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3 things about Terrence Davies’ THE LONG DAY CLOSES

The Long Day Closes [1992]

1. Watching the bricklayers.
2. “I wonder what 1956 will bring.”
3. Mystical sunset.

Some kind of pinnacle. I hadn’t watched it in nearly 30 years and it’s still astonishing.

3 things about Lindsay Anderson’s BRITANNIA HOSPITAL

Britannia Hospital [1982]

1. Patient camouflage.
2. Laughing hysterically at a television program about the factory farming of chickens.
3. A state-of-the-art ward which sits completely empty. Due to a shortage of cleaners.

3 things about Julie Cohen’s EVERY BODY

Every Body [2023]

1. “The current was too strong.”
2. Newspaper headline: “Bathroom” Bill Dead–For Now
3. They acknowledge that their mother will never get their pronouns right.

3 things about Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS

All of Us Strangers [2023]

1. Everyone’s in the center and he’s at the edge.
2. Cum on his chest. Licking it up and moving into a kiss.
3. The Christmas tree and “You Were Always on My Mind.”

3 things about Lindsay Anderson’s O LUCKY MAN!

O Lucky Man! [1973]

1. She shakes her head in exasperation and sets him free.
2. The way Ralph Richardson pronounces “honey.”
3. “Remember: all that glisters is not gold.”

3 other things.

3 things about Lindsay Anderson’s IF….

if…. [1968]

1. He solemnly administers the dregs of the vodka bottle.
2. Audrey Hepburn gets one on the cheek.
3. “The thing I hate about you, Rowntree, is the way you give Coca-Cola to your scum, and your best teddy bear to Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the rest of your frigid life.”

3 other things.

3 things about Lewis John Carlino’s THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea [1976]

1. A tiny beating heart.
2. “Strange and sad.” His mother through the peephole.
3. Without much discretion, he takes out the pair of rubber gloves.

3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s PONYO

Ponyo [2008]

1. Surging wave spirits.
2. “Ham! Ham! Ham!”
3. All the old ladies running up the hill.

3 things about Spike Jonze’s HER

her [2013]

1. A dead cat.
2. High-waisted pants.
3. A steady stream of pedestrians going past as he sits alone on the stairs.

3 other things.

3 things about Wolfgang Reitherman’s THE ARISTOCATS

The Aristocats [1970]

1. “Ladies don’t start fights, but they can finish them!”
2. Goose sisters.
3. Umbrella on top of the haystack.