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3 things about Robert Altman’s COOKIE’S FORTUNE

Posted on March 8, 2020 by robchristopher

Cookie’s Fortune [1999] 1. He gets his out police codebook. 2. “Want a drink?” “Never before Tom Brokaw.” 3. Salome’s dance with a toilet paper roll. Hadn’t seen this since it was first released. What a delight. Just enough plot … Continue reading →

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3 things about Peter Mackie Burns’s RIALTO

Posted on March 7, 2020 by robchristopher

Rialto [2019] 1. “I’ll shame you.” 2. Redundancy. 3. He goes over to him, examines him closely, then leaves the room without saying a word.

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3 things about Agnieszka Smoczynska’s THE LURE

Posted on March 6, 2020 by robchristopher

The Lure [2015] 1. Donna Summer. 2. A glass with a toothbrush in it. 3. Covered in sea foam.

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3 things about Matthew Rankin’s THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Posted on March 5, 2020 by robchristopher

The Twentieth Century [2019] 1. Ski lift as subway. 2. “Canada is just one failed orgasm after another.” 3. The fleshpots of Winnipeg.

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3 things about Zach Braff’s GOING IN STYLE

Posted on March 4, 2020 by robchristopher

Going in Style [2017] 1. Michael Caine’s American accent. 2. Colombian drug mule. 3. Fake tattoo.

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3 things about Frank Perry’s “DOC”

Posted on February 24, 2020 by robchristopher

“Doc” [1971] 1. Born into the line. 2. Crude BBQ brush. 3. “I guess he reminded me of too many things.”

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3 things about Jordan Peele’s US

Posted on February 22, 2020 by robchristopher

Us [2019] 1. Two important coffee tables. 2. Putting on lip gloss. 3. Neck crunch.

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3 things about Pedro Costa’s VITALINA VARELA

Posted on February 20, 2020 by robchristopher

Vitalina Varela [2019] 1. Barefoot on the tarmac. 2. The sound of men on the roof. 3. Windowbars frame his face as a sun.

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s ROPE

Posted on February 19, 2020 by robchristopher

Rope [1948] 1. Namedropping James Mason, Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman. 2. Dropping the rope into the kitchen drawer. 3. “Cat and mouse, cat and mouse, who’s the cat and who’s the mouse!” 3 other things.

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3 things about Brian De Palma’s SISTERS

Posted on February 17, 2020 by robchristopher

Sisters [1972] 1. The African Club. A black waiter wearing a tuxedo jacket but no shirt. 2. Smashed cake. 3. A sofa in Quebec.

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