3 things about Mohammad Reza Aslani’s CHESS OF THE WIND

Posted on January 13, 2026 by robchristopher

Chess of the Wind [1976]

1. Persian carpets everywhere.
2. They place his corpse in the bottomless jar.
3. In a single shot, we begin by seeing the past and end by seeing the present.

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3 things about Phil Karlson’s 99 RIVER STREET

Posted on January 12, 2026 by robchristopher

99 River Street [1953]

1. He confronts himself in the mirror at the gym.
2. Concealed behind the aquarium.
3. “What if my name was Pauline?”

3 other things.

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3 things about Oliver Hermanus’s THE HISTORY OF SOUND

Posted on January 11, 2026 by robchristopher

The History of Sound [2025]

1. Curled up alone on the floor next to a piano in the empty room.
2. He gently takes his hand and presses it against his throat.
3. A leather case found in the attic sixty years later.

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3 things about Alain Guiraudie’s MISERICORDIA

Posted on January 10, 2026 by robchristopher

Misericordia [2024]

1. He explains that he often finds excuses to run into Jérémie.
2. Silent omelets.
3. “Let’s start with sleeping.”

3 other things.

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3 things about Josh Safdie’s MARTY SUPREME

Posted on January 9, 2026 by robchristopher

Marty Supreme [2025]

1. Handcuffed wearing a towel.
2. “I’m Hitler’s worst nightmare.”
3. A stack of dirty pictures with a couple real bills on top.

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3 things about Béla Ternovszky’s CAT CITY

Posted on January 5, 2026 by robchristopher

Cat City [1986]

1. A music video promo for the 4 Gangsters.
2. From kimono to hang-glider.
3. Double-pleated slacks on a mouse.

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3 things about Jack Conway’s LOVE CRAZY

Posted on January 4, 2026 by robchristopher

Love Crazy [1941]

1. Willoughby, Ward Willoughby.
2. Boob spindle.
3. “I don’t know what he expects to gain by acting like an idiot.”
“Isn’t he always like that?”

3 other things.

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3 things about Lynne Ramsay’s DIE MY LOVE

Posted on January 3, 2026 by robchristopher

Die My Love [2025]

1. “I know it’s not New York, but it’s ours.”
2. Sleepwalking with a rifle.
3. An imaginary performance of “The Beast in Me.”

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3 things about Harold Clurman’s DEADLINE AT DAWN

Posted on January 2, 2026 by robchristopher

Deadline at Dawn [1946]

1. Non compos mentis.
2. “If she cut off her head, she’d be very pretty.”
3. Too late to save his cat, his soulmate.

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A selected inventory of 2025.

Posted on January 1, 2026 by robchristopher

By the numbers …

215: feature films I watched in 2025 (35 of which I viewed in a theater)
42: books I read in 2025
21: pizzas we ordered from The Art of Pizza
21: pizzas we ordered from Tortorice’s
2: pizzas we ordered from other pizzerias
110: mystery green statistic

Happy New Year!

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