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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE WIZ

The Wiz [1978]

1. Hungry trashcans.
2. Sweaty sweatshop sign.
3. Starbabies.

3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI

Kedi [2016]

1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person.
2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet.
3. Feeding her babies.

3 things about t.o.L’s TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space [2002]

1. Let’s! Catty Diet!
only 7 yen
2. His name, as he keeps reminding her, is Michelangelo.
3. Trying to find the toilet in the basement of the museum.

3 things about Walter Salles’s I’M STILL HERE

I’m Still Here [2024]

1. Burying a tooth on the beach.
2. They pull away from the house for the last time without saying anything.
3. A secret bottle hidden in his desk at work.

3 other things.

3 things about Richard Quine’s STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

Strangers When We Meet [1960]

1. “Martinis don’t mix with S-E-X.”
2. Walter Matthau as a lecherous heel.
3. Inappropriate mixed chorus vocal version of the theme song as the film ends.

Enjoy MY LAST MARTINI in September and October

My Last Martini is screening like bananas over the next few months. Hope you can make it to one of these shows!

September 14, 2025: Lake County Film Festival, Lake Forest, IL

September 14, 2025: Soo Film Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, MI

[Block 11 – Welcome HOMES @ 10:30AM]

September 20, 2025: City Of Lights Film Festival (COLFF), Aurora, IL

[Screening Block 3 @ 6:00PM]

September 28, 2025: Maumee Film Festival, OH

[Shorts Block #9 – More National and International Shorts @ 1:45PM]

September 27, 2025: Tallahassee Film Festival, FL

[Shorts 3 – Artificial Flavors, Real Feeling @ 3:15PM]

October 3, 2025: Sheboygan Film Festival, WI

[Shorts Block 2: Weird Wisconsin @ 2:30PM]

October 10, 2025: Buffalo International Film Festival, NY

[BIFF Shorts: Never Too Late @ 4:45PM]

October 12, 2025: Tryon International Film Festival, NC

[Shorts Program @ 4:15PM]

October 19, 2025: San Jose International Short Film Festival, CA

3 things about Percy Adlon’s BAGDAD CAFE

Bagdad Cafe [1987]

1. After sipping the coffee: “Brown water.”
2. Silverware transformed into a percussion instrument.
3. Fuchsia silk shirt.

3 things about Stanley Kubrick’s SPARTACUS

Spartacus [1960]

1. Flaming logs rolling down a vast hill.
2. “Politics is a practical profession. If a criminal has what you want, you do business with him.”
3. Squab and honey with melon.

3 other things.

3 things about Kevin Smith’s MALLRATS

Mallrats [1995]

1. Superman getting it on with Wonder Woman.
2. He later shakes Stan Lee’s hand, completely forgetting that it smells like shit.
3. Excruciatingly unfunny running gag about Magic Eye.

3 things about Naomi Yang’s NEVER BE A PUNCHING BAG FOR NOBODY

Never Be A Punching Bag for Nobody [2023]

1. A magnificent park designed by Frederick Law Olmstead is razed … in order to lengthen an airport runway.
2. Watching the video footage, she realizes her hands weren’t always up even though she thought they were.
3. Being chased by a bicycle, chasing the bicycle.