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3 things about Vanessa Gould’s OBIT.

Posted on September 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Obit. [2016] 1. The morgue of the New York Times: 10,000 drawers. 2. An inherently retrospective disciple. 3. No euphemisms for “death” permitted.

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3 things about Sidney Lumet’s THE WIZ

Posted on September 18, 2025 by robchristopher

The Wiz [1978] 1. Hungry trashcans. 2. Sweaty sweatshop sign. 3. Starbabies.

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3 things about Ceyda Torun’s KEDI

Posted on September 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Kedi [2016] 1. If you can’t love an animal, you can’t love a person. 2. Everyone has open tabs at the vet. 3. Feeding her babies.

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3 things about t.o.L’s TAMALA 2010: A PUNK CAT IN SPACE

Posted on September 12, 2025 by robchristopher

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space [2002] 1. Let’s! Catty Diet! only 7 yen 2. His name, as he keeps reminding her, is Michelangelo. 3. Trying to find the toilet in the basement of the museum.

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3 things about Walter Salles’s I’M STILL HERE

Posted on September 11, 2025 by robchristopher

I’m Still Here [2024] 1. Burying a tooth on the beach. 2. They pull away from the house for the last time without saying anything. 3. A secret bottle hidden in his desk at work. 3 other things.

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3 things about Richard Quine’s STRANGERS WHEN WE MEET

Posted on September 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Strangers When We Meet [1960] 1. “Martinis don’t mix with S-E-X.” 2. Walter Matthau as a lecherous heel. 3. Inappropriate mixed chorus vocal version of the theme song as the film ends.

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Enjoy MY LAST MARTINI in September and October

Posted on September 7, 2025 by robchristopher

My Last Martini is screening like bananas over the next few months. Hope you can make it to one of these shows! September 14, 2025: Lake County Film Festival, Lake Forest, IL September 14, 2025: Soo Film Festival, Sault Ste. Marie, MI … Continue reading →

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3 things about Percy Adlon’s BAGDAD CAFE

Posted on September 5, 2025 by robchristopher

Bagdad Cafe [1987] 1. After sipping the coffee: “Brown water.” 2. Silverware transformed into a percussion instrument. 3. Fuchsia silk shirt.

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3 things about Stanley Kubrick’s SPARTACUS

Posted on September 3, 2025 by robchristopher

Spartacus [1960] 1. Flaming logs rolling down a vast hill. 2. “Politics is a practical profession. If a criminal has what you want, you do business with him.” 3. Squab and honey with melon. 3 other things.

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3 things about Kevin Smith’s MALLRATS

Posted on September 2, 2025 by robchristopher

Mallrats [1995] 1. Superman getting it on with Wonder Woman. 2. He later shakes Stan Lee’s hand, completely forgetting that it smells like shit. 3. Excruciatingly unfunny running gag about Magic Eye.

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