Author Archives: robchristopher

One year ago today.

Posted on February 17, 2018 by robchristopher

On 17 February 2017 Jason Adasiewicz, Hamid Drake (and, just out of frame, Joshua Abrams, Josh Berman, and Jon Doyle) convened at Electrical Audio in Chicago and, with the assistance of engineer Greg Norman, started laying down some sweet tunes … Continue reading →

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3 things about William Wyler’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Posted on February 15, 2018 by robchristopher

Wuthering Heights [1939] 1. His right eye partially hidden by a lock of his hair. 2. “I’m not lovely. What I am is very brilliant. I have a wonderful brain. It enables me to be superior to myself.” 3. Deathbed … Continue reading →

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3 things about Greta Gerwig’s LADY BIRD

Posted on February 7, 2018 by robchristopher

Lady Bird [2017] 1. A star named Bruce. 2. “I haven’t lied in two years.” 3. Mother and daughter driving over the same bridges at different points in time. Lovely. It would make a wonderful double feature with 20th Century … Continue reading →

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3 things about Gordon Douglas’s IN LIKE FLINT

Posted on February 6, 2018 by robchristopher

In Like Flint [1967] 1. Dolphin talk. 2. “Brain and hair washing at the same time.” “Exactly.” 3. Operation Smooch.

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3 things about Sean Baker’s THE FLORIDA PROJECT

Posted on February 3, 2018 by robchristopher

The Florida Project [2017] 1. “No harm, no foul? No fowl. There’s a joke in there somewhere.” 2. She carefully washes the pony’s mane. 3. “I wish they made forks out of candy. Then you could eat the fork after … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jules Dassin’s THE NAKED CITY

Posted on January 29, 2018 by robchristopher

The Naked City [1948] 1. She fetches a cup of cold tea from the kitchen. 2. J.P. McGillicuddy. 3. We hear traffic noise drifting into the room. Foreshadowing the moment when he makes a dash for the open window.

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3 things about Peter Yates’s EYEWITNESS

Posted on January 28, 2018 by robchristopher

Eyewitness [1981] 1. Floor polish foreplay. 2. Morgan Freeman’s pipe-smoking detective seems to have wandered in from a better, more interesting movie. 3. Kenneth McMillan’s piggyback ride up a flight of stairs. Ugh. Pretty bad.

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3 things about Ishirô Honda’s GODZILLA (GOJIRA)

Posted on January 25, 2018 by robchristopher

Godzilla [1954] 1. Budapest String Quartet. 2. He sheepishly tucks his tie into his jacket before continuing. 3. Radioactive trilobite.

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ROY’S WORLD co-producer Michael Glover Smith’s newest film screens in Chicago!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by robchristopher

Three couples from Chicago vacation for a weekend at a lakeside cabin in Michigan. And a lot can happen over the course of three days … I like to joke that Michael Glover Smith is the Robert Altman to my … Continue reading →

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3 things about Robert Altman’s McCABE & MRS. MILLER

Posted on January 20, 2018 by robchristopher

McCabe & Mrs. Miller [1971] 1. “I counted ’em, there’s 52.” 2. The only time we ever really see her smile. 3. For me, what makes the finale so haunting is that there are no witnesses.

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