Tag Archives: 3 things

3 things about Dash Shaw’s CRYPTOZOO

Cryptozoo [2021] 1. Recovering in a Russian hospital. 2. Special contact lenses. 3. Tempest-tossed in the tumbling tower.

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3 things about Joseph Losey’s MR. KLEIN

Mr. Klein [1976] 1. “It’s nothing to do with me.” His fatal blindspot. 2. The deep green of the trees in the square across the street from his apartment. 3. Red robe on dark snow.

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3 things about Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert’s EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Everything Everywhere All at Once [2022] 1. “I saw my life without you. I wish you could have seen it. It was beautiful.” 2. Hot dog finger foreplay. 3. Homage to In the Mood for Love.

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3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s PRINCESS MONONOKE

Princess Mononoke[1997] 1. Multiple decapitations via arrow. 2. Talking bandage-head. 3. Bones buried in the mud on the bottom of the pond.

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3 things about John Boorman’s POINT BLANK

Point Blank [1967] 1. “How much is Brewster worth to you, Fairfax?” “Threatening phone calls don’t impress me.” 2. Buried under a rack of film canisters. 3. A kitchen with a built-in blender plus a standalone blender. 3 other things.

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3 things about François Ozon’s SUMMER OF 85

Summer of 85 [2020] 1. He’s not going to tell you what happened behind the door. 2. In the semidarkness, he gently combs the boy’s hair. 3. Traditionally, the headstone is not erected for at least a year.

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3 things about Paul Schrader’s THE CARD COUNTER

The Card Counter [2021] 1. “Suited” and its double meaning. The world of cards. 2. Encrusted coffee urn. 3. Very long nails.

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3 things about John Coney’s SPACE IS THE PLACE

Space Is the Place [1974] 1. Good time cigarette gals. 2. Stealing some sweet shoes. 3. Shortly after evacuation, the planet explodes and splits in half.

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3 things about Stanley Kramer’s ON THE BEACH

On the Beach [1959] 1. Coke bottle and window shade. 2. She’s ready for tea, she says. 3. He affixes the award plaque to the hood of his car and then tosses the screwdriver away. His last act. 3 other … Continue reading

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3 things about Danis Goulet’s NIGHT RAIDERS

Night Raiders [2021] 1. A peaceful tent filled with sleeping children. 2. She watches approvingly as one girl beats another girl to a pulp. 3. Drones as sentient beings.

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