Tickets for my film Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago at the 2021 Mimesis Documentary Festival are now on sale! I Hope you’ll join me (and some surprise special guests) on Tuesday, August 10 at 7:00pm.
And I’m also excited to announce that Roy’s World is an Official Selection of the 2021 Soo Film Festival, unfurling September 15-19 in beautiful Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. More details soon!
Escape from the Planet of the Apes [1971]
1. Sal Mineo’s thankless role.
2. Discussion of an ape abortion, plus a baby chimpanzee being shot to death: and this film is rated G!
3. “Only when she lets me.”
Quo vadis, Aida? [2020]
1. A toy helicopter lies abandoned on the steps.
2. Soldiers toss loaves of bread into the crowd.
3. A couple sitting on a balcony idly watch the condemned being herded into the building.
Mama Weed [2020]
1. “How to wear a hijab” video tutorials.
2. Gun as a wedding gift.
3. An entire cabinet full of cookies.
Tabloid [2010]
1. Spread eagle.
2. “He’s a doo-doo dipper.”
3. She lives with her five Booger clones.
What an honor! My film Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago is the Closing Night feature at this year’s Mimesis Documentary Festival in Boulder, Colorado!
Join me plus a few surprise guests for our theatrical North American premiere: Tuesday, August 10 at the spectacular Boedecker Theater, Boulder’s only art house cinema. Tix for the festival go on sale soon. I’ll keep you posted!
The Hot Rock [1972]
1. Dortmunder’s good/bad monolog. Brilliant.
2. Essentially, his locksmith business is booming because NYC is falling apart.
3. Red herring reaction shots of the bank guards noticing Dortmunder.
Beneath the Planet of the Apes [1970]
1. She’s a vet.
2. Using a subway rail as a battering ram.
3. The crystal controls are very Fortress of Solitude.
Kiss Me Deadly [1955]
1. “Look at all the goodies!”
2. “Okay,” he says. Pushes her away firmly. “You’ve made your point.”
3. Wrist burns.
No Sudden Move [2021]
1. A goof in the scene where Bill Duke’s character is introduced: in the background we hear “Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues),” an Ellington number that wasn’t released until 1967.
2. The sous chef helpfully indicates with his eyes where Capelli has fled.
3. “That money is too expensive.”
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