3 things about Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN 1984

Posted on December 28, 2020 by robchristopher

Wonder Woman 1984 [2020]

1. Fanny pack.
2. “Mind your business.”
3. Unwanted cows.

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3 things about Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Posted on December 27, 2020 by robchristopher

It’s a Wonderful Life [1946]

1. Mr. Gower’s voice is the first we hear.
2. Fifty cents on the dollar.
3. “Yeah, yeah yeah, soybeans, yeah.”

3 other things.

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3 things about John McTiernan’s DIE HARD

Posted on December 26, 2020 by robchristopher

Die Hard [1988]

1. Japanese artifacts in the vault.
2. Is the nerd the only bad guy who doesn’t die?
3. “Now I know how a TV dinner feels.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Lulu Wang’s THE FAREWELL

Posted on December 23, 2020 by robchristopher

The Farewell [2019]

1. Professional crier.
2. She pulls up her shirt, revealing the cupping marks on her back.
3. Outside the window of her hotel room, a plume of cigarette smoke dissolves in the air.

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Rob’s Best of 2020

Posted on December 23, 2020 by robchristopher

Not necessarily released in 2020, these were nevertheless some of the songs I listened to all year long: a personal time capsule of the past twelve months.

Enjoy!

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s THE APARTMENT

Posted on December 21, 2020 by robchristopher

The Apartment [1960]

1. Strand of leftover spaghetti on the tennis racket. He wraps it around his finger.
2. On her way out, she deposits a dime on the desk.
3. Key to the executive washroom.

3 other things.

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3 things about George Cukor’s HOLIDAY

Posted on December 19, 2020 by robchristopher

Holiday [1938]

1. Drinking champagne out of a trophy.
2. The way Lew Ayers says, “I’ll be–here.”
3. She closes her eyes and presses an elevator button.

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3 things about Chantal Akerman’s GOLDEN EIGHTIES

Posted on December 16, 2020 by robchristopher

Golden Eighties [1986]

1. Scissors as rhythm track.
2. Screwing on the stairs.
3. We finally get outside at the very end.

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3 things about Leo McCarey’s THE AWFUL TRUTH

Posted on December 14, 2020 by robchristopher

The Awful Truth [1937]

1. A ready-to-go eggnog cart.
2. “I don’t know what to say.”
“If you leave now, you won’t have to say anything.”
3. Cuckoo clock.

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3 things about Michael Curtiz’s WHITE CHRISTMAS

Posted on December 13, 2020 by robchristopher

White Christmas [1954]

1. Dashing from Florida to Vermont. And then they get there and there’s no snow. Early global warming musical.
2. “Sisters” is gay enough the first time around; the second time, it’s like gay on top of gay.
3. A minstrel show number that, thankfully, has almost nothing to do with minstrel shows.

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