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3 things about Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MYSTERIOUS OBJECT AT NOON

Posted on June 22, 2022 by robchristopher

Mysterious Object at Noon [1999] 1. He reminds them that he was promised KFC. 2. Playing inside, playing outside, swimming in the water. 3. Cripple boy.

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Sag Harbor, New York City, Portland!

Posted on June 10, 2022 by robchristopher

Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago is playing in a whole bunch of theaters real soon! June 12, 2022: Sag Harbor Cinema, Sag Harbor, NY Yours truly in person June 19, 2022: Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria, Queens, NY Yours … Continue reading →

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3 things about Kenji Mizoguchi’s OSAKA ELEGY

Posted on June 9, 2022 by robchristopher

Osaka Elegy [1936] 1. “Have you forgotten that you’re the owner, at least in name, of Asai Pharmaceuticals? Yet you’re still the servile little toad you always were.” 2. Elaborate tracking shot upon entering Suminoe Suites. 3. I like to … Continue reading →

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3 things about Matt Reeves’ THE BATMAN

Posted on June 4, 2022 by robchristopher

The Batman [2022] 1. The look on his face as he’s being cuffed. 2. Glasgow cemetery cycle ride. 3. Joker next door.

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3 things about Wes Anderson’s THE FRENCH DISPATCH

Posted on June 3, 2022 by robchristopher

The French Dispatch [2021] 1. “I’ll have my drink now.” 2. Cat-covered roofs. 3. Typographic memory.

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3 things about Bruno Dumont’s FRANCE

Posted on June 1, 2022 by robchristopher

France [2021] 1. Iridescent jacket. 2. Enormous Gilbert & George (?) stained glass artpiece in the living room. 3. “I was married to a monster for 20 years.”

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3 things about Chris Carter’s THE X FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE

Posted on May 31, 2022 by robchristopher

The X Files: I Want to Believe [2008] 1. Dirty glass. 2. Another chase scene at a construction site. 3. Severed head in a cooler bag.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s HEAT LIGHTNING

Posted on May 30, 2022 by robchristopher

Heat Lightning [1934] 1. “You go your way, and we’ll go the way of all flesh.” 2. She proffers her face for a kiss and he complies unenthusiastically. 3. A guitar and a voice and the heat lightning in the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Christopher St. John’s TOP OF THE HEAP

Posted on May 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Top of the Heap [1972] 1. Racist taxi driver played by Allen Garfield. 2. Moon landing rehearsal. 3. Spiro T. Agnew, golfing giant.

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3 things about Preston Sturges’s THE GREAT McGINTY

Posted on May 27, 2022 by robchristopher

The Great McGinty [1940] 1. A crowd of 75,000 at the baseball game. 2. “Got a new suit.” “It looks more like the suit got you.” 3. Destroying dishes in the dark. 3 other things.

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