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3 things about Tom George’s SEE HOW THEY RUN

See How They Run [2022]

1. Slamming the door on his coat.
2. Pelting him with prop vases.
3. Agatha kills the butler.

What I Watched in 2022: My 12 Favorite Films

ANIARA [2018, directed by Pella Kågerman & Hugo Lilja]
BENEDICTION [2021, directed by Terence Davies]
CONFESS, FLETCH [2022, directed by Greg Mottola]
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE [2022, directed by David Cronenberg]
DRIVE MY CAR [2021, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi]
EO [2022, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski]
GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY [2022, directed by Rian Johnson]
GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE [2022, directed by Sophie Hyde]
THE LOST DAUGHTER [2021, directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal]
PETIT MAMAN [2021, directed by Céline Sciamma]
PROGNOSIS: NOTES ON LIVING [2021, directed by Debra Chasnoff]
RELATIVE [2022, directed by Michael Glover Smith]

3 things about Preston Sturges’ SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS

Sullivan’s Travels [1941]

1. But with a little sex.
2. “There’s a lot to be said for making people laugh. Did you know that’s all some people have? It isn’t much, but it’s better than nothing in this cockeyed caravan.”
3. Multiracial chain gang.

3 other things.

3 things about Brian Henson’s THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL

The Muppet Christmas Carol [1992]

1. Gonzo uses Rizzo as bellows.
2. Michael Caine is a shouty Scrooge.
3. Landing on flaming goose.

3 things about Greg Mottola’s CONFESS, FLETCH

Confess, Fletch [2022]

1. Cabinet of pots and pans.
2. While Monroe is on the phone, Fletch walks over to a picture hanging on the wall and unstraightens it.
3. “Nothing like a little consequence-free mischief for the rich.”

3 things about Jodie Foster’s HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Home for the Holidays [1995]

1. “I’ve got my bird, she’s got hers.”
2. Car fart.
3. Sharing orange juice on the airplane.

3 things about Zach Cregger’s BARBARIAN

Barbarian [2022]

1. “I don’t know if I’m a bad person. But I might be. I might be a bad person.”
2. Bludgeoned with his own arm.
3. A copy of Jane Eyre in her suitcase.

3 things about Peter Godfrey’s CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT

Christmas in Connecticut [1945]

1. “Watch now. I show you how to flip-flop the flop-flips.”
2. A smashed ornament that no one makes any effort to clean up.
3. Everyone knows how to square dance, except perhaps Mr. Yardley.

3 other things.

Rob’s Best of 2022

Not necessarily released in 2022, these were nevertheless some of the songs I listened to all year long: a personal time capsule of the past twelve months. Enjoy.

https://tidal.com/browse/playlist/8e67a683-a104-42de-b5d0-d34201de9d47

3 things about Joachim Trier’s THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

The Worst Person in the World [2021]

1. A time in which culture was embedded in objects.
2. “If men had periods, that’s all we’d hear about.”
3. Colored panes of glass.