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Conversation Piece [1974]

1. Pop music from the other room clashing with the classical music on his bedside stereo.
2. He explains away the troubles in his past. “It was 1968.”
3. In a moment of loneliness, he invites them over for dinner.

Daaaaaalí! [2023]

1. He apologizes for the noise: it’s raining dead dogs.
2. The biggest film camera in the world.
3. Griping models.

3 other things.

The Substance [2024]

1. Knee-pop.
2. Snow on the sidewalk in LA?
3. The whole crew of the show studying her ass.

3 other things.

Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5 [2025]

1. “We cannot help this. When you are on a sinking ship, your thoughts will be about sinking ships.”
2. Prone to tuberculosis. Frequent smoker.
3. There’s no goosestepping in Britain because the crowds would just laugh.

No Time to Die [2021]

1. Annoying screenwriting tick: Bond repeatedly telling people, “Talk to me.”
2. Rappelling the skyscraper at dusk.
3. Side-kicking a baddie in a killer dress.

3 other things.

Random Harvest [1942]

1. Alone and terrified in the midst of an overjoyed, boisterous crowd.
2. Pained look on the Reverend’s face at the offkey organist’s singing.
3. A creaking gate, a treebranch that sags.

West Side Story [2021]

1. Parkour dancing around the holes in the pier.
2. “Somewhere” becomes a song she sings alone.
3. They sleep together?!

Cover-Up [2025]

1. “His notes are indecipherable.”
2. Rumsfeld quibbles over the difference between “abuse” and “torture.”
3. An anonymous source in Gaza.

River of Grass [1994]

1. Cozy, after Cozy Cole.
2. Between them they can’t even rustle up a quarter.
3. Playing around with the wheelchair in his bedroom.

3 other things.

All About Eve [1950]

1. Finally he gets to the point. “What do you take me for?”
2. Cozy together with blankets in the front seat.
3. Infinite mirrors.

3 other things.