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3 things about Wesley Ruggles’ I’M NO ANGEL

Posted on January 9, 2021 by robchristopher

I’m No Angel [1933] 1. The judge discreetly conveys a “don’t push it” message. 2. Beulah brings in a small tray with two tiny drinks on it and sets it on the edge of the piano. 3. “It’s not the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Steve McQueen’s SMALL AXE: MANGROVE

Posted on January 3, 2021 by robchristopher

Small Axe: Mangrove [2020] 1. A small hole in the toe of his sock. 2. Her unborn child. 3. She sings a few bars of “The Tennessee Waltz.”

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3 things about Bernardo Bertolucci’s THE LAST EMPEROR

Posted on January 2, 2021 by robchristopher

The Last Emperor [1987] 1. “I told you, I hate you.” The disengaged look on her face as the spy sucks her toes. 2. Beneath the sheets. 3. A cricket cage still hidden under the cushion.

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3 things about Howard Hawks’s BRINGING UP BABY

Posted on January 1, 2021 by robchristopher

Bringing Up Baby [1938] 1. The way she laughs. 2. Backless dress. 3. “Did we get across?” “No, we’re right back where we started, only we’re wet.”

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3 things about Richard Linklater’s WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE

Posted on December 31, 2020 by robchristopher

Where’d You Go, Bernadette [2019] 1. Star-shaped opening in the carpet revealing the green shoot of a houseplant. 2. Microsoft money. 3. “Interventions are above my paygrade.”

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Best films I watched for the first time in 2020.

Posted on December 31, 2020 by robchristopher

Years don’t matter any more, if they ever did. True is true. CAMERAPERSON (Kirsten Johnson) DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA’S LOST ROCK’N’ROLL (John Pirozzi) FIRST COW (Kelly Reichardt) I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (Charlie Kaufman) JASPER MALL (Brett Whitcomb & … Continue reading →

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3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s INHERENT VICE

Posted on December 29, 2020 by robchristopher

Inherent Vice [2014] 1. “Molto panacako!” 2. A bare patch on the sofa cushion’s vinyl cover. 3. “So, justice was served?” 3 other things.

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3 things about Patty Jenkins’ WONDER WOMAN 1984

Posted on December 28, 2020 by robchristopher

Wonder Woman 1984 [2020] 1. Fanny pack. 2. “Mind your business.” 3. Unwanted cows.

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3 things about Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

Posted on December 27, 2020 by robchristopher

It’s a Wonderful Life [1946] 1. Mr. Gower’s voice is the first we hear. 2. Fifty cents on the dollar. 3. “Yeah, yeah yeah, soybeans, yeah.” 3 other things.

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3 things about John McTiernan’s DIE HARD

Posted on December 26, 2020 by robchristopher

Die Hard [1988] 1. Japanese artifacts in the vault. 2. Is the nerd the only bad guy who doesn’t die? 3. “Now I know how a TV dinner feels.” 3 other things.

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