3 things about Olivier Assayas’ CARLOS (PART THREE)

Carlos [2010]

1. He lectures her on her lack of discipline.
2. Surgery to relieve an inflamed testicle. But liposuction first.
3. “You are on French territory.”

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3 things about Greg Mottola’s PAUL

Paul [2011]

1. “She was furry nice.”
2. In less than thirty seconds she runs the gamut of getting stoned.
3. An alien hoses the blood off the jetway.

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3 things about Olivier Assayas’ CARLOS (PART TWO)

Carlos [2010]

1. She storms off to the back of the plane and pummels a row of seats.
2. Wine from teacups.
3. “It’s all there, if you read between the lines.”

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Totally tubular.

I’m probably a little too excited about it, but I’m pretty pleased with a post I just wrote about the upcoming “Date with the ’80s” series at the Siskel Film Center. Cowabunga!

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3 things about François Ozon’s IN THE HOUSE

In the House [2012]

1. After they invite him to their basketball game, he displays just the right amount of hesitation.
2. She doesn’t understand the poem. Germain is delighted by Claude’s ingenuity.
3. On a grid, a moving tableaux of stories unfolding.

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Facebook it.

Well, why not?

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3 things about Michael Radford’s NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR

Nineteen Eighty-Four [1984]

1. The tobacco promptly falls out of his cigarette.
2. O’Brien looks at Winston wearily and says, “They got me a long time ago.”
3. He moves the knight; a few moments later, he puts it back again.

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