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3 things about Ang Lee’s THE WEDDING BANQUET

The Wedding Banquet [1993] 1. He does it for the tax writeoff. 2. “Are you tired? When my Mom enters a department store, she turns into Michael Jordan.” 3. A red envelope filled with cash.

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3 things about Masaki Kobayashi’s KWAIDAN

Kwaidan [1964] 1. One by one they disappear into the bloody water. 2. Invisible except for his ears. 3. He ignores the reflection and stubbornly drinks from the bowl.

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3 things about John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN

Halloween [1978] 1. A James Ensor poster on her wall. 2. “The keys! Oh, the keys!” 3. Asthma? Congestion?

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s ANGEL FACE

Angel Face [1952] 1. She keeps right on playing. 2. For the ceremony, she wears a bridal bed jacket. Then her fellow patients launch into a congratulatory song. 3. He pops the cork; she pops the clutch.

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3 things about Lynne Ramsay’s WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN

We Need to Talk About Kevin [2011] 1. The edge of the poster flaps in the breeze from a fan. 2. Her feet on the edge of the coffee table. The red knuckles of her toes. 3. “Eva, stop resisting. … Continue reading →

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3 things about Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEKONG HOTEL

Mekong Hotel [2012] 1. While knitting, her mother describes what it was like to fire an M-16. 2. Spanish guitar blues tune. 3. The river is like a Zen garden in motion, made of water.

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3 things about George A. Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Night of the Living Dead [1968] 1. 1968: a black man slaps a white woman, she faints. 2. Tangled up in coats. 3. “Where’s that smile for me?”

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3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO

Vertigo [1958] 1. He points at the brassiere with his cane. 2. Tangled up in drapes. 3. “It can’t matter to you.” A poem about Vertigo.

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3 things about Gunther von Fritsch & Robert Wise’s THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE

The Curse of the Cat People [1944] 1. He opens his hand. The butterfly has been crushed to bits. She slaps him. 2. Though she’s Serbian, she sings a French Christmas carol. 3. He never actually looks.

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3 things about Jacques Tourneur’s CAT PEOPLE

Cat People [1942] 1. “I like the dark. It’s friendly.” 2. Her face in a tight spotlight. 3. T-square as crucifix.

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