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3 things about Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s FOX AND HIS FRIENDS

Posted on June 12, 2020 by robchristopher

Fox and His Friends [1975] 1. In this film from 1975, one guy asks another guy, “What are you into?” So basically, cruising hasn’t changed in 45 years. 2. A gay bar named The Black Orchid. 3. The car salesman … 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 Luca Guadagnino’s CALL ME BY YOUR NAME

Posted on January 11, 2020 by robchristopher

Call Me by Your Name [2017] 1. Sounds of the peach. 2. He just shrugs. 3. “And before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at … Continue reading →

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3 things about Ron Peck’s NIGHTHAWKS

Posted on November 17, 2019 by robchristopher

Nighthawks [1978] 1. When the guy doesn’t show, he goes to the telephone in the pub and looks through his little black book. 2. “You will call me Thursday, won’t you?” (Knowing he won’t.) 3. It’s 1 in the morning … Continue reading →

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3 things about Ang Lee’s BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN

Posted on October 13, 2019 by robchristopher

Brokeback Mountain [2005] 1. Quick spit. 2. Price tag. 3. White farmhouse interior.

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3 things about Luchino Visconti’s DEATH IN VENICE

Posted on July 12, 2019 by robchristopher

Death in Venice [1971] 1. Altmanesque style throughout: gliding camera moves combined with zooms. Unexpected! 2. Meticulously, the barber paints Gustav’s hair black. 3. A thorough history of the spread of cholera from Asia.

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3 things about Dome Karukoski’s TOM OF FINLAND

Posted on February 10, 2019 by robchristopher

Tom of Finland [2017] 1. A motorcycle club without motorcycles. 2. Chasing the rabbit around the hospital room. 3. “Almost everyone is like us in California.”

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3 things about Todd Haynes’ CAROL

Posted on December 10, 2018 by robchristopher

Carol [2015] 1. Flung out of space. 2. No bullets. 3. A long pause. “No, I don’t think so.” 3 other things.

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3 things about Shirley Clarke’s PORTRAIT OF JASON

Posted on January 6, 2018 by robchristopher

Portrait of Jason [1967] 1. I’ll never tell. 2. “I’ve fallen in love once many times.” 3. Reverse cigarette smoke. Ahead of its time, ahead of our time. 3 other things.

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3 things about Stephen Cone’s PRINCESS CYD

Posted on November 10, 2017 by robchristopher

Princess Cyd [2017] 1. The sound of an airplane periodically invades their conversation. A very slow zoom in and then, in the middle of her story, a cut. 2. “What will I do without you?” “Probably whatever you did a … Continue reading →

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