3 things about Michael J. Paradise’s THE VISITOR

Posted on January 15, 2023 by robchristopher

The Visitor [1978]

1. Actual line of dialog: “Gives me the scary creeps.”
2. Shelley Winters warbles “Short’nin’ Bread.”
3. “I’m a pretty bird.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY

Posted on January 12, 2023 by robchristopher

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy [2021]

1. Zoom in, instant redo.
2. He has a job as a literature editor even though he doesn’t read any. “Perhaps that’s why they hired me.”
3. They keep holding hands for a very long time.

3 other things.

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3 things about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER

Posted on January 9, 2023 by robchristopher

Suddenly, Last Summer [1959]

1. Trails of debris.
2. Daiquiris at 5 o’clock.
3. “We procured for him!”

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A selected inventory of 2022.

Posted on January 1, 2023 by robchristopher

By the numbers …

195: feature films I watched in 2022 (24 of which I viewed in a theater)
47: books I read in 2022
17: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza
30: pizzas we ordered from BoJono’s (!)
102: mystery green statistic

Happy New Year!

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3 things about Sarah Polley’s WOMEN TALKING

Posted on December 31, 2022 by robchristopher

Women Talking [2022]

1. “Sometimes I think people laugh as hard as they’d like to cry.”
2. Braiding their hair together out of boredom.
3. The look on his face after he hands her the gun.

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3 things about Martin McDonagh’s THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Posted on December 29, 2022 by robchristopher

The Banshees of Inisherin [2022]

1. A single thump.
2. The dog drags the shears out the door.
3. Her yellow coat.

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3 things about Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin, and Denis Villeneuve’s COSMOS

Posted on December 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Cosmos [1996]

1. An in-depth 2 minute interview.
2. Dawn and Dusk.
3. Still wearing her top, she unhooks her bra and takes it off.

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3 things about Raoul Walsh’s ME AND MY GAL

Posted on December 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Me and My Gal [1932]

1. “You’ve got a sweet little disposition. How would you like to go over to the park with me and help me tramp down all the flowers?”
2. A parody of Strange Interlude.
3. Upsetting the jar of donuts in the throes of passion.

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3 things about Tom George’s SEE HOW THEY RUN

Posted on December 27, 2022 by robchristopher

See How They Run [2022]

1. Slamming the door on his coat.
2. Pelting him with prop vases.
3. Agatha kills the butler.

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What I Watched in 2022: My 12 Favorite Films

Posted on December 26, 2022 by robchristopher

ANIARA [2018, directed by Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja]
CONFESS, FLETCH [2022, directed by Greg Mottola]
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE [2022, directed by David Cronenberg]
DRIVE MY CAR [2021, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi]
EO [2022, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski]
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY [2022, directed by Rian Johnson]
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE [2022, directed by Sophie Hyde]
THE LOST DAUGHTER [2021, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal]
PETIT MAMAN [2021, directed by Céline Sciamma]
PROGNOSIS: NOTES ON LIVING [2021, directed by Debra Chasnoff]
RELATIVE [2022, directed by Michael Glover Smith]
WOMEN TALKING [2022, directed by Sarah Polley]

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