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3 things about Hector Babenco’s KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN

Kiss of the Spider Woman [1985]

1. Two plates, one with twice as much food on it.
2. He leaves prison wearing a blue scarf; he dies wearing a red scarf.
3. “The nicest thing about feeling happy is that you think you’ll never be unhappy again.”

3 things about Clint Eastwood’s JUROR #2

Juror #2 [2024]

1. “American Gothic” Halloween costumes.
2. In the middle of their discussion of the case, he drops his sobriety coin.
3. “Did you take the shortcut down Old Quarry Road?”

3 things about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s EVIL DOES NOT EXIST

Evil Does Not Exist [2023]

1. The sewage of five people is acceptable.
2. During the videocall, the consultant sits behind the wheel of his car.
3. Closeup of a bullethole in the deer’s hide.

3 things about Silvio Narizzano’s DIE! DIE! MY DARLING!

Die! Die! My Darling! [1965]

1. Her face half concealed by a curtain on the bathroom door.
2. She violently attempts to wipe away all the lipstick. (Echoed in The Substance?)
3. A secret chamber stuffed with forbidden remnants of her old life.

Tallulah Bankhead is 110% the entire film and scripter Richard Matheson keeps coming up with squirm-worthy twists.

3 things about Richard Wenk’s VAMP

Vamp [1986]

1. She never says a word; she doesn’t need to.
2. A dish of cockroaches–as a treat.
3. Middle finger from the skeleton.

3 things about Brandon Cronenberg’s POSSESSOR

Possessor [2020]

1. Identifying curtains, blinds, and window coverings.
2. She wears a mask of her own melted face.
3. The bloodied child looks the dying man in the eye and says, “Pull me out.”

3 things about Harvey Hart’s THE PYX

The Pyx [1973]

1. Twin rocking chairs, painted blue.
2. “I’m a homosexual,” he confides. (Which means he won’t survive to the end of the film.)
3. Chanting–simultaneously normal speed, slowed down, and speeded up.

3 things about Johan Grimonprez’s SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat [2024]

1. Dizzy Gillespie: “The weapons we will use will be … the cool ones.”
2. Eisenhower delivering an inspiring, impassioned speech to the U.N. Largely full of lies.
3. Too many assassins in one place.

3 things about M. Night Shyamalan’s THE SIXTH SENSE

The Sixth Sense [1999]

1. An audience full of parents wielding camcorders.
2. “Your Cocoa Puffs are getting soggy.”
3. Wedding ring rolling across the floor.

3 things about Preston Sturges’ THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN’S CREEK

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek [1943]

1. A very long tracking shot, following Norville and Trudy all the way from the Kockenlocker house to the movie theater.
2. Victory lemonade.
3. He hasn’t got a phonograph.

3 other things.