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3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s NO SUDDEN MOVE

No Sudden Move [2021]

1. A goof in the scene where Bill Duke’s character is introduced: in the background we hear “Blue Pepper (Far East of the Blues),” an Ellington number that wasn’t released until 1967.
2. The sous chef helpfully indicates with his eyes where Capelli has fled.
3. “That money is too expensive.”

3 things about Joseph Losey’s BOOM!

Boom! [1968]

1. “Shit on your mother!”
2. “I don’t go in for hand-kissing.”
3. “There are many art treasures in my bedroom, including me.”

Intoxicating.

3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s NAUSICAA OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind [1984]

1. Spore hunting.
2. Beneath the petrified forest.
3. Cleavage glimpse.

A new cocktail: No Pool Still Cool

Quite adaptable for pitcher or punchbowl!

NO POOL STILL COOL

2 oz. pisco
.5 oz. apricot liqueur
1.5 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice
.75 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
.5 oz. simple syrup
1 dash Angostura bitters

Fill a double old fashioned glass with crushed ice. Combine ingredients with cubed ice in a shaker, shake very well, and strain into the glass.

3 things about Ingmar Bergman’s SHAME

Shame [1968]

1. He fails to shoot the chicken. He succeeds in shooting the man.
2. “Don’t play tennis for a few weeks.”
3. A sea of soldiers.

Genuinely stunning. The last time I felt this way after a film was watching Steve McQueen’s Hunger.

3 things abut Leonard Nimoy’s STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock [1984]

1. Uhura’s elaborate golden necklace.
2. Truly alien bar music.
3. “Up your shaft.”

3 things about Nicholas Ray’s BIGGER THAN LIFE

Bigger Than Life [1956]

1. Smashing the bannister.
2. After he cons the pharmacist he says, “I’m glad I dropped in. I’m new here. I like the way you do business.”
3. Calling the doctor “sir” in anger.

3 other things.

3 things about Jordan Peele’s GET OUT

Get Out [2017]

1.  Pervasive Microsoft product placement.
2. They had to seal off the basement. Black mould.
3. She has a snack: a small portion of Froot Loops and a glass of milk.

3 other things.

3 things about George Miller and George Ogilvie’s MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome [1985]

1. Her own personal sax man.
2. Shit conveyor belt.
3. View Master.

3 things about Mitchell Leisen’s MURDER AT THE VANITIES

Murder at the Vanities [1934]

1. All-too-brief ode to marijuana that ends with blood dripping onto the bare shoulders of a chorus girl.
2. Arpeggio, arpeggio, arpeggio! Ellington hams it up at the piano.
3. “Cocktails for Two” is a celebration of the end of Prohibition.