Rob Christopher's Blog, page 56
January 17, 2023
3 things about Andrew Ahn’s FIRE ISLAND
Fire Island [2022]
1. “Yeah, I’ve heard your TED Talk.”
2. Denting the cans.
3. “We’ve got a very angry lesbian on board.”
January 16, 2023
3 thing about Charlotte Wells’s AFTERSUN
Aftersun [2022]
1. Karaoke with “Losing My Religion.”
2. A huge clump for a big back.
3. We see the Turkish carpet on the floor of her bedroom.
January 15, 2023
3 things about Michael J. Paradise’s THE VISITOR
The Visitor [1978]
1. Actual line of dialog: “Gives me the scary creeps.”
2. Shelley Winters warbles “Short’nin’ Bread.”
3. “I’m a pretty bird.”
January 12, 2023
3 things about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy [2021]
1. Zoom in, instant redo.
2. He has a job as a literature editor even though he doesn’t read any. “Perhaps that’s why they hired me.”
3. They keep holding hands for a very long time.
January 9, 2023
3 things about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER
Suddenly, Last Summer [1959]
1. Trails of debris.
2. Daiquiris at 5 o’clock.
3. “We procured for him!”
January 1, 2023
A selected inventory of 2022.
By the numbers …
195: feature films I watched in 2022 (24 of which I viewed in a theater)
47: books I read in 2022
17: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza
30: pizzas we ordered from BoJono’s (!)
102: mystery green statistic
Happy New Year!
December 31, 2022
3 things about Sarah Polley’s WOMEN TALKING
Women Talking [2022]
1. “Sometimes I think people laugh as hard as they’d like to cry.”
2. Braiding their hair together out of boredom.
3. The look on his face after he hands her the gun.
December 29, 2022
3 things about Martin McDonagh’s THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
The Banshees of Inisherin [2022]
1. A single thump.
2. The dog drags the shears out the door.
3. Her yellow coat.
December 28, 2022
3 things about Jennifer Alleyn, Manon Briand, Marie-Julie Dallaire, Arto Paragamian, André Turpin, and Denis Villeneuve’s COSMOS
Cosmos [1996]
1. An in-depth 2 minute interview.
2. Dawn and Dusk.
3. Still wearing her top, she unhooks her bra and takes it off.
3 things about Raoul Walsh’s ME AND MY GAL
Me and My Gal [1932]
1. “You’ve got a sweet little disposition. How would you like to go over to the park with me and help me tramp down all the flowers?”
2. A parody of Strange Interlude.
3. Upsetting the jar of donuts in the throes of passion.
