Tag Archives: 3 things

3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER

Posted on October 3, 2025 by robchristopher

One Battle After Another [2025] 1. “Do the revolution, baby. Do the revolution.” 2. Reciting lines from The Battle of Algiers. 3. Suite 55.

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s SUNSET BLVD.

Posted on September 22, 2025 by robchristopher

Sunset Blvd. [1950] 1. Solid gold cigarette case. 2. “Get me Gordon Cole.” 3. He references The Naked and The Dead. 3 other things.

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3 things about Sean Baker’s ANORA

Posted on September 21, 2025 by robchristopher

Anora [2024] 1. It’s his grandmother’s car. 2. Spraying champagne aboard a private jet. 3. “You know, you should learn English first before you attempt French.”

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3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.

Posted on September 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Obit. [2016] 1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers. 2. An inherently retrospective disciple. 3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.

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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE WIZ

Posted on September 18, 2025 by robchristopher

The Wiz [1978] 1. Hungry trashcans. 2. Sweaty sweatshop sign. 3. Starbabies.

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3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI

Posted on September 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Kedi [2016] 1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person. 2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet. 3. Feeding her babies.

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3 things about t.o.L’s TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE

Posted on September 12, 2025 by robchristopher

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space [2002] 1. Let’s! Catty Diet! only 7 yen 2. His name, as he keeps reminding her, is Michelangelo. 3. Trying to find the toilet in the basement of the museum.

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3 things about Walter Salles’s I’M STILL HERE

Posted on September 11, 2025 by robchristopher

I’m Still Here [2024] 1. Burying a tooth on the beach. 2. They pull away from the house for the last time without saying anything. 3. A secret bottle hidden in his desk at work. 3 other things.

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3 things about Richard Quine’s STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

Posted on September 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Strangers When We Meet [1960] 1. “Martinis don’t mix with S-E-X.” 2. Walter Matthau as a lecherous heel. 3. Inappropriate mixed chorus vocal version of the theme song as the film ends.

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3 things about Percy Adlon’s BAGDAD CAFE

Posted on September 5, 2025 by robchristopher

Bagdad Cafe [1987] 1. After sipping the coffee: “Brown water.” 2. Silverware transformed into a percussion instrument. 3. Fuchsia silk shirt.

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