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3 things about James Cameron’s THE ABYSS

The Abyss [1989]

1. She tastes it.
2. “Whatever this is, it’s major.”
3. Swinging light fixture stuck in the middle.

3 things about Mike Leigh’s NAKED

Naked [1993]

1. An enormous, barren living room with an expensive black leather sofa.
2. Only one sock.
3. “It’s toilet humor.”

3 things about J.A. Bayona’s SOCIETY OF THE SNOW

Society of the Snow [2023]

1. Plentiful cigarettes.
2. “Cry with me.”
3. Tenderly burying the remainder of their food rations.

3 things about Raoul Walsh’s THE REVOLT OF MAMIE STOVER

The Revolt of Mamie Stover [1956]

1. “Remember, sell, sell, sell. Whiskey and champagne. Smile it up, you new ladies. Smile it up. Remember, smiles means money. Smiles means money.”
2. Rum collins for two on the terrace.
3. Fleeting Hugh Beaumont appearance at the end.

3 things about Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger’s A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

A Matter of Life and Death [1946]

1. He sheds his clothes as he walks along the beach.
2. The assembled files on every human being who’s ever lived resemble a vast microchip.
3. “The rights of the uncommon man must always be respected.”

To experience this film is to be reminded that the vast majority of today’s American studio output suffers from a severe paucity of imagination, ingenuity, and ambition.

3 things about John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

Seconds [1966]

1. A special way of making the chicken with cheese so it’s crispy.
2. “Isn’t it easier to go forward when you know you can’t go back?”
3. Sitting on the linoleum floor of the sunporch during a torrential rainstorm.

3 things about William Friedkin’s CRUISING

Cruising [1980]

1. Dilated anus.
2. Hips or lips.
3. “Let me just get this stuff off my face.”

3 other things.

3 things about Tod Browning’s THE UNKNOWN

The Unknown [1927]

1. Treadmills for horses.
2. “Men! The beasts! God would show wisdom if he took the hands from all of them!”
3. Playing guitar with his feet.

3 things about Michael Winterbottom’s 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

24 Hour Party People [2002]

1. “You’re the musical equivalent of Che Guevara.”
2. They come home from the Sex Pistols concert and rip the Bowie poster off the wall.
3. Drums on the studio roof.

3 things about Yorgos Lanthimos’s POOR THINGS

Poor Things [2023]

1. Furious jumping.
2. Throwing two books overboard.
3. “Sew me back up.”