3 things about Mark Jenkin’s ROSE OF NEVADA

Posted on July 7, 2026 by robchristopher

Rose of Nevada [2025]

1. Instructions on gutting the fish. “Head to asshole. Head to asshole.”
2. A carved message.
3. Red flowers, green sea.

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3 things about Paul Bogart’s SKIN GAME

Posted on July 6, 2026 by robchristopher

Skin Game [1971]

1. “You dare lay a hand on a servant of the Lord!” And then he belatedly notices the glass of whiskey in his hand.
2. He instantly shifts his elocution into slave talk.
3. Coming to the slave auction without a dime in his pockets.

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3 things about Wes Anderson’s THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME

Posted on July 5, 2026 by robchristopher

The Phoenician Scheme [2025]

1. Shoeboxes, a shirtbox, a glovebox.
2. He spells out the seating arrangements.
3. Disinfecting the wound with a champaign cocktail.

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3 things about Joe Dante’s GREMLINS 2: THE NEW BATCH

Posted on July 4, 2026 by robchristopher

Gremlins 2: The New Batch [1990]

1. “I know you think I’m insane.”
“Absolutely not. If you were, we couldn’t sue you.”
2. A few dabs with a powder puff.
3. Singing in the bathtub.

3 other things.

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Posted on July 3, 2026 by robchristopher

Anatomy of a Murder [1959]

1. Fish lure strategically stuck between the pages of a law book.
2. “I’m just a humble country lawyer trying to do the best I can against this brilliant prosecutor from the big city of Lansing.”
3. Everything from Dixieland to Brubeck.

3 other things.

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3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s THE CHRISTOPHERS

Posted on July 2, 2026 by robchristopher

The Christophers [2025]

1. A small pride flag stuck in a jar in the entryway.
2. Stored in the bathtub.
3. Fingers stuck with glue and feathers.

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3 things about P.J. Hogan’s MURIEL’S WEDDING

Posted on July 1, 2026 by robchristopher

Muriel’s Wedding [1994]

1. She has incinerated the lawn.
2. Tim Simms.
3. Beanbag zipper.

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3 things about Suzannah Herbert’s NATCHEZ

Posted on June 24, 2026 by robchristopher

Natchez [2025]

1. Walking down the street with a glass of white wine and an armload of her possessions for the consignment store.
2. “Bless her heart. And I’m gonna send her some candy, some cookies or something.”
“Don’t send her no candy and cookies. Send her a book. So she need to be educated.”
3. Show-and-tell of a racist monkey scent bottle. It still smells of roseoil.

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3 things about Kentucker Audley & Albert Birney’s STRAWBERRY MANSION

Posted on June 21, 2026 by robchristopher

Strawberry Mansion [2021]

1. He doesn’t want a chicken shake but orders one anyway.
2. Surrounded by popup ads.
3. A small flame on the top of his shoe.

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3 things about Takahide Hori’s JUNK HEAD

Posted on June 18, 2026 by robchristopher

Junk Head [2017]

1. He shows off his combat training. No one is impressed.
2. It’s only a tail.
3. The women go off on a gourmet tour.

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