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November 9, 2020
3 things about Elio Petri’s INVESTIGATION OF A CITIZEN ABOVE SUSPICION
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion [1970]
1. Twenty-five blue neckties.
2. A fluttering gallery of oversized fingerprints.
3. Unable to prove his own guilt.
November 8, 2020
3 things about Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER
The Master [2012]
1. “It didn’t work for him and it’s not going to work for you.”
2. “Excuse me.” “Excuse me.”
3. “What do you want, Helen?!”
November 3, 2020
3 things about George A. Romero’s THE CRAZIES
The Crazies [1973]
1. She pulls back the sheet. “Mommy?”
2. Rectangle of ultraviolet lights illuminating the ground.
3. She calmly resumes her knitting.
November 2, 2020
3 things about Karl Freund’s THE MUMMY
The Mummy [1932]
1. Glowing pinspot lights on the eyes.
2. Trailing bandages, unhinged laughter.
3. Female deity Isis to the rescue.
November 1, 2020
NaNoWriMo 2020
[image error]Here I go! Cuz, why not. NaNoWriMo started today and so did my gay holiday romance “Shopping on Christmas Eve.” Only 50,000 words to go until December 1.
December 2011: the big holiday is right around the corner and the merchants of Chandler Ridge Mall are pulling out all the stops to make this year’s shopping season a roaring success. But Anton, proprietor of Well Read, is struggling to get in the Yule groove; keeping a used bookstore afloat is a tall order in the age of Amazon. He not so secretly puts part of the blame on Second Chance Tunes, the CD/record store just across the aisle, and its brash manager Mitch. Clearly they’re siphoning away some business from Well Read. There’s just one problem with that attitude: although he sort of hates himself for it, Anton finds himself irresistibly drawn to Mitch. When a freak blizzard forces the sudden evacuation of the mall on Christmas Eve, both guys are accidentally locked inside. Stuck alone together in the empty mall overnight, can they weather the storm and perhaps even find a way to make a love connection?
3 things about Stephanie Rothman’s THE VELVET VAMPIRE
The Velvet Vampire [1971]
1. She’s still waiting for that drink.
2. “She’s a desert freak. I’m a Susie freak!”
3. Helpful mob armed with crucifixes.
October 28, 2020
3 things about Todd Phillips’s JOKER
Joker [2019]
1. Climbing inside the refrigerator.
2. Oversized white briefs.
3. So now we know: Bruce Wayne’s parents were murdered after a screening of Zorro, the Gay Blade.
A film so bereft of originality, insight, and surprise it almost made me wish I was watching Fight Club. Almost.
October 27, 2020
3 things about Luchina Fisher’s MAMA GLORIA
Mama Gloria [2020]
1. A parade of high heels in broad daylight.
2. Reuniting with her former prom date.
3. Under-the-table surgeries at Cook County Hospital.
October 26, 2020
3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s BLADE RUNNER 2049
Blade Runner 2049 [2017]
1. Giant videoscreen shopping kiosk.
2. Dead eye retina scan.
3. Hologram Liberace.
October 25, 2020
3 things about Roberto Rossellini’s EUROPA ’51
Europa ’51 [1952]
1. A blood clot.
2. “Why are you going out of your way for me?”
3. Behind a barred window, looking down upon them.
