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Tag Archives: movies
3 things about Herk Harvey’s CARNIVAL OF SOULS
Carnival of Souls [1962] 1. Who were Mary’s friends? 2. “Thank you for the coffee. It was unsanitary, but delicious.” 3. Fast motion ballroom dancing.
3 things about Bertrand Tavernier’s JOURNEY THROUGH FRENCH CINEMA
Journey Through French Cinema [2016] 1. Undiagnosed tuberculosis during childhood. 2. Melville used the entire studio for shooting, including the hallways, stairways, the entrance, and the streets outside. 3. Sautet: “I didn’t make a film about the highway code!”
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3 things about Shahrbanoo Sadat’s WOLF AND SHEEP
Wolf and Sheep [2016] 1. Playing in the river. Balloon pants. 2. Dung patties baking on the wall. 3. Chunks of meat portioned out into metal bowls. A beautiful, brave film.
3 things about Christopher Guest’s MASCOTS
Mascots [2016] 1. The Varicose Vein Network’s hit show Do the Back of My Legs Look Like Waffles? 2. “I love entering a crevasse.” 3. A coin for the paper towel dispenser.
3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s CRONOS
Cronos [1993] 1. Wide-shouldered pinstripe jacket. 2. He holds up the padlock. Cleanly cut. 3. A purely white being.
3 things about Eddy Matalon’s BLACKOUT
Blackout [1978] 1. Nice twist: he doesn’t catch the mugger. 2. The sour look on his face after he’s given out the combination to the safe. Vintage Ray Milland. 3. He lowers his gun and just watches him burn. Not … Continue reading
“78 short minutes of astonishment.”
In essence, the master game Christopher is staging is between the utopian dream of a unified, beautiful existence, once that can always be recuperated and is always worth reconstructing, no matter what the cost might be, and the disassembled, patchwork … Continue reading
3 things about David Lynch’s MULHOLLAND DR.
Mulholland Dr. [2001] 1. Pats on the knee, hold that smile. 2. “Don’t drink all the Coke!” 3. Two different bathrobes. 3 other things. Listen to an episode of the White City Cinema Radio Hour where I discuss the film.
3 things about Tim Burton’s PLANET OF THE APES
Planet of the Apes [2001] 1. So, is Ari wearing lipstick? 2. A gun encased in a ceramic flame. 3. Paul Giamatti’s most Bert Lahr performance. To sum up: meh.
PAUSE OF THE CLOCK on the White City Cinema Radio Hour
Michael Smith, a fellow filmmaker and an erudite film scholar, honored me by conducting a wide ranging interview with me on the new episode of his podcast the White City Cinema Radio Hour. You can also access it via PodSnack. … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Jean-Luc Godard, movies, Ozu, Paul MCartney, pause of the clock, podcasts, siskel film center, white city cinema
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