3 things about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ASAKO I & II

Posted on October 11, 2023 by robchristopher

Asako I & II [2018]

1. Haughty acting critique.
2. Earthquake in the dark. Offscreen chandelier crash.
3. Unfazed by the news, he offers to drive her back to Tokyo.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s THE WRONG MAN

Posted on October 7, 2023 by robchristopher

The Wrong Man [1956]

1. Double image. The right man walks towards us until his face is on top of the wrong man’s face, and then he steps away, and now the two men have traded fates.
2. We know what kind of men they are by the condition of their shoes.
3. Vacant stare. “That’s fine for you.”

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3 things about Nanfu Wang’s IN THE SAME BREATH

Posted on October 6, 2023 by robchristopher

In the Same Breath [2021]

1. New Year’s to New Year’s.
2. Absurdly low figure of 3,000 fatalities.
3. The hospital worker scolds the ambulance crew: quit bringing patients here, we have no beds.

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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s THE LAST RUN

Posted on October 5, 2023 by robchristopher

The Last Run [1971]

1. Gutpunch in the hallway.
2. He makes sure both bodies are in the car and then he blows up the car.
3. Sideways crash on the edge of the beach.

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3 things about Roger Corman’s THE HAUNTED PALACE

Posted on September 28, 2023 by robchristopher

The Haunted Palace [1963]

1. Kitchen snake.
2. Blind mutant child.
3. Through a narrow slot in the door he inserts a bloody hunk of raw meat.

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3 things about Jules Dassin’s BRUTE FORCE

Posted on September 26, 2023 by robchristopher

3 things about Jules Dassin’s Brute Force [1947]

1. Note hidden in a sandwich, which he eats.
2. Wagner as the soundtrack to a beating.
3. “I won’t sign it!” Less than sixty seconds later, he signs it.

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3 things about Juel Taylor’s THEY CLONED TYRONE

Posted on September 25, 2023 by robchristopher

They Cloned Tyrone [2023]

1. Dranks.
2. Crockpot conversation.
3. Just a voice behind a door.

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3 things about Yasujirô Ozu’s THE END OF SUMMER

Posted on September 20, 2023 by robchristopher

The End of Summer [1961]

1. He offers to scrub the floor. The girl compliments his technique.
2. “Enjoy your stay,” the bar hostess tells the men.
3. She must give her friend 100 yen every time she calls herself “old.”

The camera never moves. It doesn’t need to.

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3 things about John Dahl’s RED ROCK WEST

Posted on September 18, 2023 by robchristopher

Red Rock West [1993]

1. He digs out some spare change from a coffee can under the seat.
2. “What should I do?”
“If I were you I’d get a divorce.”
3. Impaled on a monument.

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3 things about Kristina Buozyte & Bruno Samper’s VESPER

Posted on September 17, 2023 by robchristopher

Vesper [2022]

1. Lightning-bugs.
2. Gyroscope ensconced in a squishy orifice.
3. Veils of rags.

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