Author Archives: robchristopher

3 things about Michael Haneke’s HAPPY END

Posted on September 5, 2026 by robchristopher

Happy End [2017] 1. Everyone mistakes his suicide attempts for senility. Except Eve. 2. Irritated, he asks, “Where is the marmalade?” 3. Injuring her own son so that he’ll stop. 3 other things.

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MY LAST MARTINI is now streaming!

Posted on September 4, 2026 by robchristopher

There are certain secrets that you only reveal to a complete stranger in a bar. I’m thrilled to share My Last Martini with one and all! And do me a kindness: if at all possible … don’t watch it on … Continue reading →

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3 things about Luis Buñuel’s L’AGE D’OR

Posted on September 3, 2026 by robchristopher

L’Age d’Or [1977] 1. Their makeout session is interrupted by a reverie: an unrelated flashback triggered when he becomes fascinated by a nearby statue’s foot. 2. Kicking a violin down the sidewalk. 3. Christ + de Sade.

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3 things about Paul Bogart’s MARLOWE

Posted on September 1, 2026 by robchristopher

Marlowe [1969] 1. Spiked cigarette. 2. He samples the champagne. “Impertinent. Even baroque.” 3. Rita Moreno’s striptease.

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3 things about Paul Bogart’s MR. RICCO

Posted on August 31, 2026 by robchristopher

Mr. Ricco [1975] 1. Pregnant poodle. 2. Burned-out church beatdown. 3. “I’m really sorry, Joe. Did you know her well?” “No … I didn’t know her well at all.”

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3 things about Tim Burton’s BATMAN

Posted on August 30, 2026 by robchristopher

Batman [1989] 1. Shelves of books with identical blue spines in Vicki Vale’s apartment. 2. “He took my balloons.” 3. Commissioner Gordon removes a small green fabric bag from an inside pocket of the Joker’s coat.

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3 things about Joe Dante’s PIRANHA

Posted on August 29, 2026 by robchristopher

Piranha [1978] 1. “Come on! I’d have thought you could get a man’s pants off quicker than that!” 2. “It’s Superman!” Then she flashes her titties at John Sayles. 3. Bloodied Paul Bartel.

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3 things about Jane Schoenbrun’s TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA

Posted on August 28, 2026 by robchristopher

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma [2026] 1. Flesh and fluids. 2. Sade sets the mood. 3. Dipping sauce.

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3 things about Robert Zemeckis’ ROMANCING THE STONE

Posted on August 26, 2026 by robchristopher

Romancing the Stone [1984] 1. An assortment of airline-sized liquor bottles (collected in the course of her book tours?) 2. Chopping off the heels. 3. Skeleton in Greatful Dead jacket.

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Eternal combat with phantoms

Posted on August 26, 2026 by robchristopher

“Superstitions, bigotries, hypocracies, prejudices, those phantoms, phantoms though they be, cling to life; they have teeth and nails in their shadowy substance, and they must be clasped close, body to body, and war must be made on them, and that … Continue reading →

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