Monthly Archives: November 2022

A new project (!)

Posted on November 30, 2022 by robchristopher

I am beyond thrilled to announce that as my next film project, I will be adapting Gary Indiana’s wicked satire Depraved Indifference. This blurb from the publisher Semiotext(e) / Native Agents sums up its story quite effectively: “[The novel] follows … Continue reading →

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3 things about James L. Brooks’ TERMS OF ENDEARMENT

Posted on November 29, 2022 by robchristopher

Terms of Endearment [1983] 1. “Did you ask?” “About 600 times.” 2. Running through the quad with an infant strapped to his chest. 3. After she dies, we never see her again.

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3 things about Rian Johnson’s GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY

Posted on November 28, 2022 by robchristopher

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery [2022] 1. “It’s dangerous to confuse speaking without thinking with speaking the truth.” 2. A slow trickle of Jeremy Renner’s hot sauce. 3. Matisse in the bathroom.

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3 things about Sophie Hyde’s GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE

Posted on November 27, 2022 by robchristopher

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande [2022] 1. Her suitcase leaves tracks in the hotel room carpet. 2. Wrapped around each other’s bodies. 3. Shared terrible coffee grimace.

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3 things about Orson Welles’ THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND

Posted on November 25, 2022 by robchristopher

The Other Side of the Wind [2018] 1. “See, I told you it wouldn’t play.” 2. He’s so drunk that his lips miss the edge of his glass. 3. The sports car is paid for. Nothing else is. 3 other … Continue reading →

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3 things about Hayao Miyazaki’s SPIRITED AWAY

Posted on November 23, 2022 by robchristopher

Spirited Away [2001] 1. Radish spirit nipple. 2. A flock of paper birds. 3. “Oh, you’re a big baby.”

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3 things about William Friedkin’s SORCERER

Posted on November 21, 2022 by robchristopher

Sorcerer [1977] 1. “Do you know whose church this is?” 2. His pocket is just the right size. 3. Charlie Parker on the radio. The recent Blu-ray looks amazing. 3 other things.

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3 things about Samuel Fuller’s FORTY GUNS

Posted on November 20, 2022 by robchristopher

Forty Guns [1957] 1. Dumping the corpse out the second floor window. 2. She asks, “What have you heard about me?” He guffaws; she returns the guffaw, pauses, and then says, “Gentlemen, would you excuse us?” The room very slowly … Continue reading →

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3 things about SWAN’s NEPTUNE FROST

Posted on November 19, 2022 by robchristopher

Neptune Frost [2021] 1. From the knapsack, Neptune removes a pair of high-heeled shoes and puts them on. 2. Spinning bicycle-wheel headpiece. 3. Dawn through the trees.

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Deleting Twitter.

Posted on November 18, 2022 by robchristopher

Welp … I did it. My @randomcha handle is no more. I’m really, really going to miss it. Or at least what it once was. E**n M**k is on there right now openly fraternizing with filth and treating his employees … Continue reading →

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