3 things about Steven Soderbergh’s THE UNDERNEATH

Posted on June 21, 2025 by robchristopher

The Underneath [1995]

1. “I feel like I’m in an ad for fine wine.”
2. Napkin message.
3. Askew hospital room windows.

3 other things.

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3 things about Stephen Kijak’s ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED

Posted on June 20, 2025 by robchristopher

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed [2023]

1. Linda Evans reveals that for a time, people refused invitations to have dinner at her house.
2. Well endowed.
3. Elizabeth Taylor: “I became so incensed and personally frustrated at the rejection I was receiving by just trying to get people’s attention. I was made so aware of the silence, this huge, loud silence regarding AIDS, how no one wanted to talk about it and no one wanted to become involved. Certainly no one wanted to give money or support, and it so angered me that I finally thought to myself … ‘Bitch, do something yourself. Instead of sitting there getting angry. Do something.'”

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3 things about Lucie Faulknor and Dawn Logsdon’s FREE FOR ALL: THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Posted on June 19, 2025 by robchristopher

Free for All: The Public Library [2025]

1. Andrew Carnegie would agree to build a library only after the community demonstrated that it was committed to taxing itself.
2. Books by mule.
3. Arrested for refusing to hand over patrons’ book circulation records.

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3 things about Hugo Fregonese’s BLACK TUESDAY

Posted on June 18, 2025 by robchristopher

Black Tuesday [1954]

1. He lies about the result of the coin toss.
2. Raiding the storage units for medical supplies.
3. He laments the fact that he can take things apart but never seem to put them back together again.

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3 things about David Lowell Rich’s SST: DEATH FLIGHT

Posted on June 14, 2025 by robchristopher

SST: Death Flight [1977]

1. Hydraulic fluid or blood?
2. Billy Crystal as a gay flight attendant.
3. Senegal instead of London.

This is a true buried treasure of 1970s trash: it’s “awful” but also really fun.

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3 things about John Guillermin’s SKYJACKED

Posted on June 13, 2025 by robchristopher

Skyjacked [1972]

1. Repeated ominous zooms involving lipstick.
2. Pipesmoking before takeoff and after landing.
3. Rosie Grier as a jazz cellist (!)

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3 things about Alex Pritz’s THE TERRITORY

Posted on June 10, 2025 by robchristopher

The Territory [2022]

1. Encroaching on the territory is merely “freeing the land.”
2. They set fire to the forest and ride away.
3. Age 18 and the leader of his people.

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3 things about Gregg Araki’s SMILEY FACE

Posted on June 10, 2025 by robchristopher

Smiley Face [2007]

1. Her internal voice is Roscoe Lee Browne.
2. “It makes me feel like, yeah, my teeth are being taken care of.”
3. Manifesto raining all over town.

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3 things about Pat Boonnitipat’s HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES

Posted on June 9, 2025 by robchristopher

How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies [2024]

1. Putting your shoes in line.
2. Caught red handed with the security camera.
3. No beef but plenty of pork.

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3 things about David Cronenberg’s DEAD RINGERS

Posted on June 8, 2025 by robchristopher

Dead Ringers [1988]

1. “I’ve never used contraceptive devices. I’ve never even thought contraceptive thoughts.”
2. Gold-plated instrument.
3. Elly, Elly, Elly, Elly, Elly …

3 other things.

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