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Posted on October 18, 2007 by robchristopher

 An Open Letter to the Chicago International Film Festival I’m still not really pleased with how it came out (I’m feeling semi-inarticulate lately) but it’ll do.

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3 Things

Posted on October 18, 2007 by robchristopher

The Phenix City Story [1955] 1. Best line: “My friends … I bring you news from hell.”2. The lounge singer/stripper’s immaculately shaved armpits.3. Local eatery: Elite Diner.

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Posted on October 17, 2007 by robchristopher

 I need to write a CIFF wrap-up post now that the festival is over (it ends tonght). But I just don’t have the brain-strength or inspiration, or really that much to say aside from whiny grumbling. Did I enjoy the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Mike Kaplan’s NEVER APOLOGIZE

Posted on October 16, 2007 by robchristopher

Never Apologize [2007] 1. Malcom McDowell still has that wonderful voice and charisma. And is very funny.2. When asked what he’d like on his tombstone, Lindsay Anderson took a long look all the way around the room and then replied, … Continue reading →

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3 things about Alejandro González Iñárritu’s BABEL

Posted on October 15, 2007 by robchristopher

Babel [2006] 1. Cate Blanchett was giving me a kind of Judy Davis vibe. Like Davis, her American accent was impeccable. 2. Halfway through I felt like the deck was stacked too heavily against all the characters, but by the … Continue reading →

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3 things about Rusty Gorman’s HOME OF THE GIANTS

Posted on October 14, 2007 by robchristopher

Home of the Giants [2007] 1. If you had told me that one day I’d like a high school basketball crime thriller starring Haley Joel Osment, I’d have asked you what meds you were on. But I did really like … Continue reading →

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3 Things

Posted on October 14, 2007 by robchristopher

One Hundred Nails [2007] 1. Yummy-looking onion and rosemary pizza throughout.2. Italian women seem to like hunky men with long curly hair.3. It’s a pleasant journey but doesn’t really end up anywhere. But I still enjoyed it.

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3 Things

Posted on October 12, 2007 by robchristopher

The Man from London [2007] 1. Tarr’s technique is still dazzling, but without any characters that are recognizably human it verges on being just a hollow exercise.2. Tilda Swinton, dubbed into Hungarian, emoting deeply: all for naught.3. Best sequence: the … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 11, 2007 by robchristopher

I hung out with Zach last night (he’s visiting from NYC) and I took him up on his offer to “go somewhere far away” in his rental car. We drove all the way out to Riverside (next to Berwyn I … Continue reading →

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3 things about Brett Morgan’s CHICAGO 10

Posted on October 11, 2007 by robchristopher

Chicago 10 [2007] 1. Filmmaker Brett Morgan, incredibly immodest during the Q & A: “I don’t think there’s ever really been a film like this before.” Uh huh, sure thing Mr. Morgan. 2. That was Roy Scheider’s voice? Really? 3. … Continue reading →

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