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3 things about Edgar Wright’s LAST NIGHT IN SOHO

Last Night in Soho [2021]

1. Staircase and mirrors.
2. Flaming phonograph.
3. “I won’t tell anyone.”
“I know you won’t.”

3 things about E. A. Dupont’s PICCADILLY

Piccadilly [1929]

1. Neon sign for Gordon’s Gin: THE HEART OF A GOOD COCKTAIL.
2. The knowing look on her face as Mabel leaves the office.
3. With inebriated slowness, he butters the bread and then devours it.

3 things about Ronald Neame’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE

The Poseidon Adventure [1972]

1. Suppository.
2. When Arthur O’Connell says, “I have no choice.”
3. Strand of drool from his mouth as he mourns Mrs. Rosen.

3 things about Steven Spielberg’s E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial [1982]

1. “This is reality, Greg.”
2. A fleeting red glow before he closes the lid.
3. They just abandon the pizza and leave it lying on the ground.

3 things about Costa-Gavras’s Z

Z [1969]

1. A family portrait and a clean white shirt.
2. He does a little jig in the street and then walks into a bar, where he sexually harasses a boy who’s playing the pinball machine.
3. “Lithe and ferocious as a tiger.”

A One Night Tribute to Barry Gifford in LA

American Cinematheque is throwing a One Night Tribute to Barry Gifford on September 3! The lineup features the LA premiere of ROY’S WORLD: BARRY GIFFORD’S CHICAGO + WILD AT HEART + LOST HIGHWAY. It’s a triple feature for the ages and tickets are now on sale!

3 things about Preston Sturges’ CHRISTMAS IN JULY

Christmas in July [1940]

1. It’s Bred in the Bean.
2. “Two can live as cheaply as one.”
“Who wants to live cheaply?”
3. “Kindly cut a groove, will you?”

3 other things.

3 things about David Lynch’s LOST HIGHWAY

Lost Highway [1997]

1. Slowly removing her eye makeup.
2. Plastic-covered sofa in the desert shack.
3. Brain matter strewn across the sand.

3 other things.

3 things about Luis Buñuel’s THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY

The Phantom of Liberty [1974]

1. “Why the sea? The sea’s no longer the sea.”
2. “One thing. I’d like to make a small incision. Sheer medical curiosity.”
3. Two police commissioners equal one police commissioner.

3 other things.

3 things about Dash Shaw’s CRYPTOZOO

Cryptozoo [2021]

1. Recovering in a Russian hospital.
2. Special contact lenses.
3. Tempest-tossed in the tumbling tower.