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3 things about Margreth Olin’s SONGS OF EARTH

Songs of Earth [2023]

1. Surface of the glacier/the contours of her aged father’s skin.
2. “Home on the Range” but in Norwegian and with completely different lyrics.
3. Solitary flowers have the deepest hue.

3 things about Garret Price’s YACHT ROCK: A DOCKUMENTARY

Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary [2024]

1. MTV hastened the end.
2. An electric piano riff accidentally heard through a window. “Circus music.”
3. Questlove’s epic playlist honoring Anthony Bourdain.

3 things about Todd Haynes’ CAROL

Carol [2015]

1. Her supervisor officiously hands her a pencil and notepad.
2. Perfect lunch: creamed spinach on poached eggs with a dry martini.
3. “I can’t help you with that.”

3 other things.

3 things about Alexander Payne’s THE HOLDOVERS

The Holdovers [2023]

1. He loved Artie Shaw.
2. “You can’t even dream a whole dream, can you?”
3. After rolling down the window, he spits a mouthful of brandy onto the road.

Coming in 2025.

There are certain secrets you only tell a complete stranger at a bar.

Coming in 2025:
My Last Martini, a new short film starring Wendy Robie and Mickey O’Sullivan.

Based on the story by Barry Gifford and filmed entirely on location at Bryant’s Cocktail Lounge, serving Milwaukee since 1938.

Produced by John Otterbacher and Aaron Wertheimer. Photographed by Christopher Rejano. Edited by Jon Gollner. Original score by CoastalDives.

ROB’S BEST OF 2024

Not necessarily released in 2024, these were nevertheless some of the songs I listened to all year long: a personal time capsule of the past twelve months. Enjoy. https://tinyurl.com/2024rb

3 things about Leos Carax’s IT’S NOT ME

It’s Not Me [2024]

1. Contradictions of Roman Polanski.
2. The second movement of Ravel’s final piano concerto.
3. Infrared cats.

3 things about Nagisa Oshima’s STREET OF LOVE AND HOPE

Street of Love and Hope (aka A Town of Love and Hope) [1959]

1. He refuses to accept the change and quickly stuffs it into the pigeon cage.
2. Only one mattress.
3. He looks at her for a moment then withdraws his hands.

3 things about Greta Gerwig’s LITTLE WOMEN

Little Women [2019]

1. He sits down on the stairs, joy and pain intermingled.
2. “But do you love him?”
“I care more to be loved.”
3. Copyright negotiation.

3 things about Michael Curtiz’s THE SEA WOLF

The Sea Wolf [1941]

1. Kicking Louie as he descends the stairs, watching with satisfaction as the crew all turns on him.
2. To make her feel more at home, he offers to put bars on the windows.
3. An island where a few Japanese fishing boats occasionally stop.