3 things about Raoul Peck’s ORWELL: 2 + 2 = 5

Posted on February 12, 2026 by robchristopher

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.

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3 things about Cary Joji Fukunaga’s NO TIME TO DIE

Posted on February 8, 2026 by robchristopher

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.

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s RANDOM HARVEST

Posted on February 7, 2026 by robchristopher

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.

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3 things about Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY

Posted on February 4, 2026 by robchristopher

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?!

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3 things about Mark Obenhaus & Laura Poitras’s COVER-UP

Posted on February 3, 2026 by robchristopher

Cover-Up [2025]

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

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3 things about Kelly Reichardt’s RIVER OF GRASS

Posted on February 2, 2026 by robchristopher

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.

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3 things about ALL ABOUT EVE

Posted on February 1, 2026 by robchristopher

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.

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3 things about Emile Ardolino’s DIRTY DANCING

Posted on January 31, 2026 by robchristopher

Dirty Dancing [1987]

1. Carrying a watermelon into a forbidden party.
2. The lake looks freezing.
3. Somehow, everyone’s dancing and all is forgiven.

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3 things about François Girard’s THIRTY TWO SHORT FILMS ABOUT GLENN GOULD

Posted on January 26, 2026 by robchristopher

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould [1993]

1. Quick Don McKellar appearance, just before Gould signs his “final” autograph.
2. Exploring the inside of a piano that’s being played.
3. Pharmacopeia.

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3 things about Albert Serra’s PACIFICTION

Posted on January 25, 2026 by robchristopher

Pacifiction [2022]

1. “I invite myself.”
2. Choking by the pool.
3. Red wake.

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