Rob Christopher's Blog, page 129
May 6, 2019
3 things about Khalik Allah’s BLACK MOTHER
Black Mother [2018]
1. Jamaica has more churches per square mile than any other country.
2. Kool-Aid hypothesis.
3. Fire in the water.
The adjective “visceral” was coined in order to describe the experience of watching this film.
May 4, 2019
3 things about the Coen Bros.’ MILLER’S CROSSING
Miller’s Crossing [1990]
1. Wisps of smoke rising from the floor.
2. “It’s not so easy, is it Verna?”
3. Sam Raimi cameo.
May 3, 2019
3 things about Alfred Hitchcock’s FAMILY PLOT
Family Plot [1976]
1. Street sign for Bates Avenue.
2. High heel wedge on his face.
3. William Devane’s toothy grimace.
Underrated! Barbara Harris is a national treasure.
April 27, 2019
3 things about Andrei Tarkovsky’s NOSTALGIA
Nostalgia [1983]
1. Petting the dog as he drifts off to sleep.
2. The debris is a landscape in miniature.
3. Sheltering the candle with his coat.
April 23, 2019
3 things about Michel Gondry & Leos Carax & Joon-ho Bong’s TOKYO!
Tokyo! [2008]
1. He opens the bathroom door and the chair is sitting in the bathtub.
2. Flowers and money.
3. Neat stacks of pizza boxes.
So-so.
April 22, 2019
3 things about Claire Denis’ HIGH LIFE
High Life [2018]
1. Learning to walk, learning to stand.
2. A series of dissolves shows him turning into earth.
3. Horizontal golden band.
April 21, 2019
3 things about Richard Compton’s RAVAGERS
Ravagers [1979]
1. At first he’s not sure what to do with the fork.
2. Art Carney playing “Tea for Two” on a piano.
3. A bullet to the gut finishes off Ernest Borgnine.
April 14, 2019
3 things about Angela Robinson’s PROFESSOR MARSTON AND THE WONDER WOMEN
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women [2017]
1. “When will you stop justifying the whims of your cock with science?”
2. 50-60% less bondage.
3. A new stove.
April 13, 2019
3 things about Paul Schrader’s AMERICAN GIGOLO
American Gigolo [1980]
1. “I know what I see.”
2. Laying out his wardrobe, creating outfits.
3. The ultimate humbling: driving a Pinto.
Interesting that both David Thomson and Bret Easton Ellis write about it in their new books.
April 10, 2019
3 things about Fritz Lang’s SCARLET STREET
Scarlet Street [1945]
1. He carefully, adroitly slices the liver.
2. “I’ve been out to dinner with him three times this week and now he’s talking about breakfast.”
3. A chair for a nightstand.
3 other things. Possibly my favorite Fritz Lang film?
