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3 things about Karl Freund’s THE MUMMY

The Mummy [1932]

1. An elegant nightclub in Cairo.
2. “Excuse me, I dislike being touched. An Eastern prejudice.”
3. Offscreen disintegration.

3 other things.

ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO is now streaming on Fandor—and elsewhere!

Hard to believe, but about six years after I started this odyssey the film is finally available to watch on a screen near you! Roy’s World is streaming in North America via Fandor, Vudu, Hoopla, YouTube, iTunes, and a bunch of other apps—browse a partial list at JustWatch.

Not on Fandor yet? Sign up for a free seven-day trial today!

Now if I can just nail down some kind of international distribution …

3 things about George Waggner’s THE WOLF MAN

The Wolf Man [1941]

1. Telescope voyeur.
2. Bouquet of wolfbane.
3. “Now others of us find that good, bad, right, wrong, are many-sided, complex things. We try to see every side but the more we see, the less sure we are.”

3 other things.

3 things about Alex Thompson’s ROUNDING

Rounding [2022]

1. A reference to poisoned Bisquick.
2. Shoehorn.
3. A grid of fireworks.

3 things about Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO

EO [2022]

1. EO helps himself to a carrot from the garland around his neck.
2. Reverse waterfall.
3. Offscreen zaps, offscreen bolt gun.

3 things about Céline Sciamma’s PETITE MAMAN

Petite Maman [2021]

1. Carefully cutting lengths of twine with which to bind the twigs together.
2. “Is this music from the future?”
3. When, at the end, she calls her Marion.

3 things about Julien Duvivier’s TALES OF MANHATTAN

Tales of Manhattan [1942]

1. Antler room.
2. He grudgingly offers up a roar.
3. Scarecrow.

3 things about Bill Duke’s DEEP COVER

Deep Cover [1992]

1. He tells him to get his feet off the couch and use a coaster.
2. “See you soon, David.”
“Yeah. We’ll have shrimp. Get the fuck out!”
3. The way he says, “You shouldn’t’ve done that.”

3 things about Richard Linklater’s APOLLO 10½: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood [2022]

1. Washing the tar off the bottoms of their feet using gasoline.
2. Stretching out a ham for five dinners.
3. Joni Mitchell and Johnny Cash sing a duet.

3 things about James Whale’s THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN

The Bride of Frankenstein [1935]

1. “Do you like gin? It is my only weakness.” And then later: “Have a cigar.
They are my only weakness.”
2. Sleeping archbishop.
3. Scream, hiss.

3 other things.