3 things about Ki-young Kim’s THE HOUSEMAID

Posted on November 14, 2020 by robchristopher

The Housemaid [1960]

1. Cut from the children’s game of cat’s cradle to the looms in a textile factory.
2. An embrace. She interlaces her fingers behind his back.
3. Jokey lecture to the audience.

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3 things about Joseph Losey’s THE PROWLER

Posted on November 12, 2020 by robchristopher

The Prowler [1951]

1. A dull library of his voice.
2. In the bedroom of the newlyweds, the sounds of traffic all night long.
3. Primitive generator.

3 other things.

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3 things about Robert Wise’s THE HAUNTING

Posted on November 11, 2020 by robchristopher

The Haunting [1963]

1. No right angles.
2. The door bends.
3. Camera ascending the spiral staircase.

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3 things about Elio Petri’s INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION

Posted on November 9, 2020 by robchristopher

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [1970]

1. Twenty-five blue neckties.
2. A fluttering gallery of oversized fingerprints.
3. Unable to prove his own guilt.

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER

Posted on November 8, 2020 by robchristopher

The Master [2012]

1. “It didn’t work for him and it’s not going to work for you.”
2. “Excuse me.” “Excuse me.”
3. “What do you want, Helen?!”

3 other things.

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3 things about George A. Romero’s THE CRAZIES

Posted on November 3, 2020 by robchristopher

The Crazies [1973]

1. She pulls back the sheet. “Mommy?”
2. Rectangle of ultraviolet lights illuminating the ground.
3. She calmly resumes her knitting.

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3 things about Karl Freund’s THE MUMMY

Posted on November 2, 2020 by robchristopher

The Mummy [1932]

1. Glowing pinspot lights on the eyes.
2. Trailing bandages, unhinged laughter.
3. Female deity Isis to the rescue.

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NaNoWriMo 2020

Posted on November 1, 2020 by robchristopher

NaNo-2020-Writer-Badge-1Here I go! Cuz, why not. NaNoWriMo started today and so did my gay holiday romance “Shopping on Christmas Eve.” Only 50,000 words to go until December 1.

December 2011: the big holiday is right around the corner and the merchants of Chandler Ridge Mall are pulling out all the stops to make this year’s shopping season a roaring success. But Anton, proprietor of Well Read, is struggling to get in the Yule groove; keeping a used bookstore afloat is a tall order in the age of Amazon. He not so secretly puts part of the blame on Second Chance Tunes, the CD/record store just across the aisle, and its brash manager Mitch. Clearly they’re siphoning away some business from Well Read. There’s just one problem with that attitude: although he sort of hates himself for it, Anton finds himself irresistibly drawn to Mitch. When a freak blizzard forces the sudden evacuation of the mall on Christmas Eve, both guys are accidentally locked inside. Stuck alone together in the empty mall overnight, can they weather the storm and perhaps even find a way to make a love connection?

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3 things about Stephanie Rothman’s THE VELVET VAMPIRE

Posted on November 1, 2020 by robchristopher

The Velvet Vampire [1971]

1. She’s still waiting for that drink.
2. “She’s a desert freak. I’m a Susie freak!”
3. Helpful mob armed with crucifixes.

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3 things about Todd Phillips’s JOKER

Posted on October 28, 2020 by robchristopher

Joker [2019]

1. Climbing inside the refrigerator.
2. Oversized white briefs.
3. So now we know: Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered after a screening of Zorro, the Gay Blade.

A film so bereft of originality, insight, and surprise it almost made me wish I was watching Fight Club. Almost.

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