3 things about Laura Poitras’ ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED

Posted on May 3, 2023 by robchristopher

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed [2022]

1. A Nan Goldin slideshow double-billed with John Waters’ Desperate Living.
2. “He wanted to blind me.”
3. Forced to witness testimony via Zoom.

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3 things about Frank Tashlin’s WILL SUCCESS SPOIL ROCK HUNTER?

Posted on May 2, 2023 by robchristopher

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? [1957]

1. Loverdoll.
2. “That’s the way the poop poops.”
3. Big suit and elevator shoes.

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3 things about Ken Kwapis’s FOLLOW THAT BIRD

Posted on April 30, 2023 by robchristopher

Follow That Bird [1985]

1. Art direction by Carol Spier, a regular collaborator of David Cronenberg!
2. Shower of bottlecaps.
3. “So that’s my new home. I should be happy here. What’s wrong with me?”

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3 things about Kelly Reichardt’s SHOWING UP

Posted on April 27, 2023 by robchristopher

Showing Up [2022]

1. “I get up, I do a little of this and a little of that, and before you know it, it’s time to watch TV again.”
2. Namedropping Tim Hunter.
3. Power lines and tree branches.

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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s 12 ANGRY MEN

Posted on April 24, 2023 by robchristopher

12 Angry Men [1957]

1. Indentations on either side of the nose.
2. Slowly expanding sweat stains.
3. He leaves the torn photograph behind.

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO

Posted on April 23, 2023 by robchristopher

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio [2022]

1. Spazzatura is Gremlin-adjacent.
2. Poop marionette.
3. Both flags ascend the flagpole.

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3 things about Anthony Banua-Simon’s CANE FIRE

Posted on April 23, 2023 by robchristopher

Cane Fire [2020]

1. Coco Palms’ famous torch-lighting ceremony was completely made up; it was never a native Hawaiian tradition.
2. Describing Charlton Heston as the guy whose veins bulge out.
3. “Just call me Uncle Larry.”

Certainly one of the finest documentaries I’ve seen in the past few years. Everyone ought to watch it before pondering a trip to Hawaii. I particularly admired the bold way that the filmmaker took fair advantage of his rights under Fair Use to interweave so many amazing film clips with his own footage. Bravo!

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3 things about David Gordon Green’s PINEAPPLE EXPRESS

Posted on April 21, 2023 by robchristopher

Pineapple Express [2008]

1. “Today is his birthday and it is a tradition that on his birthday, I get up extra early and make him his favorite kind of dessert.”
“Don’t worry, bro. Your cat’s going to heaven.”
2. Empty bottles of wine cooler on the lid of the toilet.
3. Heart necklace with three pieces.

3 other things.

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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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