Author Archives: robchristopher

RIP Gary Indiana

Posted on October 24, 2024 by robchristopher

RIP Gary Indiana, the matchless novelist, essayist, and author. I was fortunate enough to have dinner with him one night in June 2022. His publisher Dan Simon set it up after I had expressed my love of his writing. Over … Continue reading →

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3 things about John Parker’s DEMENTIA

Posted on October 24, 2024 by robchristopher

Dementia [1955] 1. Hand in the flower basket. 2. Shorty Rogers and the band briefly jam before taking the stage. 3. Opening endorsement by Preston Sturges (!)

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3 things about John Carpenter’s SOMEONE’S WATCHING ME!

Posted on October 23, 2024 by robchristopher

Someone’s Watching Me! [1978] 1. Comped wine. 2. A grate in the laundry room floor. 3. She never does make it down to Houston.

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3 things about Mario Bava’s BLOOD AND BLACK LACE

Posted on October 21, 2024 by robchristopher

Blood and Black Lace [1964] 1. Carlo Rustichelli’s extremely catchy theme music briefly becomes music from the club next door. 2. Tracking shot along a line of cubicles for the models. 3. Wrestling the corpse out of the tub by … Continue reading →

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3 things about Quentin Dupieux’s DAAAAAALI!

Posted on October 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Daaaaaalí! [2023] 1. A very long hotel corridor. 2. Vile stew. 3. She brings him the telephone. Which is unplugged—the cord isn’t long enough.

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3 things about René Clair’s I MARRIED A WITCH

Posted on October 14, 2024 by robchristopher

I Married a Witch [1942] 1. Fireplace lip-sync. 2. Susan Hayward’s resting bitch face. 3. “I Love You Truly” stuck on repeat.

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3 things about Slava Tsukerman’s LIQUID SKY

Posted on October 13, 2024 by robchristopher

Liquid Sky [1982] 1. “Cocteau was Cocteau before he did drugs.”2. Shrimp everything.3. Blacklight facepaint.

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3 things about Willard Huyck & Gloria Katz’s MESSIAH OF EVIL

Posted on October 11, 2024 by robchristopher

Messiah of Evil [1974] 1. Green bathroom. A mural of faces receding into perspective. 2. Conclave in the Meat Department. 3. She describes her father’s hands.

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3 things about Dario Argento’s DEEP RED

Posted on October 10, 2024 by robchristopher

Deep Red [1975] 1. An engineer who plays the piano.2. Stabbing a bird with a knitting needle.3. Behind the wall, a desiccated corpse.

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3 things about Stéphane Lafleur’s VIKING

Posted on October 6, 2024 by robchristopher

Viking [2022] 1. Every night she plays a recording of Steven snoring. 2. The waitress brings him a cup of coffee with two sugar cubes. 3. A replica of the Mars lander made out of a metal garage can.

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