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3 things about Jonas Alexander Arnby’s SUICIDE TOURIST

Suicide Tourist [2019] 1. “I want a drink that will blow my mind.” 2. Driving range with a view. 3. Scarred arm, healed cuts.

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3 things about Robert Altman’s COOKIE’S FORTUNE

Cookie’s Fortune [1999] 1. He gets his out police codebook. 2. “Want a drink?” “Never before Tom Brokaw.” 3. Salome’s dance with a toilet paper roll. Hadn’t seen this since it was first released. What a delight. Just enough plot … Continue reading

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3 things about Peter Mackie Burns’s RIALTO

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 Agnieszka Smoczynska’s THE LURE

The Lure [2015] 1. Donna Summer. 2. A glass with a toothbrush in it. 3. Covered in sea foam.

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3 things about Matthew Rankin’s THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

The Twentieth Century [2019] 1. Ski lift as subway. 2. “Canada is just one failed orgasm after another.” 3. The fleshpots of Winnipeg.

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3 things about Zach Braff’s GOING IN STYLE

Going in Style [2017] 1. Michael Caine’s American accent. 2. Colombian drug mule. 3. Fake tattoo.

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3 things about Jordan Peele’s US

Us [2019] 1. Two important coffee tables. 2. Putting on lip gloss. 3. Neck crunch.

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One week until the World Premiere of ROY’S WORLD!

That’s right, just seven days until the Glasgow Film Festival hosts the very first screening of Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago! I’ll be there in person along with producer Michael Glover Smith for both shows, February 28 and 29. To … Continue reading

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3 things about Pedro Costa’s VITALINA VARELA

Vitalina Varela [2019] 1. Barefoot on the tarmac. 2. The sound of men on the roof. 3. Windowbars frame his face as a sun.

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The 2020 CFA Media Mixer!

In Roy’s World, I used a whole lot of images from various collections of the Chicago Film Archives. So when CFA asked me to be one of 2020’s “remixers” I was delighted to accept! I’m already digging into some materials … Continue reading

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