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3 things about Wes Anderson’s ASTEROID CITY

Asteroid City [2023]

1. Cocktail vending machine.
2. The host apologizes and bows out.
3. “Everything is connected but nothing’s working.”

3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE

Dune [2021]

1. Net-veil.
2. “I’m not in the mood.”
3. The three men sink and vanish.

3 other things.

3 things about Robert Fuest’s THE FINAL PROGRAMME

The Final Programme [1973]

1. “Try and get some sleep.”
“But I don’t need any sleep.”
“I know you don’t, but it’s much easier to run a hospital with all the patients sleeping.”
“It’s the easiest way to run the world for that matter.”
2. A security system that induces a form of epilepsy.
3. “Well, cleanliness is next to godliness, but the two should never be confused.”

3 things about Sean Durkin’s THE NEST

The Nest [2020]

1. Before retrieving her cashbox she insists that he leave the bedroom.
2. The same white bread sandwiches from both his mother and his daughter.
3. Graffiti left on the wall in the entryway.

3 things about Claude Chabrol’s LA CEREMONIE

La Cérémonie [1995]

1. “You can’t prove anything.”
2. When watching TV she never changes the channel.
3. “I’m recording it.”

3 things about Michael Gordon’s PORTRAIT IN BLACK

Portrait in Black [1960]

1. Lots and lots of hand-kissing.
2. Beaded rainwater on the hood of the car.
3. “I’ve got to make her understand!”

3 other things.

3 things about Alain Resnais’ JE T’AIME JE T’AIME

Je t’aime je t’aime [1968]

1. “Was this your first suicide?”
2. Gas fireplace in Glasgow.
3. A very slow pulse. Loss of blood.

3 other things.

3 things about Alice Rohrwacher’s HAPPY AS LAZZARO

Happy as Lazzaro [2018]

1. Measuring a segment of plastic pipe so that it’s the same length as the cigarette dispenser.
2. “Those are wild carrots but they aren’t ripe yet.”
3. Music escaping from the church.

3 things about Nicole Holofcener’s YOU HURT MY FEELINGS

You Hurt My Feelings [2023]

1. “Shut up and keep talking!”
2. He’s disgusted by the spectacle of his parents sharing an ice cream cone.
3. She awkwardly holds the phallic light fixture at hip-level.

3 things about Andrew Dominik’s THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES BY THE COWARD ROBERT FORD

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford [2007]

1. Robberies planned but never executed.
2. Privy hookup.
3. He corrects the misspelling of his name.