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3 things about Tony Richardson’s THE ENTERTAINER

Posted on March 31, 2023 by robchristopher

The Entertainer [1960]

1. His swan song is a show entitled “Put Me Amongst the Girls.”
2. “Cheer up love, life isn’t as bad as all that, and even if it is, there’s nothing we can do about it.”
3. The curtain is raised before the audience has even finished leaving the theatre.

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3 things about Eva Vitija’s LOVING HIGHSMITH

Posted on March 28, 2023 by robchristopher

Loving Highsmith [2022]

1. The decision by the filmmaker to neglect mentioning Edith’s Diary mystifies me.
2. Highsmith presenting an award to Gena Rowlands at the Berlin Film Festival.
3. Moving into a house that she knows will be her last.

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a recipe: Spring Ahead Punch

Posted on March 28, 2023 by robchristopher

I concocted this for our Oscars party this year and it’s fantastic! Light, refreshing, not too sweet. It still amazes me how complex a drink’s flavor can be when you combine just a few of the right ingredients.

SPRING AHEAD PUNCH
22 oz. aged Barbados rum
12 oz. blended rum (such as Denizen aged white rum)
8 oz. Plantation O.F.T.D. rum
14 oz. lime juice
14 oz. simple syrup
28 oz. unsweetened coconut water
28 oz. water
14 dashes of Angostura bitters

Combine in a punchbowl and add a large block of ice.

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