3 Women
Robert Altman’s 1977 psychodrama 3 Women is set around the pool of an apartment block and inspired by the director’s dreams. Fortunately that’s where the similarities to M. Night Shyamalan’s […]
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The Long Goodbye
The Long Goodbye is a 1973 noir based on a Raymond Chandler novel, as opposed to The Long Kiss Goodnight, which isn’t. This beautiful blend of cats, smoking and topless yoga is […]
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 Robert Altman film inspired by Raymond Carver’s short stories, not to be confused with Short Cunts starring Tom Cruise and me. Short Cuts may be an […]
Nashville
If I were to recommend a mostly-improvised 2-hour-40-minute film, more than one-third of which is country music, you’d probably say: “How did you get into my house?” But Robert Altman’s […]
California Split
Co-starring Elliott Gould and George Segal, Robert Altman’s California Split follows a pair of gamblers as they gambol around California’s gambling halls. It’s obvious in hindsight that Mississippi Grind is a loose remake of this 1974 story of […]
