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3 things about Todd Phillips’s JOKER

Joker [2019] 1. Climbing inside the refrigerator. 2. Oversized white briefs. 3. So now we know: Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered after a screening of Zorro, the Gay Blade. A film so bereft of originality, insight, and surprise it almost … Continue reading

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3 things about Luchina Fisher’s MAMA GLORIA

Mama Gloria [2020] 1. A parade of high heels in broad daylight. 2. Reuniting with her former prom date. 3. Under-the-table surgeries at Cook County Hospital.

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3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s BLADE RUNNER 2049

Blade Runner 2049 [2017] 1. Giant videoscreen shopping kiosk. 2. Dead eye retina scan. 3. Hologram Liberace. 3 other things.

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3 things about Roberto Rossellini’s EUROPA ’51

Europa ’51 [1952] 1. A blood clot. 2. “Why are you going out of your way for me?” 3. Behind a barred window, looking down upon them.

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER

Blade Runner [1982] 1. He takes his noodles with him. 2. Accumulated dust and debris on the “roof” of Bryant’s office. 3. Climbing up the bookcase and through the floor. 3 other things.

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3 things about Ken Finkleman’s AIRPLANE II: THE SEQUEL

Airplane II: The Sequel [1982] 1. Theme from The Love Boat. 2. “I’m sorry, I don’t do impressions; my training is in psychiatry.” 3. Loud elevator.

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3 things about Joseph Newman’s THIS ISLAND EARTH

This Island Earth [1955] 1. Catalog with pages made of metal. 2. Pulsing neon green. 3. Cat lapping up milk while perched on a lead slab.

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3 things about Christopher Nolan’s INSOMNIA

Insomnia [2002] 1. It’s 10 PM, not 10 AM. 2. “There are two kinds of people who live in Alaska: the ones who are born here and the ones who come here to escape something else. I wasn’t born here.” … Continue reading

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3 things about John Hancock’s LET’S SCARE JESSICA TO DEATH

Let’s Scare Jessica to Death [1971] 1. Getting back to the land includes spraying your apple orchard with poisonous pesticide. 2. Evil flowers lamp. 3. Rowing, motionless.

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3 things about Spike Lee’s DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA

David Byrne’s American Utopia [2020] 1. Tracing the longitudinal fissure with his index finger. 2. Pant leg dance moves. 3. Congratulating an audience member on his age.

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